On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 04:39:53PM +0200, Rafael Sadowski wrote: > > Another question is how much time this will > > be adding to bulk builds, could you give some information about how long > > it takes to build those packages on your machine? > > The whole Wayland category is quit small and builds really quickly. I > was surprised myself how slim the whole thing is. It's pure C without > heavy C++. > > Of course QtWayland/KWayland is a different story but even that is okay > and that is my problem ;)
Thanks for providing those metrics, sounds good to me. > > No strong opinion regarding adding a new category, I noticed the other > > BSDs didn't seem to create a new category but this doesn't mean we > > shouldn't do it. > > I think x11 and other categories will benefit form it in the long term. So far there hasn't been any objections against a wayland category. After doing further research, it now seems better to me to add the new category as there is already a few dozens of compositors available, some of which we will want to package in the future. OK fcambus@ to import, in the new wayland category.
