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dismalaf • today at 4:07 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

So build on top of wlroots or something. DWL for example is super small...

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ggdG • today at 9:06 AM

Current status:

> 2025-08-16: dwl IS CURRENTLY UN-MAINTAINED. AT THE PRESENT TIME, I (@fauxmight) DO NOT HAVE THE TIME OR CAPACITY TO KEEP UP WITH wlroots CHANGES.

https://codeberg.org/dwl/dwl

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vidarh • today at 12:59 PM

Why would I?

And DWL is not super small. It's hundreds of times larger than a minimal X wm, and couple of times as big as the wm I used.

And it's C. And it'd mean I would lose my session if I want to make changes and restart it.

What you're suggesting would be to put significant effort into replacing something that works with something that in terms of features I care about is strictly inferior.