Compiz Core 0.9.7.0

Release 0.9.7.0 ( 2012-03-02 smspillaz <email address hidden> )
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Release version 0.9.7.0

Bugs Fixed (https://launchpad.net/compiz-core/+milestone/0.9.7.0)

     92599 - Incorrect (low/stuttering) refresh rate with NVIDIA driver
    254561 - Benchmark window slows the system and degrades graphics resources
    684731 - Windows that hide themselves when closed don't appear in any
             "this workspace" switcher
    690239 - hang in g_spawn_sync and select()
    694169 - word misspelled - bunding
    716521 - sometimes, restored window placed too high.
    720679 - Compiz clears the root window in the installer session
    724093 - unity-window-decorator: When switching between windows, Orca does
             not speak the title of the focused window.
    732997 - Cannot open a window that starts iconified
    737125 - Minimize animation flickr when for maximized apps
    740258 - Pixmap memory leak in gtk-window-decorator
    748840 - Windows should not automatically be focused when opened if the
             focus is on another application
    755841 - [sandybridge] Graphics tearing when playing video
    758398 - Bitcoin top-level window unmapped
    763005 - Compiz's "Sync to Vblank" makes display stutter/slow with fglrx
    764330 - [regression] Moving windows lags behind the mouse by 1-2 seconds;
             appear to freeze when dragging.
    764673 - Launcher - Spread should not affect the state of window
    780505 - Untranslated strings in gtk-window-decorator
    790565 - Clicking on a tweet/message link sometimes does not work
    795065 - scrolling on top of a close animation switches viewports
    796594 - Window behaviour - pressing the 'restore' window indicator on a
             semi-maximised window should return it to the restored state
    798868 - unity video tearing when moving windows in oneiric with
             nvidia-current
    812711 - dialogs really slow to be displayed since the compiz update
    837252 - It is possible to stack windows relative to windows that are
             destroyed
    841727 - Should keep list of windows last sent to server and last recv
             from server
    845719 - compiz and X can disagree on the stacking order
    847967 - A minimized window 'remains' behind on the desktop if
             /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/
             show_minimized_windows is set to true
    853734 - maximized windows fail to update their input extents when
             undecorated
    854725 - resizing bugs with xterm
    856015 - crash on closing a window
    857201 - Java application windows cut-off/truncated/not displayed properly
    857487 - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in CompScreen::insertServerWindow()
    857738 - compiz crashed with SIGABRT in raise()
    858625 - Applications which create multiple windows that are transients of
             each other can be given invalid stack positions
    858629 - Windows move to 0,0 on compiz restarts
    859431 - Crash when selecting Evolution in alt-tab
    860286 - invisible window when a window is mapped but not yet drawn on by
             the process mapping it
    860304 - race condition in configureXWindow causes unpredicatable window
             geometry changes
    860306 - windows that are decorated while resizing can cause incorrect
             resize results
    860309 - Moving a window while it is being resized by core caused
             unpredictable movement
    860397 - Windows which are marked transients of docks should be treated
             like docks
    861341 - can't maximize windows on second monitor and Qt windows displayed
             in wrong place
    861909 - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in PrivateWindow::configureFrame()
    862719 - closing a window gives focus to last minimized window
    863328 - Launcher - If a spread contains minimised windows, when the
             spread exits, the minimised windows momentarily appear on the
             desktop before disappearing
    864478 - Window shading is broken
    865696 - Windows from other workspaces missing decorations in window
             spread
    865863 - Opening mumble can cause it to be stacked above the dash if you
             open the dash at the same time
    866752 - Sometimes configure events are missed and windows move slow as a
             result
    869759 - screen edge trigger does not work until manually restarting unity
    869919 - Click-dragging a window that's stacked above a fullscreen window
             will cause it to go underneath the fullscreen window
    871801 - window management, alt-tab - After using 'show desktop' to
             minimise all windows, opening any new window also incorrectly
             restores all the minimised windows
    873344 - compiz.desktop is not installed where GNOME2 libraries are not
             available
    873364 - Drop GNOME2 Support
    873379 - Disable lighting by default
    873384 - Use smart placement by default
    873389 - Compiz should read DESKTOP_AUTOSTART_ID when being started by the
             session manager
    874004 - When a window is minimized on another workspace it doesn't appear
             in the spread
    874854 - Add hooks for the workarounds plugin to change variables prior to
             and after GLXContext init to work around bugs in broken drivers
    876575 - Moving windows between workspaces causes them to "jitter" /
             jump around
    877920 - Some windows and all decorations become translucent when the
             "Resize Info" plugin activates.
    878934 - Menu selection is wrong in Java apps
    880707 - [regression] Compiz: Visible tearing is worse in 11.10 than
             11.04, even when "Sync To VBlank" is enabled, but only when Unity
