Howdy! On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 02:57:48PM +0100, Alexander Kanavin wrote: > 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.
My $.02 are, that while being a good test vehicle to build for us, it is actually giving a wrong impression to newcomers. Like "here is a DE to start off, and you can use this build like your desktop box" which is not at all true. So my votes are on, as long as we have something that *can* do *something* on screen with as little effort as possible, we should go for it. Maintaining a custom thing should be avoided. Greetz > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Openembedded-architecture mailing list > openembedded-architect...@lists.openembedded.org > http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-architecture -- ——————————————— Josef Holzmayr Software Developer Embedded Systems Tel: +49 8444 9204-48 Fax: +49 8444 9204-50 R-S-I Elektrotechnik GmbH & Co. KG Woelkestrasse 11 D-85301 Schweitenkirchen www.rsi-elektrotechnik.de ——————————————— Amtsgericht Ingolstadt – GmbH: HRB 191328 – KG: HRA 170393 Geschäftsführer: Dr.-Ing. Michael Sorg, Dipl.-Ing. Franz Sorg Ust-IdNr: DE 128592548 _____________________________________________________________ Amtsgericht Ingolstadt - GmbH: HRB 191328 - KG: HRA 170363 Geschäftsführer: Dr.-Ing. Michael Sorg, Dipl.-Ing. Franz Sorg USt-IdNr.: DE 128592548 -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core