[Bug 2251581] Review Request: gala - Gala window manager

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2251581



--- Comment #7 from Neal Gompa <ngompa13@xxxxxxxxx> ---
(In reply to Fabio Valentini from comment #6)
> (In reply to Neal Gompa from comment #3)
> > I would strongly recommend subpackaging out the X11 and Wayland files. Among
> > other things, this also makes it much easier for you to declare the runtime
> > dependencies for X11 and Wayland Gala properly.
> > 
> > For example, you're currently missing the required "xorg-x11-server-Xorg"
> > runtime dependency for gala-x11, and "xorg-x11-server-Xwayland" runtime
> > dependency for gala-wayland.
> 
> To be honest, I'd rather remove the wayland stuff entirely than do something
> more complicated here.
> The wayland support is still rudimentary / experimental, and won't be in a
> shippable state for some time.
> 

I would prefer the Wayland stuff to be shipped as a package, even if it's not
used by default yet. Subpackaging it also makes it easier to not include in a
spin image if it's not ready yet.

(In reply to Fabio Valentini from comment #6)
> (In reply to Neal Gompa from comment #4)
> > You are also missing a firstboot Provides for gala itself.
> > 
> > It'll look something like this:
> > 
> > > # http://bugzilla.redhat.com/605675
> > > Provides: firstboot(windowmanager) = gala
> 
> What the hell is this? I've never seen anything like this.
> I don't think gala provides what is necessary for whatever "firstboot" is,
> and the LightDM greeter for Pantheon uses a different compositor entirely.

It's required mostly by initial-setup to use the correct window manager.
Strictly speaking, it's not necessary if you've got your own
firstboot/initial-setup system to use instead of Anaconda's.


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