Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 15:08:42 +0200 From: Tommi Pernila <tommi.pernila@iki.fi> To: Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de> Cc: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>, Johannes Lundberg <johalun0@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Vote: making wayland=on default Message-ID: <CABHD1wTRJFYq3VdK8zv=e7ht%2BQ=jYokyQMWf=WyFsE=PeQh6BQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <47CA1ED8-A95E-4BD8-99EE-639AE466B9CB@grem.de> References: <CAECmPwtgtxJ-Nv6_LWoZC14UQ7TRZR%2B6Bg=1TK5=FuKz78hFNQ@mail.gmail.com> <20171220123250.hzbxaz6qbfb2wzrh@ivaldir.net> <47CA1ED8-A95E-4BD8-99EE-639AE466B9CB@grem.de>
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Looking forward to testing Wayland more on FreeBSD. So yes please! -Tommi On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:56 PM, Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de> wrote: > > > > On 20. Dec 2017, at 13:32, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 09:20:20AM +0000, Johannes Lundberg wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> 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. > >> > >> 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) > >> > >> 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. > >> > >> 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. > >> > >> If we are to compare with the other guys, several Linux distros are > >> already switching to wayland-based compositors as default window > >> server. > >> > >> What do you think? > >> > > > > I agree on that, we should activate wayland everywhere by defualt, as it > does > > not prevent at all from having a fully fonctionnal regular X working as > well. > > > > All wayland option should be on, and this as nothing to do with flavors > :) > > > > Please do it :) > > > > Best regards, > > Bapt > > I add my "vote" from the X11 list: Yes please, I had exactly that problem > yesterday. > > Best, > Michael > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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