X.Org Protocols 2022.2 Released With XWAYLAND Extension, DRI3 v1.3

[phoronix]

Phoronix: X.Org Protocols 2022.2 Released With XWAYLAND Extension, DRI3 v1.3

Xorgproto 2022.2 has been released as the newest version of this collection of X.Org/X11 protocols. Most notable with this rare xorgproto update is the introduction of a new extension, XWAYLAND...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/xorgproto-2022.2

[timofonic]

Why not a lot more efforts porting to Wayland and making apps/games use middleware (SDL, Qt, Gtk, FLTK, wx, etc) with very strong Wayland support?

[johanb]

Why not a lot more efforts porting to Wayland and making apps/games use middleware (SDL, Qt, Gtk, FLTK, wx, etc) with very strong Wayland support?

My guess would be that some projects probably don't have the resources to migrate to Wayland in the near term, so in that case it's better that those application works well under XWayland than working badly under XWayland.

[c117152]

Why not a lot more efforts porting to Wayland and making apps/games use middleware (SDL, Qt, Gtk, FLTK, wx, etc) with very strong Wayland support?

Some legacy code barely justifies basic maintenance let alone porting efforts so giving devs the option to do quick "if running under xwayland, don't do this and that when handling the clipboard..." is often the best option for everyone.

[RejectModernity]

Why not a lot more efforts porting to Wayland and making apps/games use middleware (SDL, Qt, Gtk, FLTK, wx, etc) with very strong Wayland support?

Look at GIMP team's porting efforts to GTK3

[timofonic]

Look at GIMP team's porting efforts to GTK3

Is that sarcasm?

[mdedetrich]

Is that sarcasm?

Nope.

[Quackdoc]

Look at GIMP team's porting efforts to GTK3

eventually people will realize it was a cruel joke all along xD

[Vistaus]

eventually people will realize it was a cruel joke all along xD

A little bird told me the current GIMP GTK3 code is more like lorum ipsum and they're secretly porting GIMP to Electron.

[Amano]

Look at GIMP team's porting efforts to GTK3

Well, it is ported and it works. It is just not released as stable. But most blockers are out of the way.