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| author | Emil Velikov <emil.velikov@collabora.com> | 2016-07-04 15:23:49 +0100 |
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| committer | Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen@collabora.co.uk> | 2016-07-05 18:00:17 +0300 |
| commit | 99ac6232fa1189debce10ace04c46f4304a92be7 (patch) | |
| tree | 51f932d6ee9019e1ddcc3d5dcf14e4caf22f1362 /README | |
| parent | ad276931279ba1cf191da1bfbd096ba995f52120 (diff) | |
README: clarify libweston purpose/goals.
v2: Rewrap, add a couple of missing words (Pekka).
v3: Use alternative wording (Yong).
Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov@collabora.com>
Reviewed-by: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen@collabora.co.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 22 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
@@ -73,17 +73,17 @@ http://ometer.com/parallel.html Libweston design goals ---------------------- -The high-level goal of libweston is that what used to be shell plugins -will be main executables. Instead of launching 'weston' with various -arguments to choose the shell, one would be launching -'weston-desktop', 'weston-ivi', 'orbital', etc. The main executable -(the hosting program) links to libweston for a fundamental compositor -implementation. Libweston is also intended for use by other projects -who want to create new "Wayland WMs". - -The libweston API/ABI will be separating the shell logic and main -program from the rest of the "Weston compositor" (libweston -internals). +The high-level goal of libweston is to decouple the compositor from +the shell implementation (what used to be shell plugins). + +Thus, instead of launching 'weston' with various arguments to choose the +shell, one would launch the shell itself, eg. 'weston-desktop', +'weston-ivi', 'orbital',etc. The main executable (the hosting program) +will implement the shell, while libweston will be used for a fundamental +compositor implementation. + +Libweston is also intended for use by other project developers who want +to create new "Wayland WMs". Details: |