Re: src and xsrc merge proposal

[Chris Hanson <cmhanson%eschatologist.net@localhost>]

On Feb 17, 2020, at 5:09 AM, Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost> wrote:

> Actually there is another reason to not import all of xsrc, Xorg and its
> components are largely obsolete (like xedit - 1 source code change since
> 2015) and are heading for formal discontinuation.
> 
> How about moving into src only what is worth it for wayland and possibly
> users (framebuffer?), so at least Mesa?
> 
> At some point of time xsrc will be just discontinued and archived.

That sounds like it would leave in the lurch a large number of platforms that NetBSD supports. I doubt my HP-Apollo 9000-433s with 8-bit graphics will be running Wayland or any sort of compositor soon.

  -- Chris