> Wayland is soon older than X11 was when Wayland got started
Wayland was started in 2008, X11 in 1984 (according to Wikipedia). That makes X11 41 and Wayland 17 years old, respectively. X11 was 24 when Wayland was started.
That's without considering X11 was not a fresh start (it's 11th version of an existing protocol, so it did have some baggage), and that there was an explosion in complexity in hardware, software, security and networking for the past 30 or so years.
The functionality surface area that's "table stakes" for Wayland is a lot larger than it was for X11.
I was considering X11 first release vs Wayland start. Sure not completely apples to apples. My primary point was more that Wayland is a very old project at this point, yet in many key areas it is quite immature. Primarily on the implementation side.
Wayland was started in 2008, X11 in 1984 (according to Wikipedia). That makes X11 41 and Wayland 17 years old, respectively. X11 was 24 when Wayland was started.
That's without considering X11 was not a fresh start (it's 11th version of an existing protocol, so it did have some baggage), and that there was an explosion in complexity in hardware, software, security and networking for the past 30 or so years.
The functionality surface area that's "table stakes" for Wayland is a lot larger than it was for X11.