wayland / gsoc ?

[dansan]

Dear devs: how hard will it be to port spring to wayland?
I know there's still ~2y time, and then it will still run in a x-root-window...

But the suddenly time flys... so: Could that be a gsoc13 project?

I'm asking because display server discussions are currently hot in the linux world, and on the next gsoc maybe someone wants to hone their skillz for the future and do the port?

[SinbadEV]

Last I checked spring used SDL, how far along is SDL for Wayland?

[Anarchid]

wayland

Is anybody gonna adopt that thing at all? Last i heard, the spaceman person absconded and decided to make his own graphics server with b/j and h.

Much better targets exist for potential gsoc.

[gajop]

Much better targets exist for potential gsoc.

pretty much this

besides, not sure if spring will apply for gsoc at all.. would be great if it did though, 3rd time's the charm eh?

[dansan]

wayland

Is anybody gonna adopt that thing at all? Last i heard, the spaceman person absconded and decided to make his own graphics server with b/j and h.

Everyone else is going wayland: gtk, qt, kde, gnome. It WILL eventually replace Xorg, there is no doubt about it.

Ubuntu is going to become a smartphone OS and so it must make sure to not be compatible to the rest of the linux world.

Much better targets exist for potential gsoc.

Ah OK - I have no clue - was just an idea, nvm :)

[gajop]

Well what's the motivation (other than it's a new thing)?
What would be the benefit?
A quick google search doesn't reveal much: http://askubuntu.com/questions/11537/wh ... and-better. The only thing we would get is breaking Nvidia support (the only GFX card that properly works in Spring).

[abma]

i would think, when sdl supports wayland, we have nothing to change in springs codebase, maybe minor stuff, but nothing that would be enough for a GSoC Project. I currently don't see a relationship here...

[dansan]

I wasn't aware all gfx goes through SDL. We'll be fine then: http://wayland.freedesktop.org/toolkits.html

Nvidia will support Wayland when the major distros begin switching - my guess is in ~2y.

All questions answered, thread can be closed :)

[aiphee]

Everyone else is going wayland: gtk, qt, kde, gnome. It WILL eventually replace Xorg, there is no doubt about it.

You know that is bull****. Nothing like that have been decided, libraries like QT or GTK will run on MIR (new graphic server by Ubuntu) and Unity itself will be written in QT.

Ubuntu showed bolt move replacing anient X with something modern (Wayland isnt so modern as you may think).

Anyway, modifiing Spring to work in Wayland or MIR is way too early.