Comment 104 for bug 130325

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Bryan Haskins (bryan-h) wrote : Re: [Bug 130325] Re: [nvidia-glx] 3D GL apps crash X when using compiz due to unmaked ABI change (gutsy)

This is getting rather off topic, this is not a discussion about Compiz
Fusion by default, this is a discussion about this issue, and solutions
to it. While I would agree it's not outside the scope to talk a bit
about how this effects us with compiz by default, your voice will not be
heard by the right people here.

Kristoffer Lundén wrote:
> That's not how it works. This bug will cause loss of work and data to a
> large part of the userbase, which may have no clue that this can happen,
> why it happens or how to work around it. At the same time, those who
> think it is really important to have bling will find and turn this
> feature on. I've never understood why a vocal minority that will enable
> this manually anyways thinks it's so important that everyone else must
> have their pet feature forced on them by default?
>
> I'm all for composite being the default once it is stable and polished
> (not worse than metacity, which it is in many cases right now even
> though it is better in other parts).
>
> Doesn't really matter if this is a closed source issue, people will lose
> work and data if this goes out by default as it is now. Is that worth it
> so some other people can have a fireworks show? Really?
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