[xmonad] Transition from Xlib to XCB

[Jochen Keil]

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Hi Brandon,

On 15.11.2012 21:01, Brandon Allbery wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Jochen Keil 
> <jochen.keil at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> the wikipedia article on xmonad states that it is (was?) planned 
>> to move to XCB "as soon as bindings are available". So, afais 
>> there are quite recent bindings [1]. Is there a good reason why 
>> nobody has started on this yet?
>> 
> 
> Wikipedia is apparently way behind.  It was started, and it was 
> stopped because xcb turns out to require a complete redesign of 
> xmonad.  Likewise, there is no intent to port xmonad to Wayland;
> it could not be done as a port, but requires a complete redesign
> from scratch.
> 
> Other people are welcome to do such redesigns if they wish.

thanks for your quick reply.
Do you have a pointer to the discussion related to this?
I'm curious how difficult it could get.
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