2024-12-07, 12:32 PM
(2024-12-01, 01:58 PM)Sailoog Wrote: what changes do you need to track? pi-gen or openplotter changes?
Both, in relation to each other. Git repositories normally tell a story: you can follow the commits to see what changes have been made over time and who has done them. This is not possible with openplotter/pi-gen. The fundamental ground rule is that you should never change the history in long-lived branches. Also, if I would make a contribution to the openplotter/pi-gen repo, I would expect that the contribution remains visible in the future.
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OpenCPN will not work in OpenGL mode under wayland, specially with heavy charts like Finland. There are also some interface issues. The Raspberry OS main menu does not support scrolling under Wayland and when some submenu is too long, as is the case with OpenPlotter, some applications cannot be opened on 7" monitors. These are just some of the problems with Wayland.
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Could you elaborate on the OpenGL issues? I don't use OpenCPN regularly myself, and the little I do, it's been on mbtiles maps. I couldn't see any references to "will not work" in OpenCPN issues.
I tried setting the screen resolution to 640x480 to see the menu issues, and I could see it. But going to appearance settings and choosing the small screen defaults did solve that issue. Given that this is an upstream LXDE and Raspberry Pi OS issue and Raspberry Pi folks themselves were willing to make this tradeoff, I wouldn't worry about it much, especially since any delta to upstream is a major cost.
Anyhow, for me, Wayland vs X11 is not a major issue. No matter what you choose to do, it is trivial for me to either minimize the delta with Raspberry Pi OS or to OpenPlotter based on my own judgment.