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[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 days ago (2 children)

That does feel rther like jumping out of a plane and hoping you can finish making your paracute before it's too late.

The concept of moving on from X11 is a good one, but making Wayland just a protocol that every compositor has to implement separately, and having so many optional larts to the spec seems like a guarantee that the ecosystem around it will never properly mature.

The KiCad developers have a good article about some of the issues with Wayland here.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh wow. I am suddenly less excited about our Wayland future.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

Damn yeah. Just the window managment issues are a complete no go for any productive work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I actually see this working out in the long run at least. In the mean time, there will be a lot of creativity while everyone tries to "invent the wheel" while great ideas perculate up during the stabalization phase.