gentoo xeffects项目主要是研究如何在gentoo下使用compiz和compiz fusion，xgl的ebuild文件就来自xeffects layout。 但是最近(2008/1/6前后)，xeffects项目的开发者声明他们决定中止该项目的开发。（文章末尾引用了他们的官方声明。）

官方网站gentoo-xeffects.org的域名也已经停止使用，在gentoo下通过 layman -a xeffects 会说找不到域名。 不过好在xeffects作者公开了他们的开发成果，你可以通过git下载。

# emerge dev-util/git
$ git clone git://git.overlays.gentoo.org/dev/jmbsvicetto.git

最后附上开发者的官方声明。

lex (nesl247) and I decided we no longer were interested in keep running the gentoo-xeffects server and agreed to not renew its subscription after the end of December. Thus, the gentoo-xeffects overlay is no longer available. I’ve put all the ebuilds in the xeffects overlay under my git dev overlay on http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/ where I plan to keep them for at least the next 15 days. If you want to get any of the ebuilds, you can use the gitweb interface to get it or you can clone the overlay with git clone git://git.overlays.gentoo.org/dev/jmbsvicetto.git. I have a local copy of all files that were available under http://distfiles.gentoo-xeffects.org so if someone is interested, drop me a note here, on IRC or through any of my contacts.

So, what’s next? I didn’t wanted to keep the server running because I wasn’t available to keep the financial commitment, but I’m still interested in compiz, compiz-fusion and related packages. As such, I’m starting a new overlay with Ingmar Vanhassel (ingmar/ingmarv) and Wulf C. Krueger (philantrop) that will be named desktop-effects and will also be available from http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/. As indicated by its new name, this overlay will have a different scope and will start with a subset of the xeffects ebuilds. Expect more details to follow in the US forum and or in the #gentoo-xeffects irc channel.

I want to thank everyone that worked on the coffee_buzz / gentoo-xeffects overlay for their hard work. In particular, I want to thank coffee_buzz, nesl247 and roderick. Without you and your work, the rest of us wouldn’t had / be having so much fun with compiz / compiz-quinnstorm / beryl / compcomm / compiz-fusion and friends.