ylai@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agoSDL Developers Weigh Reverting Wayland Over X11 For SDL 3.0www.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
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minus-squarethis_is_router@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoone of the main reasons the linux kernel is where it is today: “never break userspace” unfortunately not every project keeps to this principle.
minus-squaremogoh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoThere are good reasons to break userspace sometimes. If we would never do so, we would stuck on X11 forever.
minus-squarethis_is_router@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoLinus would like to have a word with you
minus-squareflying_sheep@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoNo, because the kernel has a different goal than most other software. Linux agrees that breaking the userspace from userspace is sometimes necessary.
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.
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.