[pkg-lxqt-devel] xfwm confusion

[Alf Gaida]

Hi Eric,

nice catch, we missed that openbox in the description. And we use xfwm4 
because xfwm4 fits better for LXQt than openbox.

To be clear about: Openbox is the lowest common nominator, not the 
standard - the most of the LXQt developers use kwin, some (me included) 
use xfwm4. If kwin esp. kwin-wayland evolve and xfwm does not support 
wayland when LXQt is ready we will most likely switch to kwin in the end 
as default - but rigth now xfwm4 is a resonable and sensible choice. 
It's a matter of personal taste too, has very few dependencies and is 
damn fast. And not using openbox means also not using compton which is 
dead in the water - a major advantage.

Cheers Alf

On 23.12.2016 17:47, Eric wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Why does the Debian version of LXQt ship with xfwm instead of the 
> standard openbox?  The lxqt-core package from Stretch reads:
>
> This package is a metapackage meant to provide the core components of 
> LXQt. These include pcmanfm-qt, lxqt-panel, lxqt-session and openbox.
>
>
> and yet when you scroll down, it has xfwm as a dependency and openbox 
> is only suggested.  I find this confusing, can you please explain this 
> decision?  Thanks,
>
>
>                                            Eric
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