compiz - Oct 2006 - [Fwd: Re: compiz coding style]

Argl, this was meant to go to the list and not only to Hanno!
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Subject: Re: [compiz] compiz coding style
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 01:53:46 +0200
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Mirco M?ller wrote:
> 	Another thing, which might be regarded as superfluous (as it serves no
> real technical purpose), but worth considering. Give compiz a genuine
> logo to identify it with. The beryl-project is doing the right thing in
> that area (using gem-stones for its various parts). They try to define a
> "brand" or general distincive logo/symbol to identify it with.
compiz is
> an empty void in space in that regard, thus unattractive as a project on
> first sight. I assume this is needed to make compiz as is
"attractive"
> to gather a community around it.
Before beryl became beryl quite a few people had done compiz logo's (the
red cube with three graphics on it).

The graphics will still be in CVS/beryl svn somewhere and probably on
the forums too. Just have a look round and there will be some nice SVG's
around. If all else fails ask in SVN.

I agree with the need for a good website and community. That's where
compiz.net succeeded really well and infact the lack of an official hub
like this is one of the major factors that lead to the fork in the first
place....

(also, please note that I do not consider beryl as the fork, but the cvs
versions many moons ago with extra patches applied - this was the fork
and it's several months old - beryl is just a name change IMO).

Col

I agree with all of this and I'm currently making sure that we'll soon
have a nice web-site for compiz. Anyone interested we'll be able to help
out once we get the initial thing up.

-David

On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 14:11 +0200, Mirco M?ller wrote:
> Argl, this was meant to go to the list and not only to Hanno!
> email message attachment, "Weitergeleitete Nachricht - Re: [compiz]
> compiz coding style"
> > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > From: Mirco M?ller <macslow@bangang.de>
> > To: Hanno B?ck <ml@hboeck.de>
> > Subject: Re: [compiz] compiz coding style
> > Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 01:53:46 +0200
> > 
> > Am Freitag, den 06.10.2006, 01:03 +0200 schrieb Hanno B?ck:
> > 
> > > Sounds good to document coding style and stuff, however I think
this and other
> > > development documentation should be kept somewhere in the net.
> > > I think it's a problem that compiz has no real webpage atm,
information is
> > > splitted on the opensuse-wiki (which shouldn't be the central
place for a
> > > distribution-independent project) and some lines on fdo.
> > > 
> > > I'd suggest creating a webpage with a wiki connected that
collects information
> > > like this (and also stuff like packages for various distros etc.)
> > 
> > 	I second that. compiz needs an appealing web-presence (a bit more
> > flashy than the typical projects hosted at fdo :) that reflects the
> > visual impact it has on the "general desktop experience"
(yay for
> > buzz-word mayhem ;)
> > 
> > 	As a gerneral guide-line how it could be structured, have a look
at...
> > 
> > 	http://www.jokosher.org
> > 
> > 	This sites offers everything in nice handy portions for people
> > interested in support, tips&tricks, development and general
contribution
> > pointers. With this in place it would be the right hub for pointing
> > potential new developers to this mailing-list, online-docs for coding,
> > for new/existing users present new flashy plugins with an example
> > screencast ("featured plugin of the week" :) and so on.
> > 
> > 	Another thing, which might be regarded as superfluous (as it serves
no
> > real technical purpose), but worth considering. Give compiz a genuine
> > logo to identify it with. The beryl-project is doing the right thing
in
> > that area (using gem-stones for its various parts). They try to define
a
> > "brand" or general distincive logo/symbol to identify it
with. compiz is
> > an empty void in space in that regard, thus unattractive as a project
on
> > first sight. I assume this is needed to make compiz as is
"attractive"
> > to gather a community around it.
> > 
> > 	Just to eliminate any false hopes... with this posting I'm not
> > volunteering to do this though. I'm merely dopping this suggestion
:)
> > 
> > Best regards...
> > 
> > MacSlow
> > 
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