[Development] CI testing on XWayland only, not real X11

[Thiago Macieira]

On Saturday, 16 August 2025 02:19:26 Pacific Daylight Time Giuseppe D'Angelo 
via Development wrote:
> I'd like to wait until we get a Ubuntu LTS where the native X11 support
> is officially deprecated if not removed altogether (I understand that
> GNOME is dropping X11 support, but that doesn't mean anything, we can
> the tests under another WM.) There's simply too much Qt software out
> there that depends on native X11 and won't be ported, and we need to
> make sure it still works correctly.

Indeed and I said I don't propose we change the older distros that are still 
in the CI. But I am arguing we need to aim our resources so that they cover 
the most likely conditions our users will experience. And in that, I am 
claiming that on modern distros, it will be Wayland.

Therefore, that Qt software out there that depends on native X11 and won't be 
ported needs to work on XWayland support of the new distros. That's what I am 
asking whether we should pivot to.

-- 
Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Principal Engineer - Intel Platform & System Engineering
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