alt Hacker NewsI said build on top of wlroots, not DWL. And I only brought it up as an example of a small Wayland compositor/window manager because the poster I was replying to wants to build their own anyway. DWL is more interesting as a learning exercise than something to use.
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vidarh • today at 1:17 PM
No, I do not. I pointed out that with Wayland I'd be forced to. And DWL is an illustration of how much work that is relative to an X11 wm.
ggdG • today at 10:37 AM
> I said build on top of wlroots, not DWL.
Turns out, the wlroots API is so volatile atm that even the developer of the super small compositor DWL has to throw in the towel for now.
> DWL is more interesting as a learning exercise than something to use.
The same is said about DWM, its xorg counterpart, but I, for one, am a happy user of DWM.
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The -IMO- important part of that quote is "NOT HAVE THE TIME OR CAPACITY TO KEEP UP WITH wlroots CHANGES".
X11 is backwards compatible, you do not have to "keep up" with its changes.
wlroots seemingly isn't. This is a significant issue when it comes to relying on most 3rd party libraries.