Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: replacing X Window System ! | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Wed, 17 May 2006 08:18:55 -0400 |
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On Wed, 17 May 2006 13:47:22 +0200, linux cbon said:
> - should the next generation window versions Y,Z etc. > remain backward compatible with X ?
If it isn't backward compatible, people won't use it. X may suck, but it doesn't suck hard enough that people will abandon all their currently mostly-working software.
> I think they should start something better and simpler > from scratch and not backward compatible.
Feel free to write it. Keep in mind that X doesn't even try to do widgets - those are done in userspace libraries. Let us know when you have enough functionality to make converting worth thinking about.
> - should the kernel remain pure "shell" or include > some basic universal graphical universal window system
> I think second answer.
Actually, you've proved the opposite. Consider if the kernel had *already* included some universal window system (we'll call it W). At that point, you can't easily write an X, Y, or Z if you don't like W. If anything, the *current* W (which happens to be called X11) is *too* friendly with the kernel already - witness all the headaches dealing with DRM and 'enable' attributes and other hoops things have to jump through.
If anything, there should be even *less* kernel support for graphics. That way, writing a Y or Z (or improving X) is easier to do without destabilizing the kernel.
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