I wouldn't worry too much, since under wayland it is always possible to run an x-server with which to also run x11 apps...
On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 09:29:03AM -0700, Seth Hillbrand wrote: > That is potentially unfortunate. It is unclear from the Fedora proposal > whether this is just dropping X11 support for Plasma or dropping X11 > support for the entire distribution. > > If it is only dropping it for Plasma but still packaging it for users to > install, then this is fine. We will just continue to recommend that Fedora > users install X11 and use a desktop WM that supports it. > > If Fedora does decide to drop all X11 support, we will probably be forced > to drop Fedora from our list of supported distributions. Since this will > create bugs that the KiCad team cannot fix, it doesn't make sense to > continue directly supporting it. Of course, packaging could still happen > and KiCad could still be used under emulation but we'd stop recommending it > as a viable option. > > Seth > > > [image: KiCad Services Corporation Logo] > Seth Hillbrand > *Lead Developer* > +1-530-302-5483 > Long Beach, CA > www.kipro-pcb.com [email protected] > > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 9:20 AM Steven A. Falco <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > There is a proposed change for Fedora 40 [1] where the proposal is to > > upgrade KDE to version 6, and exclusively support wayland, dropping all > > support for X11. > > > > I've posted to the development list [2] expressing my concerns. At the > > moment, dropping X11 is just a proposal, but it seems likely to happen at > > some point, so I wanted to make the KiCad dev team aware of the > > possibilities. > > > > Steve > > > > [1] > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/I3O6DZCT6WFGF5SQ2IPJSYAVBGZ3N47U/ > > [2] > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7VBJCMY3OLWMTFY4KNYYCTODLXBNDABZ/ > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "KiCad Developers" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/a/kicad.org/d/msgid/devlist/57b1f4fc-a110-7813-7c29-4ea273fa74a2%40gmail.com > > . > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "KiCad Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/kicad.org/d/msgid/devlist/CAFdeG-psLWNMtx7bFbmsUbA6gXkSqmjtHqOFMQU3Qcc7shta4A%40mail.gmail.com. -- Amike, Marco Ciampa -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "KiCad Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/kicad.org/d/msgid/devlist/ZQIpjGudpT5dzyDw%40marco-TUXEDO-Pulse-15-Gen2.
