Wayland Significantly Regresses Build Times
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Description
## Bevy version
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We just enabled Wayland by default (#19232), but something we didn't consider was how much it would affect our build times. It is enough to merit concern, and in combination with the other cons we should reconsider enabling it by default:
Thanks @mockersf for catching this with our new Twitcher build metrics!
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the Wayland change in issue #19232 and the Twitcher build metrics referenced here. Compare the reported build-time regression with the other stated drawbacks, then determine whether the default should change; completion requires a documented decision supported by measurements.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100