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That might be true, but I believe the Asahi Linux team when they say they don’t have time to properly support for both xorg and wayland. It’s their prerogative
by josephg 4y ago
That might be true, but I believe the Asahi Linux team when they say they don’t have time to properly support for both xorg and wayland. It’s their prerogative as opensource developers to decide what they spend their time working on.
And generally I think it’s really healthy for everyone when developers boldly refuse to take on too much. The result is more focused work and less maintainer burnout. It also clears the way for someone else to pick up the slack.
If xorg support on apple silicon is important to you, you’re welcome to spearhead that work yourself. Nobody else will do it. And at a risk of sounding rude, opensource isn’t a democracy. I don’t get a say in what you work on, and you don’t get a say in what the asahi linux team works on.
- anfilt 4y agoNever did I say what they should or shouldn't do. Having just tried giving wayland an other try last month for the heck of it and still noticing issues. I just found it surprising how blunt they are about this topic. I like to code and code even for fun, but I definitely do understand that people only have so much time to dedicate to something.
- chris_wot 4y agoNo more blunt than the Devuan guys.
- incrudible 4y agoDo they even have time to properly support Wayland? It is also fundamentally broken, just in different ways. It is the usual FOSS problem of mobody really being responsible for anything, and nobody owing anyone anything to boot. Add to that the unnecessary complications of making it a protocol from the beginning, instead of deriving a protocol from a succesful piece of software.
- nine_k 4y agoIt's a non-commercial open-source effort. In it, there are no "they" (as in say SQLite), there are only "us".
- nine_k 4y agoSo, I suppose that instead of "Stop using X.org", we should read it "If you want to use X.org, please join us and help support it better".
- afiori 4y agoI think it often is more like "We have issue supporting xorg, if you want us to support xorg it is on you to find a solution to our problems; we might support you but likely wont put our resources toward it"