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Wayland governance: Add chromium/exo as a member project (!366) (gitlab.freedesktop.org)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good information here about EXO, and ChromeOS:

Neal Gompa (ニール・ゴンパ) 1 week ago

Is Exo going to continue to exist as a Wayland compositor? I figured it was going to be retired as ChromeOS turned into an Android overlay...

Fangzhou Ge 1 week ago

Yes, becoming Android overlay removes Chrome from the OS so Exo is going to retire. We still have to maintain Exo experience until the all ChromeOS device reach AUE or be updated to Android. Latest device AUE date I see are in 2033.

If folks don't want Exo be listed we'll just have Chromium here. Edited 1 week ago by Fangzhou Ge

Neal Gompa (ニール・ゴンパ) 1 week ago

I'm fine either way, if the Aura Shell is going to be around for a while, then it makes sense to include it.

I don't even knowed that Chrome OS is/will be replaced by Android as an overlay.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

First I am hearing of this. So if I am understanding this right, ChromeOS is becoming Android and an overlay will be used to maintain compatibility with ChromeOS only apps?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I figured that's why they started to work on the android virtualization framework https://www.androidauthority.com/android-15-virtual-machine-mandate-3498428/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

just a google product on its inevitable chopping block

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Great! We'll pick it up once it gets chopped off.