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0 pointsdewey1y ago0 comments

Did you get burned by a company contributing to an open source project before or what makes you so cynical about this PR? I feel like it's the ideal scenario that a company actually dedicates engineers and time to contribute to an open source project instead of doing their own thing, maybe even behind closed doors.

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andsoitis1y ago

I’m invested in the success of Godot and fear the visionOS distraction dilutes the urgency that’s needed to compete with Unreal and Unity.

Additionally, if Godot accepts this PR and related ongoing work, it would signal to me poor strategic judgment.

Many an open source project progress slows down under the burden of supporting immaterial platforms.

dagmx1y ago

Have you contributed to Godot yourself or made something of note with it? Multiple developers are actively asking for visionOS support as people on the Godot team have mentioned. Why should your distaste for a platform preclude them from having platform support that would benefit the things they want to build?

Beyond that, have you even looked at the PR here to see what your supposed distraction would be? Most of the PR is shared infrastructure between the Apple embedded platforms.

lcnPylGDnU4H9OF1y ago

> Why should your distaste for a platform preclude them from having platform support that would benefit the things they want to build?

They answered this in their initial comment:

> If you officially support visionOS, it now requires all product and engineering innovation to take it into account, slowing down velocity for very little gain, if any.

dagmx1y ago

That’s not really an answer though, anymore than any other platform. I’m not asking why they don’t want it supported, I’m asking why their distaste should overrule everyone else who does.

Just because this one very angry person doesn’t want this platform supported, doesn’t mean others don’t. You could argue the exact same thing in reverse for any other platform that is niche for someone else.

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andsoitis1y ago

Yes

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andsoitis1y ago

I’m invested in the success of Godot and fear the visionOS distraction dilutes the urgency that’s needed to compete with Unreal and Unity.

Additionally, if Godot accepts this PR and related ongoing work, it would signal to me poor strategic judgment.

Many an open source project progress slows down under the burden of supporting immaterial platforms.

dagmx1y ago

Beyond that, have you even looked at the PR here to see what your supposed distraction would be? Most of the PR is shared infrastructure between the Apple embedded platforms.

lcnPylGDnU4H9OF1y ago

> Why should your distaste for a platform preclude them from having platform support that would benefit the things they want to build?

They answered this in their initial comment:

> If you officially support visionOS, it now requires all product and engineering innovation to take it into account, slowing down velocity for very little gain, if any.

dagmx1y ago

That’s not really an answer though, anymore than any other platform. I’m not asking why they don’t want it supported, I’m asking why their distaste should overrule everyone else who does.

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andsoitis1y ago

Yes

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