Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:08:31 -0800 From: "Chris H" <portmaster@BSDforge.com> To: "Johannes Lundberg" <johalun0@gmail.com> Cc: <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Vote: making wayland=on default Message-ID: <0bc4b9b1d25db922415413bfa84375d7@udns.ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <CAECmPwtgtxJ-Nv6_LWoZC14UQ7TRZR%2B6Bg=1TK5=FuKz78hFNQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 09:20:20 +0000 "Johannes Lundberg" <johalun0@gmail=2Ecom>= said > Hi >=20 > I want to suggest that we enable wayland by default=2E 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=2E >=20 > libwayland-egl=2Eso 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=2E (might be something more that I missed) >=20 > Personally I see no reason not to make it default on, even with > flavors coming up=2E For any Desktop user (as well as embedded devices > like IVI-systems and whatnot), Wayland is the future=2E There's no > escaping that=2E >=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=2E >=20 > If we are to compare with the other guys, several Linux distros are > already switching to wayland-based compositors as default window > server=2E >=20 > What do you think? IMHO it's (still) too early=2E Too much other X(org) related work still being completed=2E In fact, I just built a new dev box to track 12 (CURRENT), and this was the first time I was not required to pre generate a config file for Xorg=2E I was only required to inform /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg=2Econf=2Ed/nvidia-driver=2Econf that the driver was "nvidia", not "nv"=2E Everything work(s|ed) famously=2E A real treat=2E I'm also a bit concerned about the progress (or lack there of) on network transparency=2E I (personally) could conceive it as a KERNEL OPTION, but would not want to see it in the Default kernel=2E Well, those are *my* thoughts=2E Because you asked=2E :-) --Chris >=20 >=20 > /Johannes
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