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.
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.
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.
Oh wow. I am suddenly less excited about our Wayland future.
Damn yeah. Just the window managment issues are a complete no go for any productive work.
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.