Now, what I’m about to say doesn’t just apply to desktop environments on non-mainstream operating systems, but software as a whole.
Now, what I am going to say (etc.)...
For any widely used tool, breaking existing user workflows creates exponentially more work across the user base than it saves the developers. Sure, backwards compatibility is hard. Doing hard things is the fundamental nature of professional engineering.
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Now, what I’m about to say doesn’t just apply to desktop environments on non-mainstream operating systems, but software as a whole.
Now, what I am going to say (etc.)...
For any widely used tool, breaking existing user workflows creates exponentially more work across the user base than it saves the developers. Sure, backwards compatibility is hard. Doing hard things is the fundamental nature of professional engineering.