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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Wayland Makes Progress
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 08:32:51 -0700
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On Fri, 1 May 2026 23:07:04 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D=E2=80=99Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> I can=E2=80=99t see the point in it, myself. Even I can think of a way the
> KiCad folks could have solved their problem without requiring special
> treatment from Wayland.

Yes, as you've repeatedly argued, all it would take is for the KiCad
devs to completely alter the layout and workflow of their application
and cheese off their entire userbase to suit the whims of another group
of developers representing a minority of a minority of their clientele,
which makes *total* sense and is absolutely 100% a reasonable solution!