             is active.
    882527 - Allow the scale plugin to be triggered over all viewports
    882531 - Allow plugins to selectively track damage in real time
    885440 - Add unit tests for CompOption
    886935 - Invalid read on GLWindow::glDrawGeometry
    886978 - compiz crashes with SIGSEGV in PrivateWindow::configure
    890947 - Unity sends initial GDK_CONFIGURE event with position as (0,0)
    891744 - Dragging windows stutter during and after grid animation
    893995 - POTFILES is breaking the build
    893998 - Fix warnings in CompTimer
    894639 - Hook up Xig tests to compiz' CTest system
    896591 - Plugins that get initialized before screen initialization is done
             can not have their actions added
    896762 - Switching viewports with ctrl-alt-(left/right/up/down) does not
             give the highest window on the target viewport focus
    897045 - compiz spins in CompTimeoutSource::callback, stops responding and
             starves other timers if CompTimer::setTimes(0).
    908042 - Test timer-callbacks suffers from a race condition
    911530 - Fix uninitialized read in paintBackground
    913823 - Remove unecessary hacks from core in order to work around broken
             drivers on startup
    915186 - make install: Files missing from include/compiz/core
    915950 - Tests required for window placement in dead areas for multimonitor
    917210 - compiz+unity3d generates > 50 wakeups a second on idle system
    917571 - compiz-core (currently version 0.9.5) is actually newer than the
             existing releases versioned 0.9.6
    918554 - Some plugins no longer build due to undefined DEG2RAD
    918762 - Compiz crashes with SIGSEGV in PrivateWindow::configure
    919920 - lp:compiz-core (r2930) does not build
    919922 - compiz-core ABI is broken / out of sync
    919940 - 'make install' no longer installs 'bin/compiz' (seriously)
    919948 - 'make install' installs redundant static libraries (now part of
             core)
    919970 - compiz-core contains duplicate conflicting class definitions
    920847 - point.h and rect.h being installed to the wrong place
    921406 - lp:compiz-core r2961 fails to build with glib 2.30 (seems to
             require 2.31)
    921451 - compiz::X11::PendingConfigureEvent::dump(): Conditional jump or
             move depends on uninitialised value(s) / Use of uninitialised
             value of size 8
    922450 - 'make install' installs unwanted files
             libcompiz_place_constrain_to_workarea.a,
             libcompiz_place_screen_size_change.a
    923572 - Merge (overwrite?) lp:compiz-*-plugin back into
             lp:compiz-plugins-{main,extra}
    923583 - lp:compiz-core r2968 fails to build
    923662 - [regression] lp:compiz-core r2968 broke direct rendering
    923683 - [regression] window movement is erratic and buggy (briefly on
             startup)
    924691 - [regression] XSynchronize is always enabled (shouldn't be, and
             wasn't in oneiric)
    924736 - [gtk-window-decorator] Semi-maximized windows have no shadow or
             frame
    925293 - Plugins can't tell the difference between a modifier key-tap, and
             a modifier key-release (after being used to modify other keys)
    925979 - [regression] compiz fails to pass through <modifier>+<key> events
             to apps if a plugin is bound to just <modifier>
    928044 - [regression] lp:compiz-plugins-main r16 fails to build with
             lp:compiz-core r2982
    928173 - [regression] Window resizing jitters/flashing is worse in
             lp:compiz-core than oneiric
    928655 - [regression] Vsync is lost (constant graphics tearing) after
             plugins render effects
    929443 - lp:ubuntu/libcompizconfig (r59) fails to build with the latest
             lp:compiz-core (r2990)
    929446 - lp:compiz-plugins-main (r18) fails to build with the latest
             lp:compiz-core (r2990)
    929449 - lp:compiz-plugins-extra (r9) fails to build with the latest
             lp:compiz-core (r2990)
    930071 - gtk-window-decorator can crash in active_window_changed upon
             demaximizing a window
    930412 - [regression] no core keybindings work any more
    931283 - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV on shutdown
    931473 - Menus don't fully appear
    931500 - post 0.9.7 snapshot: FTBFS on armel
    931927 - [regression] Customized shortcuts don't work in compiz
             1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu1
    931958 - 0.9.7: impossible to click on keyring dialog since the upgrade
    932087 - Initialize the _NET_WM_STATE_FOCUSED
    933226 - compiz-core r3001 (and 3002) ftbfs
    934058 - [regression] Launcher, top panel and keyboard un-responsive after
             using any Super-x shortcut
    936487 - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in XDefineCursor()
    936675 - Windows can end up stacked at the very top of the stack if no
             other windows and nautilus on the desktop are not open
    936774 - Maximized windows do not get shadows at all
    936778 - Quickly demaximized windows can receive maximized window
             decorations if they were initially maximized
    936781 - No draggable border if mutter isn't installed
    938478 - Unresolved symbols in plugins cause compiz to exit (looks like a
             crash)
    940066 - decor_match_pixmap (decoration.c:423): Conditional jump or move
             depends on uninitialised value(s)
    940115 - Memory leak at DecorWindow::updateSwitcher() (decor.cpp:2258)
    940139 - [callgrind] compiz spends about 51% of its CPU time in CompRegion
             construction/destruction
    942890 - "Svg" and "Png" should be "SVG and "PNG"

Added Unit Tests
Switched to Google Test for Unit Tests
Added Xig Integration Tests