Some might not see how much work it was to maintain xorg server

Re:Some might not see how much work it was to maintain xorg ... by wharvle on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @04:01PM (#38451244)

Just 9 years to go before Wayland’s replacement protocol is revealed, going by the X11 timeline.

Or, in the next year or two, going by the Xfree86/Xorg timeline.

It’ll be interesting to see whether the (inevitable) Wayland or X11 compatibility layer is the more-heavily-used one in that future system.

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Re:Some might not see how much work it was to maintain xorg ... by MadnessASAP on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @04:26PM (#38451530)

A decade before people start looking for a replacement is pretty good numbers. Especially if you consider that's when the search for replacement starts. Xorg continued to see significant development for about a decade alongside Wayland.

Of course W was only a couple years old before being replaced by X. So maybe we'll see Waylands replacement much sooner. I wonder if people were debating W vs X the way we debate X vs Wayland?

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Re:Some might not see how much work it was to maintain xorg ... by bitwize on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @05:07PM (#38452041)

X was pretty much W, but async.

Wayland is a fundamental rethink of the entire graphics stack -- much needed for modern systems.

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