For the purpose of collaborating on the porting of MATE applications to run on Wayland, the developers of the Mir display server and the MATE desktop have united. They have already prepared the snap package mate-wayland, which is the MATE environment based on Wayland. However, for everyday use, work needs to be done to port the end applications to Wayland.
Another issue is that many MATE applications use bindings to X11, and these need to be transitioned to fully portable GTK3 code. To attract enthusiasts for the porting process, the Mir developers have prepared a guide that explains how to set up the MATE environment based on Wayland and what to pay attention to. The guide also offers typical solutions for replacing bindings to X11.
Kilde: linux.org.ru
