PROPOSED: Moving to scrollwm github org

[mecattaf]

Hey @dawsers I wanted to run an idea by you:

I took the liberty to set up a gh org called scrollwm. If you are open to it, I would like to make you the owner of this org and transfer the repo to the organization. This would mirror how sway does it (github.com/swaywm/sway > github.com/scrollwm/scroll)
This is relevant to me because of the project I am working on "scrollfx", a fork of scroll that incorporates the cosmetic features of swayfx on top of the scenefx renderer. You can find the progress so far here I hope to put in some time on it this week!

I would love it if we can have all this under the same umbrella. This would simplify fedora COPR packaging (a dedicated org) and other linux distro package managers.

Let me know what you think; happy to coordinate the details in whatever way is convenient to you.

Thank you for the sustained effort on scroll!
T

PS: Please do not see in this an attempt to push ScrollFX work on you :)

[voidstar-null]

Holy vibe coding.

[dawsers]

I think you should own scrollwm and hang your project from there. You can also either link to dawsers/scroll, or simply fork it to a repo inside scrollwm and update the fork. That way you have total control of what you do with scrollfx, and even modify scroll so it better serves your needs, like I did with sway. It is perfectly OK if distros point to your version of scroll, I don't really care. And that way you can pick and choose what commits you want, and when you want them.

At this time, I am not in a position to add more responsibilities to my agenda. I will happily continue to work on scroll, but if in the future you are able to create something better in scrollfx, I will be very happy to switch to it. Also, I am not too keen on AI programming yet.

[xiaozhuo256]

Thank you so much for sticking with scroll and sharing your thoughts—us regular users really appreciate how you keep this project going.

I’ve been hoping for blur and other visual tweaks on scroll for so long, so scrollfx sounds like a dream come true for me—I’m already looking forward to seeing those features work in scrollwm.

Also, totally agree the scrollwm org is a great call—it’ll make packaging way easier later. Fingers crossed mecattaf can smooth things out with the org, and we get to try those visual upgrades soon!

[mecattaf]

Great to hear i m not the only one. The current wip org with some repos is here: https://github.com/scrollwm
But i m still investigating approaches to incorporate scenefx with scroll.

[mecattaf]

Fyi I haven't given up on this project. But I will wait a bit longer until scroll stabilizes (prob by the next release). Dawsers is still pushing improvements and fixes left and right!!

[mecattaf]

Closing this discussion since done. Scrollfx is very close to completion.