From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 7 19:19:26 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A2C71065729 for ; Fri, 7 Nov 2008 19:19:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chuckr@telenix.org) Received: from mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A02E8FC24 for ; Fri, 7 Nov 2008 19:19:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chuckr@telenix.org) Received: (qmail 8101 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2008 18:52:44 -0000 Received: from may.chuckr.org (HELO may.telenix.org) (chuckr@[66.92.151.44]) (envelope-sender ) by mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 7 Nov 2008 18:52:44 -0000 Message-Id: <0E1DCF36-07A1-4A7F-8784-477709445C26@telenix.org> From: Chuck Robey To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 13:52:43 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) Cc: Chuck Robey Subject: new X11 project X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:19:26 -0000 [This is my first time running this mail composing tool, tell me if it's doing something evil I don't see, ok?] I just got pointed at a URL, if you haven't, it's most likely worth your time to read this; http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=xorg_wayland&num=1 It's discussing a new X11 project, going by the name Wayland, a RedHat project. Among it's primary goals is to simplify the server, and since making things simpler (and hence more reliable) has been a lifelong primary goal of mine, I'm listening. My goal here, beyond trying to be helpful in pointing out something clearly important, is to find out of anyone has done any research with a mind towards finding out the ultimate compatibility between FreeBSD and this new Wayland. I'm always worried that a Linux-person is going to "innocently" write something that requires us to become a Linux lookalike. Has anyone got any FreeBSD info on this? Because, if I get s nice loud shot of slicne in answer to this question, I'm going to have to try to fix it. I wonder if it's just something that's going to need porting (my devout wish), or are more extreme measures going to have to be considered? Just being a worry-wart.