A Common Compositing Window Manager Specification

[locovaca]

This move should be the standard in Linux development. Give a common and uniform specification and then derive the software from it. This would incredibly help common work and reduce unnedeed duplicate work.

Oh no, that's no fun. It's much more entertaining to get a fledgling project going (Compiz), start bickering on IRC and listservs about minor functionality and direction, fork (Beryl), go a half of a year and then kiss and makeup, then spend another year merging the changes back in (Compiz Fusion).

Open source needs it soap operas. We need the existing development model!

[KDesk]

The proposed specification is based on KWin/Plasma interaction. So it's actually the other way around. I seriously doubt that this will become a standard as is.

It is only the first draft, let's wait to see happens.

[blackshard]

The proposed specification is based on KWin/Plasma interaction. So it's actually the other way around. I seriously doubt that this will become a standard as is.

I meant, it would be useful for Opensource development if, for some important pieces of software, there would be a shared interface, maybe with a different implementation.

[monraaf]

This move should be the standard in Linux development. Give a common and uniform specification and then derive the software from it.

The proposed specification is based on KWin/Plasma interaction. So it's actually the other way around. I seriously doubt that this will become a standard as is.

[blackshard]

This move should be the standard in Linux development. Give a common and uniform specification and then derive the software from it. This would incredibly help common work and reduce unnedeed duplicate work.

[sabriah]

Phoronix: A Common Compositing Window Manager Specificationhttp://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=ODUwNw

Brilliant move!!!

[nanonyme]

Great idea. Put it in an envelope, stick it in the time machine and send it back a few years.

Great idea. Let's produce the optimal specs recursively by making a new version o fthe specs, putting it in an envelope and sending it back a few years. We should be getting the best possible standard that way about... now. \o/

[DanL]

Great idea. Put it in an envelope, stick it in the time machine and send it back a few years.

[kernelOfTruth]

very reasonable and reduces unnecessary duplicate work

[bulletxt]

Very nice idea.