#xorg #wayland #windowmanagers
Over on the FreeBSD Forums, I've been postulating what it would mean to have an 'xwayland on xorg' shim, similar to what #xwayland does now, just in reverse.
Why? Because on #x11 we have a plethora of decent window managers, and toolkits, most of which won't ever see the light of day any more. Sure, they can live on through #wayland, but that limits what you'll be able run under that window manager. I think this is #wayland's biggest downside -- we're all being funneled through one or two desktop environments. This is going to suck from a UI perspective, IMO.
I've given this a lot of thought, and I think I want to put myself forward to formally maintain #xorg. I realise what I'm saying -- and I must be absolutely f***ing crazy, but I think it's the only way if I'm to keep a certain ecosystem alive.
So... I guess I need to start having conversations with folk over at #xorg -- sooner rather than later.
If anyone here can help facilitate that in some formal capacity, that would help.
I'm very serious about this as well -- but before I look at writing features or anything else, I first need to understand the stupidi^H^H^Hmagnitude of this, and see how I go.
But I'm putting myself forward to do this.