Git pulling version 5.5?

[luciferin]

I'm compiling from the git repository. Everything seems to be going fine, it compiles and I have it install but compiz --version shows this:
chris ~ $ compiz --version
compiz 0.5.5

I'm grabbing it with this line:
git clone git://git.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/app/compiz

Should this not be the latest code base (0.6.2)? What the heck is wrong here?

[adamk]

0.5.5 is the latest code from the laster branch. There's a separate branch (0.6) which is where the last stable releases came from.

Adam

[maciekwpl]

So that means that's exactly what you should have :D Git version does not belong to 0.6 branch, and it's still named 0.5.5.

[delfick]

basically git should actually be 0.7

but that never happened for whatever reason.....

:D

[luciferin]

I'm sorry, you've just confused me more. Are you saying that I do have the latest version and it's just miss-branded? It works fine and I can't see any reason that it wouldn't be the latest..

I'm sorry to say this, but things in this project are VERY confusing right now. I'm not trying to start a flame war or anything; I may have to join the mailing lists and try to discuss a clean up/organization between the community(-ies). It hopefully just that development's slowed over the holidays.

[Deciare]

The definitive word on this can be found in this post by a core developer (http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/showpost.php?p=37649&postcount=8).

The git master version of Compiz currently identifies itself as version 0.5.5, which is indeed the latest version. Other components to be found in git may be identified as version 0.6.99. The whole collection will likely be released as 0.7 when the next stable release rolls around.

As for confusion between the communities, what kind? A few people have been wandering onto the old site, but most of us should be gathered here.

[delfick]

I'm sorry to say this, but things in this project are VERY confusing right now. I'm not trying to start a flame war or anything; I may have to join the mailing lists and try to discuss a clean up/organization between the community(-ies). It hopefully just that development's slowed over the holidays.

it is.

but we're getting there, slowly but surely :D

also, development has never been slowed down (ignoring the time spent remerging the beryl and compiz code). Most of the problems have stemmed from the community/web side of the project.

[luciferin]

also, development has never been slowed down (ignoring the time spent remerging the beryl and compiz code). Most of the problems have stemmed from the community/web side of the project.
Looking at gitweb there haven't been too many updates in the last few weeks. Not that I'm complaining, we've had a lot of plugin development and things are becoming very stable and smooth for me lately. I'd just like to see more movement of plugins into the 'extra' and 'unsupported' sections right now (guess that'll come with the next version update too though).

@Deciare: As far as confusion I meant things like the version numbers, where Compiz-fusion is noted as ~6.5 or higher and Compiz is releasing as 5.5 still (that post you linked clears it up though, thank you). Also, I find the web interfaces for compiz.org compiz-fusion.org and the forums to be very segregated; I personally think they should be designed with a similar interface and link between each other for information.

On top of that I also think there are too many forum sections and they just make it hard to keep up to date on what's going on. It is just my opinion, but it's kept me from visiting a lot.

[Deciare]

Yes, the forum structure's rather a mess right now. If you visit as often as I do (i.e. you can't stop refreshing the site ;) ), Today's Posts (http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/search.php?do=getdaily) is a very comfortable way to get around.

I don't think compiz.org is likely to see further updates, and we even have a wiki (http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org) completely separate from theirs, so I'd agree that they are quite segregated, yes. There were some misunderstandings about the relative role of each site last year, but it seems likely that this site will take over as the main source for Compiz-related information.

It's unfortunate that the various sections of this site don't relate well to each other at all, but there's an opinion among the administration that every detail--theme, features, code--must be finished before taking any steps toward integrating the site.