The question is: what are the use cases for an 'example/reference UI'? Why have one at all at this point? Remember, the core project is severely under-staffed and we need to commit our limited resources wisely.
Alex On Tue, 11 Feb 2020 at 14:53, Adrian Bunk <b...@stusta.de> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 01:49:27PM +0100, Alexander Kanavin wrote: > >... > > - matchbox is reliant on gtk3 (to be obsoleted by gtk4 this year), and > does > > not have a Wayland compositor. Yocto project does not have the resources > to > > do the gtk4 port, or add a compositor. > > > > - no 'lightweight Wayland compositor with a desktop/launcher experience" > > has emerged in the open source space; I think the only realistic choice > at > > the moment is the reference compositor Weston which provides a blank > > desktop with ability to open terminal windows. > > > > So the way I think things should be going (seeking opinions/inputs of > > course): > >... > > - oe-core continues to support and runtime-test X for as long as > possible; > > for this a new image (say, 'core-image-sato-xorg') is created which will > > provide matchbox under X. However, once upstream bitrot sets in, and pain > > threshold is exceeded, this will be removed and/or relegated to a legacy > > layer. > > > > Thoughts? > > matchbox made sense at a time when you could go into a shop and buy an > internet tablet with Linux running on 256 MB flash with 256 MB RAM. > > Part of the problem is that the only remaining usage of this branch > of matchbox development seems to be as example UI for Yocto. > > For matchbox/sato I am wondering whether replacing it with parts of > meta-xfce from meta-openembedded would be a good way forward. > > Upstream Xfce still seems to be 2-3 years away from gtk4 and Wayland > support, but at the point where supporting X might become a problem > this should be available. > > Xfce was my first thought as replacement since it appears to be > well-maintained in meta-openembedded, no strong opinion whether > it is actually the best option. > > > Regards, > > Alex > > cu > Adrian >
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