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I’m guessing 11 in the name is for X11, but why is Wayland 12? Wouldn’t a name like WtoX or WayToX be more useful? 2to3 made sense for Python 2 to 3, but using
by thiht 2y ago
I’m guessing 11 in the name is for X11, but why is Wayland 12? Wouldn’t a name like WtoX or WayToX be more useful?
2to3 made sense for Python 2 to 3, but using the same naming scheme is a bit weak, isn’t it?
- hmry 2y agoWayland is X12, sort of. In the sense that it's developed by the same people as a successor, and they've stopped working on X11. It's much the same way that Vulkan is OpenGL 5. I've been told that's actually the reason it's called V ulkan. :) The name change prevents a Perl 6 situation I suppose.
- josefx 2y agoMore like a PHP 6 situation. People where pushing a protocol specification without implementation as if it would be ready to take over the Linux Desktop within a day or two.