From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 7 19:36:53 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 C80D11065690 for ; Fri, 7 Nov 2008 19:36:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EBF58FC22 for ; Fri, 7 Nov 2008 19:36:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 6so569821eyi.7 for ; Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:36:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=UuBKjNscSjil1gy8cK9VjM9m6XEdFDvV5aaC0kpsNNY=; b=MvJqYkpfwonlc8KCxWk3PAPCRjMzVW738/Unbidp2OSW2L76PyrYBonYsHVEZfAms2 twanwjefQY7MjHm41MLSYxQj9LhNfQpIY0BUXOgHowEDNW1q+T/JS0PVN+pMvT54TRYj ocYrYXWVpXbCgf3+GIA8ojNhnhv+bIyTpuoHM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=TxmpQSaS8JuYjiIE77NeNYPQ5IGwfMdKYJgOome0lWiIlNQQEj9eZ2eucUATN2aUFM Dvm4z4JI7i5yo/+lukFAX2erG2pmwSMNUlqBZVTCmwGn603GqzgTWRImO3kvEoutdXKR YSN4tnGrsTs960/IN7o9eTaDU/atMKmPrLQbc= Received: by 10.103.248.17 with SMTP id a17mr2003387mus.83.1226086609609; Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:36:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.103.137.8 with HTTP; Fri, 7 Nov 2008 11:36:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 17:36:49 -0200 From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" To: "Chuck Robey" In-Reply-To: <0E1DCF36-07A1-4A7F-8784-477709445C26@telenix.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <0E1DCF36-07A1-4A7F-8784-477709445C26@telenix.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 19:36:53 -0000 On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Chuck Robey wrote: > [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. OpenBSD folks are working on improvements for X too. You may be interested on this presentation: http://www.openbsd.org/papers/fosdem08-xorg.pdf > 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. -- cd /usr/ports/sysutils/life make clean