Dropping X11 in Plasma 6.7 (was Re: Draft: Release schedules for Plasma 6.7, 6.8 and 6.9)

[Nate Graham]

[re-titling subject line to make it a new thread]

The larger context here is that after decades of service, the world is 
moving on from X11.

It's a trend bigger than KDE, but we're a part of it too: almost no 
Plasma developers are still regularly using or developing the X11 
session. Upstream X11 development also largely ended years ago, except 
for development of the XWayland compatibility layer. Most distros are 
moving on, too, either having already switched to Plasma Wayland by 
default, or were already making active plans to do so.

However, I can appreciate the stress of losing something that from your 
perspective is working fine — especially if the successor isn't working 
as well for your use cases.

So now is the time to articulate what's still painful about Wayland for 
you *that's not already mentioned on 
https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Wayland_Known_Significant_Issues*, 
because we have a year or so to address those concerns. And addressing 
as many of them as possible is the goal!

So it's a "help us help you" situation. Please do let us know what's not 
working well for you, and remember to do it in a way that maximizes the 
chances of your concern being taken seriously: be polite and 
constructive, remember your manners, offer to help develop or test 
fixes, etc. There are even crowdfunding[1] and commercial[2] 
opportunities if things aren't moving as fast as you'd prefer.

Thanks, folks!


Nate



[1] https://discuss.kde.org/c/development/sponsored-work/31
[2] https://ev.kde.org/consultants