Wayland/Weston 1.6 RC2 Released

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Wayland/Weston 1.6 RC2 Released

The final release candidate of Wayland 1.6 along with the Weston reference compositor is now available for testing with hopes of officially releasing this quarterly update next week...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTc4NjY

[Attent?ter]

Phoronix: Wayland/Weston 1.6 RC2 Released

The final release candidate of Wayland 1.6 along with the Weston reference compositor is now available for testing with hopes of officially releasing this quarterly update next week...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTc4NjY

What happened to Xwayland??

[RahulSundaram]

What happened to Xwayland??

It is part of Xorg now. Not Wayland or Weston releases.

[nanonyme]

What happened to Xwayland??

XWayland is how you run X11 applications under Wayland. It is hardly going anywhere in near future

[maslascher]

What happened to Xwayland??

We do not need XWayland, we need native Wayland apps.

[RahulSundaram]

We do not need XWayland, we need native Wayland apps.

Realistically, you want both since some X apps are never going to get ported over.

[rikkinho]

and what?

Realistically, you want both since some X apps are never going to get ported over.

and what? we will need to use x forever? what the point of wayland then?

[RahulSundaram]

and what? we will need to use x forever? what the point of wayland then?

Individuals may have a need for XWayland (not necessarily X itself) for a very long time to run older apps. It is not realistic to expect that Wayland will replace X for all users. It will be a slow transition to reduce the negative impact on end users.

[Marc Driftmeyer]

and what? we will need to use x forever? what the point of wayland then?

One normally moves to other applications that leverage the new technologies and whose functionality matches the old guard that will never upgrade.

[Attent?ter]

It is part of Xorg now. Not Wayland or Weston releases.

So have the developers found a way to get it working good??