Plasma port to Wayland

[Martin Graesslin]

On Wednesday 05 November 2014 11:56:06 Pier Luigi Fiorini wrote:
> 2014-11-05 11:41 GMT+01:00 Martin Graesslin <mgraesslin at kde.org>:
> > On Wednesday 05 November 2014 11:32:20 Pier Luigi Fiorini wrote:
> >> Some issues with the protocol might go un-noticed until someone uses
> >> them during the Plasma port.
> >> We had a first round of discussion and that lead to good results but
> >> the protocols evolved a little bit after that when I worked on
> >> plasmashell.
> >> 
> >> The last version can be found in KWayland repository, the files are:
> >>  - plasma-effects.xml
> >>  - plasma-shell.xml
> >>  - plasma-window-management.xml
> >> 
> >> Having a lot of patches living in personal branches makes thing too
> >> hard and slow IMHO.
> > 
> > on that I agree, but the answer to that problem cannot be that we don't
> > provide ABI for KWayland::Client. There must be a solution which allows to
> > move forward and keeping ABI at the same time.
> 
> Ok I try it too and cover my face in shame.
> 
> It's just a random idea, don't beat me with a bat:
> 
> What about a KWayland::Experimental library that won't break the
> contract between frameworks?

Actually that's also the best I come up with yet ;-) Though maybe not 
KWayland::Experimental, but rather maybe KWayland::PlasmaIntegration.

Cheers
Martin