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releng:wayland_roadmap [2025/10/22 23:17] – Update Overall plans, mention 4.22 and update screenshooter info andreldmreleng:wayland_roadmap [2026/01/30 10:13] (current) – [Overall Plans] fix xfwl4 FAQ link kelnos
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 For Xfce 4.22, the stabilization work continues. Reaching X11 feature parity is not yet our target. For Xfce 4.22, the stabilization work continues. Reaching X11 feature parity is not yet our target.
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 +We are now working on our own [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/kelnos/xfwl4|Wayland compositor]].  It is very early, under heavy development, and not usable yet.  Please see [[/xfwl4_faq|its FAQ]] for further information.
  
 Check the table in the [[#component specific status]] section for details and labelled issues by group: Check the table in the [[#component specific status]] section for details and labelled issues by group:
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   * Do not depend on XWayland   * Do not depend on XWayland
     * No xsettings     * No xsettings
-  * Use wlroots over libmutter+  * Use smithay over wlroots and libmutter for our compositor
     * keep the possibility to run xfdesktop and xfce4-panel as separate components     * keep the possibility to run xfdesktop and xfce4-panel as separate components
     * Prevent dependency on libgnome-desktop     * Prevent dependency on libgnome-desktop
     * xfce4-panel and xfdesktop have been ported to Wayland assuming our compositor will be based on wlroots.     * xfce4-panel and xfdesktop have been ported to Wayland assuming our compositor will be based on wlroots.
-    * We plan to port xfwm4 to Wayland using wlroots but it will only be for Xfce 4.22 at best.+    * We plan to keep xfwm4 as X11-only, for Wayland a brand new compositor called xfwl4 was created.
   * Keep X11 compatibility for the foreseeable future   * Keep X11 compatibility for the foreseeable future
     * Nvidia support to Wayland is still problematic, one more reason to keep X11 backward compatibility (nouveau driver usually is slower)     * Nvidia support to Wayland is still problematic, one more reason to keep X11 backward compatibility (nouveau driver usually is slower)
     * Wayland compositors which were written from scratch like Weston or sway will never run as a x11 window manager. But others which started as x11 window managers such as kwin or mutter still keep their x11 window management code     * Wayland compositors which were written from scratch like Weston or sway will never run as a x11 window manager. But others which started as x11 window managers such as kwin or mutter still keep their x11 window management code
     * FreeBSD has decent [[https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/wayland/|support]] for Wayland, OpenBSD is still [[https://www.openbsd.org/papers/eurobsdcon2023-matthieu-wayland-openbsd.pdf|working on supporting]] Wayland     * FreeBSD has decent [[https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/wayland/|support]] for Wayland, OpenBSD is still [[https://www.openbsd.org/papers/eurobsdcon2023-matthieu-wayland-openbsd.pdf|working on supporting]] Wayland
 +    * We will archive this by having both a window manager (xfwm4/X11) and a compositor (xfwl4/wayland)
  
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 === Core components === === Core components ===
  
-This table reflects the current status of what's released as 4.19 or git master.+This table reflects the current status of what's released as 4.21 or git master.
  
 ^ Component ^ Wayland Support ^ Remarks ^ ^ Component ^ Wayland Support ^ Remarks ^
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 | xfconf | yes | | | xfconf | yes | |
 | [[#xfdesktop]] | yes | See below | | [[#xfdesktop]] | yes | See below |
-| xfwm4 | no | |+| xfwm4 | not planned | xfwl4 will be its Wayland counterpart |
 | [[#xfce4-power-manager]] | yes | See below | | [[#xfce4-power-manager]] | yes | See below |
 | tumbler | yes | | | tumbler | yes | |
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 | xfburn | yes | | | xfburn | yes | |
 | parole | yes | player window is not embedded ([[https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/parole/-/issues/134|parole#134]]), no systray icon ([[https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/parole/-/issues/126|parole#126]]) | | parole | yes | player window is not embedded ([[https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/parole/-/issues/134|parole#134]]), no systray icon ([[https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/parole/-/issues/126|parole#126]]) |
-| [[#xfce4-screenshooter]] | yes | partial, see below |+| [[#xfce4-screenshooter]] | yes | Active Window not supported |
 | xfce4-screensaver | no | Port to Wayland is essentially done [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-screensaver/-/merge_requests/28|xfce4-screensaver!28]] \\ But this requires [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/kelnos/libwlembed|libwlembed]], which is still experimental and has no release at this stage (2024-02-04) | | xfce4-screensaver | no | Port to Wayland is essentially done [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-screensaver/-/merge_requests/28|xfce4-screensaver!28]] \\ But this requires [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/kelnos/libwlembed|libwlembed]], which is still experimental and has no release at this stage (2024-02-04) |
 | xfmpc | yes | | | xfmpc | yes | |
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   * [[https://frontpagelinux.com/articles/a-deep-dive-into-the-wayland-protocol-for-linux|A deep dive into the wayland protocol]]   * [[https://frontpagelinux.com/articles/a-deep-dive-into-the-wayland-protocol-for-linux|A deep dive into the wayland protocol]]
   * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/libxfce4ui/-/commit/57410e2dffde5271443809a0dbd0280be262ba47|Check if current display is a wayland display]]   * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/libxfce4ui/-/commit/57410e2dffde5271443809a0dbd0280be262ba47|Check if current display is a wayland display]]
 +  * [[https://alexxcons.github.io/blogpost_15.html|Xfwl4 - The roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor]]
  
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