Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low

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From	not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject	Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low
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Date	2023-01-06 08:50 +1000
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In comp.misc Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 22:48:48 +0000
> Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
>> Computer Nerd Kev quoted:
>> 
>> > "It shouldn't be news to you that most of the corporate-backed
>> >   developers working on the Linux desktop are no longer investing in
>> >   new feature work around the X.Org Server and have shifted their
>> >   efforts to a Wayland-focused environment moving forward."
>> 
>> I think that's a good thing ... right?  Provided the efforts to waylandize 
>> everything doesn't fizzle out ...
> 
> For context , the opening post of the thread gave the link
> https://www.phoronix.com/news/XServer-2022-Development-Pace  which says
>    Of course, it's not that X.Org Server is feature-complete and great as
>    there still are issues around HDR support, synchronization improvements,
>    and other enhancements that could be made along with better tackling the
>    X.Org Server security,
> 
> .I do think that the X server is great. I don't think that something as
> wide ranging as this can ever be "feature-complete" , there will always be
> some feature someone wants.
> 
> Anyway , I don't know what the features in the quote mean. I could look them
> up but I'm not that curious. As long as bugs get fixed (assuming there are
> any left) , that's fine by me.

X is such a big project that I think there'll always be something
that someone could convincingly argue needs improvement. But in
terms of practical effect I don't see much making a real difference
in the last decade or so. Except of course hardware drivers for
newer graphics cards. If anything the most noticable difference is
that newer X servers are slower to start up on the same hardware,
so by that measure I'd rather they didn't do more work on it
(besides bug and compatibility fixes).

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[LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2023-01-05 07:49 +1000
  Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2023-01-04 22:48 +0000
    Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2023-01-04 19:35 -0500
      Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2023-01-05 01:14 -0400
      Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2023-01-05 11:33 +0000
        Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2023-01-05 18:11 +0000
          Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2023-01-05 19:33 +0000
            Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2023-01-05 20:32 +0000
            Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Javier <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-01-08 03:00 +0000
              Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2023-01-09 06:57 +1000
          Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Marco Moock <mo01@posteo.de> - 2023-01-09 08:16 +0100
            Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2023-01-09 19:32 +1000
        Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Marco Moock <mo01@posteo.de> - 2023-01-09 08:15 +0100
          Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2023-01-10 20:28 +0000
    Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Marco Moock <nn263@uni-heidelberg.de> - 2023-01-05 08:44 +0100
      Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2023-01-05 11:40 +0000
        Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Marco Moock <mo01@posteo.de> - 2023-01-05 12:56 +0100
          Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2023-01-05 11:11 -0500
            Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2023-01-06 08:37 +1000
              Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low ant <ant@anthive.com> - 2023-01-05 21:15 -0500
                Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2023-01-06 17:00 +1000
              Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Javier <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-01-08 03:11 +0000
      Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2023-01-05 17:26 -0400
    Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2023-01-05 09:29 +0000
    Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Nicholas Outre <nothing@nowhere.net> - 2023-01-05 10:33 -0500
    Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2023-01-05 18:31 +0000
      Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2023-01-05 19:29 +0000
        Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2023-01-05 20:25 +0000
      Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2023-01-06 08:50 +1000
      Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2023-01-06 15:30 +0000
  Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Oregonian Haruspex <no_email@invalid.invalid> - 2023-01-09 05:46 +0000
    Re: [LINK] X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low Javier <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-01-20 23:13 +0000

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