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The decision to leave basic necessities to the compositor, it's discussed in the "How is Wayland any better?" and "Wait, that sounds like it sucks" sections.

• XorNot 3y ago
  That section seemed light on details of what was missing though.
  • boomboomsubban 3y ago
    >Wayland’s minimal core protocols are lacking most of the features that non-trivial apps and desktops actually need to work–such as screen locking, screen sharing, cross-app window activation, non-integer scaling, and so on. Seems enough to show why it's a contentious decision.
  • DistractionRect 3y ago
    That'd end up being a longish explanation of what wlroots is, and I think that'd detract from the post. Noting the vacuum exists and linking to the emergent library that filled is sufficient, and gives the curious reader something they can follow up on.
  • mixmastamyk 3y ago
    The subject is well documented by now.