[compiz] The future of Compiz

[imnotpc]

On Wednesday 31 December 2008 17:39:56 Sam Spilsbury wrote:
> So I probably look naive being the only one to reply to this post, and
> add my ideas about this issue, however I do feel that it's been
> plaguing the entire project for quite some time.

Sam and Kristian have stated things about as accurately as you can. The root 
problem is that Compiz and Beryl each had imperfect but functional management 
structures. The reunited community has no organizational structure at all. 
Like Sam said, things get discussed on the forum or IRC then nothing happens 
until individuals or small groups just do what they want. I don't see any 
point in re-hashing how we got that way, but the bottom line is that we've 
lost most of the Beryl/Compiz-Fusion devs and all the compiz devs as well as 
many contributors such as myself. Something needs to be done if 
Compiz/Compiz-Fusion is to remain relevant.

I wish I had a good solution. I tried for 6 months to bring some structure and 
organization to the community but got nowhere. I hoped that someone with more 
community support would take the lead. Sam and others have worked to keep the 
community together, but the same problems remain.

I don't know if there is anything I can do to help, or if you even want my 
help, but I'm willing to talk about solutions and go from there.

Jeff