DRI3 v1.2 Lands In X.Org Server 1.20

[phoronix]

Phoronix: DRI3 v1.2 Lands In X.Org Server 1.20

We knew it was coming still for X.Org Server 1.20, but now the DRI3 v1.2 support has landed in the server...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=DRI3-v1.2-In-X-Server-1.20

[FireBurn]

I really don't get xorg-server development. It seems not work goes on for ages, the a load of stuff lands an rc1 is made then they add even more stuff like this, what was the point in rc1?

[MastaG]

Now lets hope EGLStreams for XWayland will land in time as well.
Then all features are merged and nvidia binary blob users can also enjoy X11 apps on Wayland with EGLStreams patched compositor (such as mutter ).

[uid313]

GNOME and KDE uses Wayland.

Electron 2.0.0-beta2 was released yesterday, so I guess soon the final 2.0 release will be done, which now use GTK3.
Then we wait for Atom, Spotify, Skype and VS Code to be rebuilt using Electron 2.0.

It looks like Firefox 59 will have preliminary Wayland support.
VLC 3.0 was recently released with initial Wayland support. So the only thing missing is GIMP.

So soon I can uninstall X.Org Server and run Wayland exclusively.

[dungeon]

I really don't get xorg-server development. It seems not work goes on for ages, the a load of stuff lands an rc1 is made then they add even more stuff like this, what was the point in rc1?

RC1 is just an promise how ABI won't be broken anymore... on RC1 announce these features were mention that it will added, so everything goes as expected.

But let say it like this:

RC1 - on this point we won't break ABI anymore, slight breakages allowed
RC2 - slighter breakages allowed
if RC3 - slightest breakages still allowed
release & plus - only bugfixes, security and non-intrusive backports allowed

[Sloth]

Apparently "slight breakages" included the amdgpu driver. At least modesetting still works.

[RealNC]

Prime example of project management failure.

X.Org has huge management issues.

[aufkrawall]

Is the RC1 an unstable mess, or why?

[Sloth]

There's a patch for the amdgpu issue. Other than that, I have no issues with RC1.

[torsionbar28]

RC1 is just an promise how ABI won't be broken anymore... on RC1 announce these features were mention that it will added, so everything goes as expected.

But let say it like this:

RC1 - on this point we won't break ABI anymore, slight breakages allowed
RC2 - slighter breakages allowed
if RC3 - slightest breakages still allowed
release & plus - only bugfixes, security and non-intrusive backports allowed, and slightestest breakages.

Fixed.