Compiz 0.9.8.4

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Project:
Compiz
Series:
0.9.8
Version:
0.9.8.4
Released:
 
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Daniel van Vugt
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1 Albert Astals Cid, 2 Compiz Maintainers, 11 Daniel van Vugt, 2 Iven Hsu, 1 MC Return, 1 Marco Trevisan (Treviño), 16 Sam Spilsbury
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Release notes 

Highlights

  * Fixed a few crashes affecting a lot of people. Especially users of VMs and
    LLVMpipe.
  * Significant improvements to "Unredirect Fullscreen Windows" mode, which
    is particularly useful for fullscreen gaming performance.
    - Flickering is mostly fixed.
    - Multi-monitor unredirect is dramatically faster than previous versions.
    - Fixed automatic redirect/unredirect entry/exit bugs.
    To try it out, enable: CCSM > Composite > Unredirect Fullscreen Windows.
    The option is not enabled by default yet because there are some issues
    with driver stability, particularly with nouveau and intel.
  * Major gsettings/compizconfig bug fixes and refactoring with lots more
    test cases.

Changelog 

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Bugs Fixed (https://launchpad.net/compiz/+milestone/0.9.8.4)

      92599 - Incorrect (low/stuttering) refresh rate with NVIDIA driver
              (regressed in compiz 0.9.8 series)
     927168 - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in memmove() from
              drisw_update_tex_buffer() from dri_set_tex_buffer2() from
              drisw_bind_tex_image() from __glXBindTexImageEXT() from
              TfpTexture::enable() from
              enableFragmentOperationsAndDrawGeometry()
     944653 - compiz crashed on startup with SIGSEGV in strstr() from
              GLScreen::GLScreen()
    1004336 - _itoa_word() from window.cpp:1989: Use of uninitialised value of
              size 8
    1030891 - Compiz r3275 breaks VirtualBox Guest Additions: black screen or
              just wallpaper
    1035261 - Port compiz to gsettings and consequently remove unity-2d
    1037142 - Week33 - Grid highlight window appears while switching between
              workspaces
    1037411 - [regression][DRI] SubBuffer rendering is much slower in compiz
              0.9.8.0 than it was in 0.9.7
    1039406 - Benchmark default placement overlaps (damages) Unity launcher
              and panel, resulting in artificially low benchmark results
    1041535 - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in __strcasestr_ia32() from
              ccsStringToModifiers(binding=NULL)
    1042041 - 1:0.9.8+bzr3319-0ubuntu1 regression: keeps setting gsettings
              keys to wrong values
    1042537 - ccsm crashed with SIGSEGV in ccsContextNew
    1042552 - Paint List is often full of 1x1 offscreen windows from
              gtk-window-decorator
    1045127 - Close from spread is unreliable
    1046664 - Unredirected fullscreen windows flicker briefly when another
              window (like a menu) opens above them
    1046701 - Random test failures in CCSGSettingsBackendConcept
    1047168 - scale mode is not visible if a fullscreen window is unredirected
    1048551 - multiple GObject warnings if gtk-window-decorator is started
              without org.gnome.mutter being installed
    1048964 - cmake fails on python 2.6 as sys.version_info does not contain
              major_version or minor_version
    1049100 - Build failure if COMPIZ_DISABLE_PLUGIN_RESIZE=ON
    1049169 - [valgrind] Up to 520,000 bytes lost when runningi
              CCSGSettingsBackendConceptTest
    1050704 - Unity 6.6: panel shadow is always on top of the active window
    1050749 - Unredirecting a fullscreen window on a secondary monitor causes
              that monitor to flicker
    1050752 - opacify plugin toggling by default doesn't work
    1050757 - opacify plugin: opacity isn't reset after switching window
    1050796 - Double shortcuts conflict with gnome-control-center ones
    1051286 - [performance] glXSwapIntervalEXT called every frame, which is
              very slow on Nvidia.
    1051885 - Unredirect Fullscreen Windows makes multi-monitor rendering much
              slower
    1052838 - compiz.fix_927168 broke ARM building
    1053902 - Maximized window gets unredirected when it's not fullscreen
    1054724 - [fglrx] compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in glXDestroyContext()
              [/usr/lib/fglrx/libGL.so.1] from GLScreen::~GLScreen()
    1050610 - gtk-window-decorator leaking window handles. Window operations
              become sluggish after a few days of usage
    1056645 - ARM build broken with 'swapInterval' is not a member of 'GL'
    1057263 - gtk-window-decorator leaks large numbers of pixmaps and pixmap
              memory
    1057421 - FTBFS with -DCOMPIZ_BUILD_TESTING=OFF if libgtest-dev is not
              installed

