Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 10:19:03 +0100 From: Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org> To: Niclas Zeising <zeising+freebsd@daemonic.se>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Vote: making wayland=on default Message-ID: <34f699e2-b852-63fd-f6d6-a862a42569de@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <fb08d1cf-1464-8d43-27a4-0051ce71adc5@daemonic.se> References: <CAECmPwtgtxJ-Nv6_LWoZC14UQ7TRZR%2B6Bg=1TK5=FuKz78hFNQ@mail.gmail.com> <fb08d1cf-1464-8d43-27a4-0051ce71adc5@daemonic.se>
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On 12/20/2017 21:47, Niclas Zeising wrote: > On 12/20/17 10:20, 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? >> > > > With my x11@ hat on. > > I have no problem with this, as long as the old xorg stuff keeps on > working, as you've stated they will do. I do not have time to fix this > this week, but if you can help me prepare a patch we can perhaps get it > in after that (beginning of next week, in the days between Christmas and > new years). Do you know which ports are affected by this, and have a > WAYLAND option? We should also check, probably just in case, if portmgr > thinks an exp run is needed (I don't think so). > I recently added a WAYLAND option to the multimedia/libva port I maintain. I set it to off by default but that can be changes without problems. -- Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org>
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