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The issue is that they bad-mouthed the competing project by making a bunch statements about short-comings that apparently don't exist. It would have been much b
by pyre 14y ago
The issue is that they bad-mouthed the competing project by making a bunch statements about short-comings that apparently don't exist. It would have been much better for them to just come out and say, "we want to create Mir so that we have control over it and can integrate it completely with Unity Next," but they didn't. See also the recent post on HN about Kubuntu + Mir/Wayland and the possible issues (and unresolved questions) about keeping Kubuntu going.
- thomasmeeks 14y agoWell, Ubuntu definitely messed up on their arguments regarding Wayland. That said, keeping Kubuntu going is not Ubuntu's responsibility. It may very well be that Kubuntu will need to fork off Ubuntu (or base off a different distro), and that's ok!
- pyre 14y agoIt's not their responsibility, but it's not going to generate a bunch of goodwill for the Canonical/Ubuntu though. If they came out and told people the real reason for Mir, and why they thought that they wouldn't be able to integrate Wayland and Unity Next (beyond NIH syndrome), people might be more understanding. Also, the biggest question mark for Kubuntu seems to be whether or not Wayland and Mir can coexist on the same system.