FreeBSD Port: enlightenment-0.17.5,2

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On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Peter <peter at reseaunance.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm testing E17 under the PCBSD10 (based on FreeBSD 10.0-BETA3) on my
> laptop.
> I'm really disappointed by the degradation of some modules (I'm comparing
> with 0.16.999.65643 I use on my workstation, under PCBSD 9.1).
> I would like to know the port status and feature plans - if I must migrate
> to another WM.
>
> The principal problems I observed in 0.17.5 :
> - composite does not work (or not compiled)
> - engage module does not work (bottom half of the screen is black and
> unusable when it loaded)
> - startup very long with splash activated (I've seen this problem in
> 0.16.999.65643 too)
> - many incompatible themes (almost all)
>
> Note that engage and composite are the 'must have' modules for
> Enlightenment in PC environment and I don't see many reasons to use
> Enlightenment without them...
>
> Best regards,
> Peter
>
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Enlightenment 0.18 have been released recently, and it has built-in
compositing. I suppose it's wiser to just port a new version, than fixing
0.17.