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["Duncan M. McGreggor" <duncan.mcgreggor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 20, 2011, at 5:45 AM, Florian Boucault wrote:

> On 01/13/2011 06:43 PM, Duncan McGreggor wrote:
> > Hey all, just a quick update about the architecture (fresh diagram  
> > included):
> >
> > We've had a chance to chat with Unity Shell/compiz devs this week,  
> > and
> > have solidified our compiz plans: grail/geis will have their
> > long-running instances in a compiz plugin. The unity compiz plugin
> > will use the GEIS API to get what it needs, and everything else
> > remains the same. This isn't really so much a change as filling in
> > details that we hadn't gotten to yet :-)
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > d
>
> Thanks for the update Duncan.

No problem.

> What does that mean for users of grail/geis if Compiz is not used?

Due to limited resources and the need to focus on a limited set of  
tasks, all of our development efforts involve Unity/Compiz.

That being said, the components are flexible enough to be used  
anywhere. Some examples of this should be evident when looking at the  
geis unit tests.

d