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Re:XFCE Wayland Development Roadmap by bitwize on Thursday September 14, 2023 @05:48PM (#37515293)
The X code path has to be maintained as the toolkit evolves. X is old, bletcherous code written for graphics hardware of the 80s and 90s. It's holding modern apps back. No one working on modern apps wants to maintain anything having to do with X.
Re:XFCE Wayland Development Roadmap by bandrami on Thursday September 14, 2023 @06:43PM (#37515774)
And network stacks would be simpler if they took out token ring support, too, and that doesn't happen either. An interface once shipped is basically frozen whether people like it or not. The toolkits still support DirectFB, even if it's not built by default.