It is fascinating. And the answer he was given was "Yes"!
And then given the rate at which protocol changes happen, it will take YEARS to do anything.
Sebastian Wick said this:
> If we add a protocol like this, there is no going back. We will be stuck with it forever and have to live with this pain for the next 30 years when someone finally manages to write a successor to wayland that's willing to break backwards compatibility again like wayland did.
They're looking for "perfection for the next 100 years" instead of "good enough for now".
And then given the rate at which protocol changes happen, it will take YEARS to do anything.
Sebastian Wick said this:
> If we add a protocol like this, there is no going back. We will be stuck with it forever and have to live with this pain for the next 30 years when someone finally manages to write a successor to wayland that's willing to break backwards compatibility again like wayland did.
They're looking for "perfection for the next 100 years" instead of "good enough for now".