FFE: src:xwayland

[Timo Aaltonen]

Xorg upstream has forked xwayland from xorg-server master with it's own versioning, in order to get new functionality to the users now that new major xserver releases have pretty much been abandoned.

This bug is to allow this separate source enter the archive past FF. It replaces the xwayland binary from src:xorg-server.

The version is now at 21.0.99.902, meaning rc2 of 21.1. The final release is expected later this month. It would be useful to have the latest release in hirsute now that a wayland session is used by default.

The package is available in ppa:canonical-x/x-staging

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[Iain Lane (laney)]

I think we should do this.

Do you have an upload of xorg-server prepared which drops xwayland?

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

not yet but it's trivial, the new xwayland replaces it nicely on upgrade even if xorg-server still builds it (as is the case when adding the ppa)

[Iain Lane (laney)]

It needs to be dropped from xorg-server at the same time otherwise future updates, e.g. if there's a security update or a transition, won't be able to be uploaded properly.

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

the package has entered hirsute, bug 1919507 is for the MIR