Major New Features
* Single source tree: All plugins/libraries are in lp:compiz now
* OpenGL|ES support (e.g. for ARM platforms)
* GSettings support, as a backend for storing compizconfig
* Buffer swapping on every frame: allowing compiz to take advantage of
driver features such as page flipping and triple/quad buffering. This
results in noticeably higher physical frame rates, and smoother graphics.
Disabled Features
In order to complete support for OpenGL|ES, some plugins were not (yet)
ported and have been disabled for now. Those are: animationaddon, bicubic,
blur, colorfilter, cubeaddon, gears, group, loginout, reflex, thumbnail,
stackswitch, wallpaper, trip. However, those are only 13 out of 84 plugins.
We welcome patches to revive the disabled plugins.
Bugs Fixed (https://launchpad.net/compiz/+milestone/0.9.8.0)
201342 - Tearing on secondary monitors even when "Sync To VBlank" is
turned on.
454218 - Loss of window border (white flash) when using compiz resize
plugin, option=normal
755842 - Non-maximized windows which sit on the border of a workspace move
when called
770283 - [fglrx] Title bar does not update on non-maximized windows
803296 - [regression] Compiz Resize plugin: When "Default Resize Mode" =
Normal, resizing is extremely slow and CPU intensive
862430 - window flicker for a short time after switching workspaces
886605 - Desktop, Launcher and menu bar still visible when screen locked
892012 - Window management - When a semi-maximised a window is maximised
and then restored, the window position jumps and window size
changes so the the window title bar is sometimes hidden
underneath the top bar
901097 - Add option to use glXSwapBuffers on every frame, not just
full-screen redraws.
904205 - Desktop wall: Bindings for next/previous don't wrap to the next
row
929989 - compiz (decor) - Warn: failed to bind pixmap to texture
930783 - mouse poll is jerky at the default setting of 40ms
932520 - Some windows on start up don't show full window
933776 - [regression] scale/spread: "Initiate Window Picker for All
Windows" does not show all windows. It shows only windows from
curent workspace.
946388 - Some apps (like Remmina) can't full-screen under Compiz (or Unity)
955035 - Super-W shows vanishing windows the first time you hit it. Windows
fly off the screen instead of spreading.
960652 - Switcher remains open after super+tab has been used.
963794 - gtk-window-decorator crashed with SIGFPE in
_decor_blend_horz_border_picture()
972519 - Compiz-core fails to compile with gcc-4.7 -
'cc1plus: all warnings being treated as errors'
976467 - [regression] Compiz 0.9.7.6: Menus often have no shadows at all
978900 - Menu shadow clipping flickers while switching menubar
items/indicators
980026 - Compiz should not move windows to workspace 0,0 when restarted
981703 - regression / unable to interact with window-titlebar (window
decoration) after minimizing/unminimizing gnome-terminal
987639 - [0.9.8 r3110 regression] Windows lose decorations during "scale"
(window spread)
987647 - Mouse pointer doesn't change when dragging windows in expo
988684 - [regression] Starting a second instance of compiz (without
--replace) causes the existing instance to shut down (gracefully)
989545 - [regression] compiz --replace fails to start
990690 - Get libcompizconfig under test
993608 - CMake Error at FindCompiz.cmake:84 (include): include could not
find load file: CompizDefaults
994841 - 'make test' fails lots of test cases if you don't have Xvfb
installed
996901 - regression / gtk-window-decorator crashes / doesn't start
properly -> rev3131 is culprit
999019 - [regression] Bug 994841 ('make test' fails lots of test cases)
regressed in lp:compiz-core r3133
1002602 - [nvidia] [0.9.8 r3110 regression] With bug fix 862430 unfocussed
windows are displayed white
1002606 - [0.9.8 r3110 regression] 2nd un-maxed window often opens
overlapping adjacent workspace
1002715 - [regression] Misspelled plugins are silently ignored
1002721 - [regression] compiz fails to load plugins from LD_LIBRARY_PATH
1004251 - Animations aren't smooth when sync to vblank is enabled
1004335 - wall.cpp:588: Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised
value(s)
1004338 - screen.cpp:4364,4372: Conditional jump or move depends on
uninitialised value(s)
1004848 - CompizConfigPython.test_plugin test fails when opengl isn't
enabled
1005008 - Can't disable building ccp plugin
1005009 - Can't disable building grid plugin
1005176 - libcompizconfig headers still don't install in the right place
1005177 - Compizconfig-python still doesn't respect DESTDIR when not
exported
1005569 - [callgrind] compiz spends ~25% of its time
constructing/destructing strings in
PrivateScreen::handleActionEvent
1006335 - [callgrind] compiz spends ~7% of its time inserting into and
destructing the events list in PrivateScreen::processEvents()
1007299 - Compiz frame rate decreases if application frame rates are too
high (unthrottled)
1007754 - gtk-window-decorator crashed with SIGSEGV in
meta_get_decoration_geometry
1008020 - New windows can be stacked above panels if they are created just
after an override redirect window is created
1009320 - Benchmark key is not consumed by compiz. It gets passed to the
underlying window.
1009338 - composite refresh rate falls back to 50Hz, which is wrong in most
cases
1012205 - [needs-packaging] Wishlist: Missing plug-In: Stackswitch
(Stack Window Switcher)
1012956 - Unintended shadows are rendered for the Unity Launcher and Panel
1014461 - decor fails to start any window decorator by default (option
"command" is blank upstream)
1015151 - [BNR] Compiz crash in movementWindowOnScreen (caused by fix
755842)
1015422 - compiz is wasting memory leaving a shell running:
/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/compiz-decorator
1015593 - crash in gtk-windows-decorator meta_get_button_position
1015898 - No decorator is started if compiz is run without any path prefix
1016366 - Potential cases where textures can become invalid where plugins
need the image for animations
1016367 - Potential race condition where X commands haven't finished
processing when we bind a texture and generate mipmaps
1018302 - [regression] main.cpp:222,225: Conditional jump or move depends
on uninitialised value(s)
1018602 - [gsettings] Invalid write of size 4 in readOption
1018730 - [gsettings] Lots of warnings about key names >31 characters,
which also causes CCSM crashes.
1018916 - ccsm and compizconfig python files don't get installed
1019337 - gtk-window-decorator crashes with BadWindow (invalid Window
parameter), from XGetWindowProperty() from get_frame_type()
1021104 - Severe damage artefacts and flickering when using LLVMpipe
1021139 - make ExperimentalMemCheck; fails CompTimerTestCallback.TimerOrder
1023738 - make -j3 randomly fails with
sed: -e expression #1, char 6: unterminated `s' command
1023742 - make -j2 randomly fails with
/bin/sh: 1: _intltool_update-NOTFOUND: not found
1024179 - make install in unity fails to install
org.compiz.unity*.gschema.xml
1029383 - Make fails with:
/bin/sh: 1: cannot open g': No such file (when attempting to
build Unity)
1030473 - Error-reports cppcheck
(http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/cppcheck/index.php?title=Main_Page)
1033085 - Typo in "Commands" plugin description: "bundings" -> "bindings"
1033531 - Single click inside the Workspace Switcher should always return
to a workspace
1036490 - [regression] compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in
g_main_context_iteration() from ... from CcpScreen::timeout()
1036542 - [regression] Clicking launcher icons in expo mode now exits expo
mode
1036739 - Window management - decouple window minimise and restore/maximise
animation timings
1037710 - Tearing at top of laptop screen
1039482 - imgsvg build failure on quantal
1039834 - paralell builds can fail on resize_logic
1039843 - make fails if librsvg-2.0 < 2.36.2
