one of the main reasons the linux kernel is where it is today: "never break userspace"
unfortunately not every project keeps to this principle.
There are good reasons to break userspace sometimes. If we would never do so, we would stuck on X11 forever.
Wayland is definitely on the side of not breaking userspace, though. The API design, xWayland compatibility layer, and recent focus on protocols to fix missing functionality from xorg are all designed to make Wayland a seamless transition.
Otherwise we'd have been using Wayland as the only option for years now.
Linus would like to have a word with you
No, because the kernel has a different goal than most other software. Linux agrees that breaking the userspace from userspace is sometimes necessary.
can claw my xkcd 1172 from my cold dead hands /sarcasm
"never break userspace"
As Linus once, very articulately, reminded that one guy.
one of the main reasons the linux kernel is where it is today: "never break userspace"
unfortunately not every project keeps to this principle.
There are good reasons to break userspace sometimes. If we would never do so, we would stuck on X11 forever.
Wayland is definitely on the side of not breaking userspace, though. The API design, xWayland compatibility layer, and recent focus on protocols to fix missing functionality from xorg are all designed to make Wayland a seamless transition.
Otherwise we'd have been using Wayland as the only option for years now.
Linus would like to have a word with you
No, because the kernel has a different goal than most other software. Linux agrees that breaking the userspace from userspace is sometimes necessary.
can claw my xkcd 1172 from my cold dead hands /sarcasm
As Linus once, very articulately, reminded that one guy.
That one guy, In fact, being many one guys.