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Subject: Re: Vote: making wayland=on default (also posted to ports@)
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On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 15:36:00 +0100 <gljennjohn@gmail=2Ecom> said

> On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:53:20 +0000
> Johannes Lundberg <johalun0@gmail=2Ecom> wrote:
>=20
> > > Can you guarantee this?  I seem to have mesa-libs stuff installed
> > > even though I use the nvidia-driver=2E  May be that pkg just
> > > installed mesa-libs as a dependency for some other package=2E
> > >
> > > I'm using the AMD Ryzen which has no on-board graphics, so I'm
> > > happily using my NVIDIA GPU and have absolutely no desire to
> > > change because someone enables wayland by default=2E
> > > =20
> >=20
> > x11-toolkits/gtk30 will get some added dependencies:
> > libwayland-client=2Eso:graphics/wayland \
> > libwayland-egl=2Eso:graphics/mesa-libs \
> > libxkbcommon=2Eso:x11/libxkbcommon
> >=20
> > Is this a problem for Nvidia users?
>=20
> I imagine the only way to find out would be to try it=2E  But if it's only
> gtk30, then it should
> be possible to avoid using it=2E
>=20
> I have no idea what wayland entails, or what it's good for, so I can't vo=
ice
> an opinion=2E
See:
https://en=2Ewikipedia=2Eorg/wiki/Wayland_%28display_server_protocol%29

HTH

--Chris
>=20
> --=20
> Gary Jennejohn