OK, since we aren't applying any patches until after 0.8, I thought I would make a list for when we do. This is a long list, so I hope people read it through (it certainly took long enough to compile). XMONAD http://darcswatch.nomeata.de/repo_http:__code.haskell.org_xmonad.html 9 patches outstanding. Let's go through the interesting ones: * "add warpGeometry field to XConf" http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2008-May/005651.html Applicable. No comments on it. Useful? I don't know Mirror so I can't say. * "XDG_CONFIG_HOME support" http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2008-May/005762.html. Applicable. Commented upon. The discussion never came to any conclusion I can see. The 5 non-patch emails discussing it: ** sjanssen, opposed (or at least skeptical): http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2008-May/005765.html ** dons, noncommittal: http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2008-May/005770.html ** Brandon Allbery, in favor of (?): http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2008-May/005771.html ** Devin Mullins, opposed: http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2008-May/005772.html ** Isaac Jones, in favor of: http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2008-May/005774.html. ** the patch author, in favor of (obviously) So: 1 neutral, 2 opposed, 3 in favor of. I don't know much about this, but the code change looks fairly clear to me, and the one real disadvantage adduced ('This has one disadvantage I can think of: for DEs that set $XDG automatically, users will have to know about it in order to know where to put their .xmonad.hs -- otherwise the file won't be detected. Perhaps that's not worth worrying about.') doesn't sound terribly serious? * "darcs patch: pass mouse clicks on to focused windows (experimental)" http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2008-June/005807.html Applicable. No comments on it. Marked experimental; perhaps Lukas Mai can comment on whether this is still good? * "Use threadWaitRead to avoid blocking in nextEvent in the main loop" http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2008-June/005895.html Allbery commented with advice http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2008-June/005897.html, and Adam Sampson took it and apparently wrote a new & improved patch http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2008-June/005899.html. This second patch is applicable, but I see no feedback on it. A good idea? Not being able to usefully run threads because of blocking strikes me as a problem. * "keyActions moved to XState" http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2008-July/006063.html Applicable. No comments. Confusingly, the second patch does not seem to exist on the mailing list, although Darcswatch has it at http://darcswatch.nomeata.de/20080715143436-7641b-979a1f6ea132b4dceba775c8d9.... A good idea? Looks like it; it enables a interesting looking patch to XMC http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2008-July/006041.html: "* XMonad.Actions.DynamicKeys: utilities to update key bindings at runtime" Summary: 5 outstanding patches of the 9 total are worth considering; 2 or 3 look worthwhile to me. XMONADCONTRIB http://darcswatch.nomeata.de/repo_http:__code.haskell.org_XMonadContrib.html 13 patches outstanding. Let's go through the interesting ones: * "Actions.Search: added {deb,debbts,debpts,images,isohunt} search engines" http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2008-May/005663.html Not applicable. No comments. I've emailed intrigeri asking him to re-record and send, since it is definitely a worthwhile patch to Action.Search. If he doesn't I probably will (assuming I don't forget). * "Fix window region checking in UpdatePointer", "Fix window region checking in UpdatePointer (and 1 more)" http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2008-June/005843.html, http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2008-June/005845.html Applicable. No comments. Joachim reported no bugs. ** "Only move pointers over managed windows" http://darcswatch.nomeata.de/20080610195916-23c07-acb9d3a32366a2d83284a837fd... See previous. * "XMonad.Actions.CopyWindow runOrCopy" http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2008-June/005799.html, patch http://darcswatch.nomeata.de/20080602205742-20747-65c3b7fcab114e84def368c540... Applicable. I commented and criticized it a little; I think it should be applied - I don't mind grappling with the code duplication later. * "Make prompt controlMask keybindings work when other modifiers are active" ???; patch http://darcswatch.nomeata.de/20080608222350-18f27-aa3de81015e9eb69d4bdd91a21... Not applicable. I don't know anything about this one. I include it because I don't actually know for certain that the current Prompt code does have working 'controlMask keybindings' when other modifiers are active. * "hide the implementation type in "EwmhDesktopsLayout"" Not applicable (due to a Darcs bug?). Was a response to this thread http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2008-June/thread.html#5837, but while the other patches got applied, this one got ignored - no comments on it. * "ManageDocks: keep struts on top" An attachment on Google Code (?); I can't find the right bug report. Patch: http://darcswatch.nomeata.de/20080626200455-18f27-727aac59e80057468e07299cea... Applicable. No discussion that I know of. * "darcs patch: Improvements in documentation (and 3 more)" ** "XMonad.Actions.Plane: removed unneeded hiding" ** "XMonad.Config.Gnome: using XMonad.Actions.Plane" ** "XMonad.Actions.Plane.planeKeys: function to make easier to configure" http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2008-July/006064.html Applicable. No discussion. (Poor Marco! Counting his Xmonad patch, that makes 5 or so patches that just got ignored.) * "XMonad.Actions.DynamicKeys: utilities to update key bindings at runtime" http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2008-July/006041.html Applicable. No comments. Requires the patch to XMonad core discussed previously. Summary: 10 or 11 patches worth considering; and 3 or 4 especially so. MISC http://darcswatch.nomeata.de/unmatched.html * "Fixes for Ssh Module" ???; patch: http://darcswatch.nomeata.de/20080810121734-d4c7e-893bfc8762644b1f97a488b318... May be applicable, but a darcs bug is triggered. I don't know where this one came from. It looks like some substantial Ssh changes though and is worth looking at? -- gwern Kvashnin OC-12 World BROMURE nitrate Marxist ASIC intelligence NAIA Defcon