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On 16/07/2026 22:12, druck wrote:
> On 14/07/2026 08:36, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>> druck <
news@druck.org.uk> writes:
>>> Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>>>> Wayland was largely created by X11 developers. They know a lot more
>>>> about it than you.
>>>
>>> Richard, that`s a strange hill to die on.
>>
>> The context was Robert attacking the Wayland developers, from a position
>> of evident ignorance, via Henry Spencer?s remark ?Those who do not
>> understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly?. But the quote
>> does not fit, indeed it is almost the opposite of a fit: the reality is
>> that the Wayland developers do understand X11, more so than most, and
>> that is why they decided to go in a different direction.
>
> I think they may well understand X11 very well, they just don`t
> understand other people value a completely different set of features
> than they do, and rightly get annoyed that not only do Wayland
> developers refuse to implement them, but tell them they are wrong for
> even wanting them.
>
> That`s the hill, there are the bodies.
>
Keep asking for what you want and you may just get it. Or implement it
yourself
> ---druck
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"And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch".
Gospel of St. Mathew 15:14
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