On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 12:23 AM, Johannes Lundberg <johal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Chris H <portmas...@bsdforge.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 09:20:20 +0000 "Johannes Lundberg" < > johal...@gmail.com> > > said > > > >> 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? > > > > IMHO it's (still) too early. Too much other X(org) related work > > still being completed. 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. I was only required to > > inform /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/nvidia-driver.conf that > > the driver was "nvidia", not "nv". Everything work(s|ed) famously. > > A real treat. I'm also a bit concerned about the progress (or lack > > there of) on network transparency. > > I (personally) could conceive it as a KERNEL OPTION, but would not > > want to see it in the Default kernel. > > > > Well, those are *my* thoughts. Because you asked. :-) > > > > --Chris > > > > Thanks for your feedback! > > Just to clarify, we're not talking about changing any defaults that > would impact or change users' choice of desktop. We only want to > enable Wayland compositors as an alternative to X (leaving X as is). > > This does not break or modify anything existing. It does not force you > to do anything differently. It simply adds a couple of libraries that > you won't use unless you run Wayland stuff (if you install qt5/gtk30 > and mesa-libs). > > The reference to Linux making it default might have been unclear. > Since FreeBSD doesn't have a default desktop, it's hard to change. It > is and will continue to be up to the end user what they choose to use, > we only add more options :) > > >> > >> > >> /Johannes > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > I'd +1 to this _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
