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On Mon, 11 Aug 2025 22:18:26 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> > But there are people out there who *do* want that, and who are you
> > (or the Wayland devs) to say they're wrong? =20
>=20
> The primary control should be with the user, not the developer.

I wholeheartedly agree! And if the user prefers a workflow based around
saved window configurations, as f'rexample the KiCad community does, I
don't think it's the place of display-server developers to decide for
them that You Don't Need That.

Of course the Wayland devs are free to *make* that choice, as it's
their software, but they shouldn't be surprised when their behavior
tends to alienate people.

> They could have ended up the BSDs of the display server world, a
> little niche largely overlooked by the mainstream, and I=E2=80=99m sure t=
hat
> would not have bothered them one bit.

The fact that they knuckled under is a strong argument that it would've.