Mir, the next generation of X

[Jamon Camisso]

On 13-03-14 10:47 AM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> Getting rid of X11 would be like trying to release a version of Windows
> that didn't run existing windows applications.  Sure getting rid of an
> old API might be desirable, but people want to be able to actually do
> useful things with it too.

I'm sure they have considered backwards compatibility. I'm guessing
someone, Ubuntu or Wayland or another interested party will write a
wrapper for standalone applications, so that they can run in an emulated
X11 environment.

Jamon

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