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** Summary changed:

- Emerald (the original Compiz Window Decorator) fails to compile on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise, while it was working on all Ubuntu versions before
+ Emerald (the original Compiz Window Decorator) not available in Precise and Quantal, while it was working on all Ubuntu versions before

** Summary changed:

- Emerald (the original Compiz Window Decorator) not available in Precise and Quantal, while it was working on all Ubuntu versions before
+ Emerald (the original Compiz Window Decorator) fails to compile on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise, while it was working on all Ubuntu versions before [needs-packaging]

** Description changed:

- Compiling from source produces this errors:
- 
- git clone git://anongit.compiz.org/fusion/decorators/emerald
- cd emerald
- git checkout -b compiz++ origin/compiz++
- ./autogen.sh
- make
- 
- Compiling (make) throws out this error:
- 
- main.c:4724: error: undefined reference to 'exp'
- main.c:1273: error: undefined reference to 'pow'
- engine_loader.c:44: error: undefined reference to 'dlclose'
- engine_loader.c:47: error: undefined reference to 'dlerror'
- engine_loader.c:49: error: undefined reference to 'dlopen'
- engine_loader.c:66: error: undefined reference to 'dlsym'
- engine_loader.c:67: error: undefined reference to 'dlsym'
- engine_loader.c:68: error: undefined reference to 'dlsym'
- engine_loader.c:69: error: undefined reference to 'dlsym'
- engine_loader.c:54: error: undefined reference to 'dlopen'
- engine_loader.c:57: error: undefined reference to 'dlerror'
- collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
- make[2]: *** [emerald] Error 1
- make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/mcr2010/Documents/emerald/src'
- make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
- make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mcr2010/Documents/emerald'
- make: *** [all] Error 2
- 
- I guess those references were changed.
  
  I hope Emerald does not get forgotten and someone can fix this, because it is still by far the best window decorator available, coupled with a great theme manager and possibilities for the power user to adjust window decorations in both looks and functionality.
  For example the window decoration can be individualized and upgraded by adding buttons to make windows Sticky/Unsticky Shade/Unshade Roll-Up/Down or by adding glow, changing fonts and adjusting shadows/transparency and colors.
  All of those functionality and the great look with transparency and glow cannot be matched by any other available window decorator out there, so this is a big regression on Precise for many users, who used to use it on Ubuntu before.
  Also it was designed to accomplish Compiz and Compiz without Emerald is not Compiz anymore, while the combination Compiz/Emerald/Unity was really great in the past.
  
  Here a few links showing the undaunted popularity of Emerald:
  
  http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-emerald-in-ubuntu-1110-oneiric.html
  http://www.linux-geek.co.nz/2011/06/04/how-to-change-ubuntus-window-borders-with-emerald/

** Description changed:

+ I hope Emerald does not get forgotten and someone can fix this, because
+ it is still by far the best window decorator available, coupled with a
+ great theme manager and possibilities for the power user to adjust
+ window decorations in both looks and functionality.
  
- I hope Emerald does not get forgotten and someone can fix this, because it is still by far the best window decorator available, coupled with a great theme manager and possibilities for the power user to adjust window decorations in both looks and functionality.
- For example the window decoration can be individualized and upgraded by adding buttons to make windows Sticky/Unsticky Shade/Unshade Roll-Up/Down or by adding glow, changing fonts and adjusting shadows/transparency and colors.
- All of those functionality and the great look with transparency and glow cannot be matched by any other available window decorator out there, so this is a big regression on Precise for many users, who used to use it on Ubuntu before.
- Also it was designed to accomplish Compiz and Compiz without Emerald is not Compiz anymore, while the combination Compiz/Emerald/Unity was really great in the past.
+ For example the window decoration can be individualized and upgraded by
+ adding buttons to make windows Sticky/Unsticky Shade/Unshade Roll-
+ Up/Down or by adding glow, changing fonts and adjusting
+ shadows/transparency and colors.
+ 
+ All of those functionality and the great look with transparency and glow
+ cannot be matched by any other available window decorator out there, so
+ this is a big regression on Precise and Quantal for many users, who used
+ to use it on Ubuntu before.
+ 
+ Also it was designed to accomplish Compiz and Compiz without Emerald is
+ not Compiz anymore, while the combination Compiz/Emerald/Unity was
+ really great in the past and still is (with 2 minor bugs, which still
+ need to be fixed).
  
  Here a few links showing the undaunted popularity of Emerald:
  
  http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-emerald-in-ubuntu-1110-oneiric.html
  http://www.linux-geek.co.nz/2011/06/04/how-to-change-ubuntus-window-borders-with-emerald/
+ 
+ Fetching the source and compiling works, when done this way:
+ 
+ git clone git://anongit.compiz.org/fusion/decorators/emerald
+ cd emerald
+ git checkout -b compiz++ origin/compiz++
+ ./autogen.sh
+ export "LIBS=-ldl -lm" && ./configure
+ make
+ 
+ Please package this great window decorator for Precise, Quantal and
+ future versions of Ubuntu.

** Tags removed: compile compiling
** Tags added: 12.10 needs-packaging quantal

** Summary changed:

- Emerald (the original Compiz Window Decorator) fails to compile on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise, while it was working on all Ubuntu versions before [needs-packaging]
+ Emerald (the original Compiz Window Decorator)  not available in Precise and Quantal, while it was working on all Ubuntu versions before [needs-packaging]

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Title:
  Emerald (the original Compiz Window Decorator)  not available in
  Precise and Quantal, while it was working on all Ubuntu versions
  before [needs-packaging]

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