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fwxwi on Nov 25, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Are We Wayland Yet?

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.

sheepdestroyer on Nov 25, 2019 | [–]

There is a technical rationale that should be read to understand kernel dev's PoV : https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/...

vertex-four on Nov 25, 2019 | [–]

Refusing to open source their drivers is not a technical decision, it’s a political one.

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