Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 13:56:06 +0100 From: Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Johannes Lundberg <johalun0@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Vote: making wayland=on default Message-ID: <47CA1ED8-A95E-4BD8-99EE-639AE466B9CB@grem.de> In-Reply-To: <20171220123250.hzbxaz6qbfb2wzrh@ivaldir.net> References: <CAECmPwtgtxJ-Nv6_LWoZC14UQ7TRZR%2B6Bg=1TK5=FuKz78hFNQ@mail.gmail.com> <20171220123250.hzbxaz6qbfb2wzrh@ivaldir.net>
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> On 20. Dec 2017, at 13:32, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >=20 >> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 09:20:20AM +0000, Johannes Lundberg wrote: >> Hi >>=20 >> I want to suggest that we enable wayland by default. In current state >> having some parts of wayland in ports is basically useless the >> end-users themselves re-build gtk30 and mesa-libs with wayland >> enabled. >>=20 >> libwayland-egl.so from mesa-libs and the extra libraries and headers >> from gtk30 adds like a few KB, a drop in the ocean compared to xorg >> packages. (might be something more that I missed) >>=20 >> Personally I see no reason not to make it default on, even with >> flavors coming up. For any Desktop user (as well as embedded devices >> like IVI-systems and whatnot), Wayland is the future. There's no >> escaping that. >>=20 >> Wayland has been quite usable on FreeBSD for over a year now but >> access to it is limited due to the extra efforts required to use it. >>=20 >> If we are to compare with the other guys, several Linux distros are >> already switching to wayland-based compositors as default window >> server. >>=20 >> What do you think? >>=20 >=20 > I agree on that, we should activate wayland everywhere by defualt, as it d= oes > not prevent at all from having a fully fonctionnal regular X working as we= ll. >=20 > All wayland option should be on, and this as nothing to do with flavors :)= >=20 > Please do it :) >=20 > Best regards, > Bapt I add my "vote" from the X11 list: Yes please, I had exactly that problem ye= sterday. Best, Michael=
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