Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Artix Linux and Xlibre Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2025 08:26:17 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 16 Message-ID: <20250805082617.0000152b@gmail.com> References: <1063lgp$jmj$2@reader1.panix.com> <1063ruo$2kgsj$3@dont-email.me> <10640fb$1gqnn$2@dont-email.me> <106411i$2l2gd$3@dont-email.me> <10646dg$1gqnn$3@dont-email.me> <1064ag9$1kvkq$1@dont-email.me> <1064m75$1lvr1$1@dont-email.me> <10667je$35rkf$2@dont-email.me> <106bdkb$2s14s$1@dont-email.me> <106bjgj$2t9mq$5@dont-email.me> <106cld0$33q3n$2@dont-email.me> <106l5kp$133ed$3@dont-email.me> <106ohbv$1q0ne$1@dont-email.me> <106s6ae$2irb0$6@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2025 15:26:22 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3584f2cd70843a3ddc3d5950eca33782"; logging-data="2932529"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+Gm94nY2BWMCe9sc33oV/uql0c0Rm/go0=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:y+nbU8A9YH2dJ7P1WH4jxgTlKI0= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:70387 On Tue, 5 Aug 2025 05:54:22 -0000 (UTC) Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > There is a deliberate policy in the design of Wayland that > applications shall neither know nor care about the positions of their > windows on the screen, and possibly even their Z-order layering. > > The KiCad folks have decided to turn their back on Wayland because of > this, because they want the ability to control the layouts of their > multiple-window interface. Shockingly, when your self-styled replacement for an existing system deliberately breaks compatibility with the system it aims to replace, it tends to get pushback from people who expect compatibility in a replacement system. Quelle surprise!