Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 19:14:40 +0000 From: Johannes Lundberg <johalun0@gmail.com> To: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Vote: making wayland=on default Message-ID: <CAECmPwu6t-q-xF4sfon4oB%2BpMzcgYR=UoXDafQTfDfK8q4b8Tg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3267de19-6e00-a72a-e2a7-abb322ccf7ac@rawbw.com> References: <CAECmPwtgtxJ-Nv6_LWoZC14UQ7TRZR%2B6Bg=1TK5=FuKz78hFNQ@mail.gmail.com> <3267de19-6e00-a72a-e2a7-abb322ccf7ac@rawbw.com>
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Hi Yuri To be clear, we're not transitioning to anything, we're simply adding more options. Compare it to adding a new window manager for X, it doesn't mean you have to stop using the existing ones... On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 5:39 PM, Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> wrote: > On 12/20/17 01:20, Johannes Lundberg wrote: >> >> For any Desktop user (as well as embedded devices >> like IVI-systems and whatnot), Wayland is the future. There's no >> escaping that. > > > Over the history of its development, Wayland could never clearly answer the > question "What are the benefits of Wayland for the end user?". > Additionally, they always advocated the removal of features like networked > connections, window manager features. > > It appears that this is the case of fixing of something (xorg) that > wasn't/isn't broken in the first place. And if it is considered broken, then > how, in which way? > > But you are right, it is a reality that Wayand devs had enough horsepower to > eventually, after many years, make it and now impose it on everybody, and > force it to be a future reality. > > There are a lot of things that need to be verified that they work: x11vnc, > the ability to connect to a display remotely, every window manager should > work with it, ex. xfce4, dwm. > > People should be asking the question "What's the benefit of the transition > to X?". The answer should include the functional benefits to users, not just > "We need to switch to something called X." What new features or improvements > will users actually see? > > > Just my 2c. > Yuri >
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