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[–] kawa 23 points 1 month ago (13 children)

Accelerating wayland développement would mean forking it. As it is right now there's a lot of yapping in their git for every decision, small or big.

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'd be fine with switching over to Valve's crazy high-speed frog version of Wayland if it came down to it lol

[–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wayland is a protocol used by each desktop that supports it. It often moves slowly because each desktop works together and discusses each change. If valve forked it, they would just have a protocol nobody is using. If people started using it, it would just slow down again for the same reason.

[–] Gibibit@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

If noone used it that wouldn't matter. Experimentally implemented features on a separate branch can still be useful as proof of concept to whoever is taking their time to discuss where Wayland has to go. Of course the usefulness depends on how well the Valve devs understand the needs of the desktops.

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