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Re:Are We Wayland Yet? by fwxwi on Monday November 25, 2019 @07:27AM (#21627480)
I didn't say there's a technical reason, I said they want to keep their source code secret, which to me is a reasonable argument.
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Re:Are We Wayland Yet? by pepemon on Monday November 25, 2019 @07:34AM (#21627542)
Well then sway maintainer's reason to explicitly deny support for proprietate nvidia driver is a reasonable argument too.
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Re:Are We Wayland Yet? by fwxwi on Monday November 25, 2019 @07:41AM (#21627599)
Definitely, it's his software and he can do whatever he wants, and I'm not criticising him, I'm criticising Linux for not offering a stable driver API. As far as I know they don't even want to allow shims like the one Android Treble introduced. It is not a technical decision, it's a political one.
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Re:Are We Wayland Yet? by sheepdestroyer on Monday November 25, 2019 @08:13AM (#21627797)
There is a technical rationale that should be read to understand kernel dev's PoV : https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/...
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Re:Are We Wayland Yet? by vertex-four on Monday November 25, 2019 @07:53AM (#21627679)
Refusing to open source their drivers is not a technical decision, it’s a political one.
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