On 6/30/26 3:14 PM, CS Sushi Man via devel wrote:
Basically, the maintenance of graphics layers within Linux's UI desktop software, has been split across several projects, when this maintenance used to only be in one spot, as far as I know. Due to this, I believe that the maintenance of this software will become a significant problem in the near future, for*both* X11*and* Wayland.
X11 is far from a Camelot of unity you seem to associate with it. 3d acceleration was absent by design, and had to be handled by OpenGL. The compositing effects were handled by double-tripping. The security model is really questionable... etc. etc.
There are many reasons why Wayland has the momentum now, and X11 is in a stasis. There have been attempts at restarting development of Xfree servers, but as far as I know they are struggling. If you truly care about graphic subsystem development, I'd advise you to identify the gaps and attempt to address them IN WAYLAND: for instance, people miss the multi-window statefullness and ability to re-constitute complex multiwindow layouts... or the issue of middleware libraries you mentioned.
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