0 blueprints and 35 bugs targeted

Bug report Importance Assignee Status
927168 #927168 compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in memmove() from drisw_update_tex_buffer() from dri_set_tex_buffer2() from drisw_bind_tex_image() from __glXBindTexImageEXT() from TfpTexture::enable() from enableFragmentOperationsAndDrawGeometry() 2 Critical Sam Spilsbury  10 Fix Released
944653 #944653 compiz crashed on startup with SIGSEGV in strstr() from GLScreen::GLScreen() 2 Critical Daniel van Vugt  10 Fix Released
1041535 #1041535 compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in __strcasestr_ia32() from ccsStringToModifiers(binding=NULL) 2 Critical Sam Spilsbury  10 Fix Released
1052838 #1052838 compiz.fix_927168 broke ARM building 2 Critical Sam Spilsbury  10 Fix Released
1056645 #1056645 ARM build broken with 'swapInterval' is not a member of 'GL' 2 Critical Sam Spilsbury  10 Fix Released
92599 #92599 Incorrect (low/stuttering) refresh rate with NVIDIA driver 3 High Sam Spilsbury  10 Fix Released
1030891 #1030891 Compiz r3275 breaks VirtualBox Guest Additions: black screen or just wallpaper 3 High Sam Spilsbury  10 Fix Released
1035261 #1035261 Port compiz to gsettings and consequently remove unity-2d 3 High   10 Fix Released
1042041 #1042041 1:0.9.8+bzr3319-0ubuntu1 regression: keeps setting gsettings keys to wrong values 3 High Sam Spilsbury  10 Fix Released
1042537 #1042537 ccsm crashed with SIGSEGV in ccsContextNew 3 High Sam Spilsbury  10 Fix Released
1049169 #1049169 [valgrind] Up to 520,000 bytes lost when running CCSGSettingsBackendConceptTest 3 High Sam Spilsbury  10 Fix Released
1050610 #1050610 gtk-window-decorator leaking window handles. Window operations become sluggish after a few days of usage 3 High Sam Spilsbury  10 Fix Released
1050704 #1050704 Unity 6.6: panel shadow is always on top of the active window 3 High Daniel van Vugt  10 Fix Released
1050796 #1050796 Double shortcuts conflict with gnome-control-center ones 3 High Sam Spilsbury  10 Fix Released
1053902 #1053902 [regression] Maximized window gets unredirected when it's not fullscreen 3 High Daniel van Vugt  10 Fix Released
1054724 #1054724 [fglrx] compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in glXDestroyContext() [/usr/lib/fglrx/libGL.so.1] from GLScreen::~GLScreen() 3 High Daniel van Vugt  10 Fix Released
1057263 #1057263 gtk-window-decorator leaks large numbers of pixmaps and pixmap memory 3 High Daniel van Vugt  10 Fix Released
1004336 #1004336 _itoa_word() from window.cpp:1989: Use of uninitialised value of size 8 4 Medium Albert Astals Cid  10 Fix Released
1037142 #1037142 Week33 - Grid highlight window appears while switching between workspaces 4 Medium Sam Spilsbury  10 Fix Released
1037411 #1037411 [regression][DRI] SubBuffer rendering is much slower in compiz 0.9.8.0 than it was in 0.9.7 4 Medium Daniel van Vugt  10 Fix Released
1039406 #1039406 Benchmark default placement overlaps (damages) Unity launcher and panel, resulting in artificially low benchmark results 4 Medium MC Return  10 Fix Released
1046664 #1046664 Unredirected fullscreen windows flicker briefly when another window (like a menu) opens above them 4 Medium Daniel van Vugt  10 Fix Released
1046701 #1046701 Random test failures in CCSGSettingsBackendConcept 4 Medium Sam Spilsbury  10 Fix Released
1047168 #1047168 scale mode is not visible if a fullscreen window is unredirected 4 Medium Daniel van Vugt  10 Fix Released
1048551 #1048551 multiple GObject warnings if gtk-window-decorator is started without org.gnome.mutter being installed 4 Medium Sam Spilsbury  10 Fix Released
1048964 #1048964 cmake fails on python 2.6 as sys.version_info does not contain major_version or minor_version 4 Medium Sam Spilsbury  10 Fix Released
1049100 #1049100 Build failure if COMPIZ_DISABLE_PLUGIN_RESIZE=ON 4 Medium Daniel van Vugt  10 Fix Released
1050749 #1050749 Unredirecting a fullscreen window on a secondary monitor causes that monitor to flicker 4 Medium Compiz Maintainers  10 Fix Released
1050752 #1050752 opacify plugin toggling by default doesn't work 4 Medium Iven Hsu  10 Fix Released
1050757 #1050757 opacify plugin: opacity isn't reset after switching window 4 Medium Iven Hsu  10 Fix Released
1051286 #1051286 [performance] glXSwapIntervalEXT called every frame, which is very slow on Nvidia. 4 Medium Daniel van Vugt  10 Fix Released
1051885 #1051885 "Unredirect Fullscreen Windows" makes multi-monitor rendering much slower 4 Medium Compiz Maintainers  10 Fix Released
1042552 #1042552 Paint List is often full of 1x1 offscreen windows from gtk-window-decorator 5 Low Sam Spilsbury  10 Fix Released
1045127 #1045127 Close from spread is unreliable 5 Low Marco Trevisan (Treviño)  10 Fix Released
1057421 #1057421 FTBFS with -DCOMPIZ_BUILD_TESTING=OFF if libgtest-dev is not installed 1 Undecided Daniel van Vugt  10 Fix Released
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