My .5 cents because I’m in the mood…
But what else could everyone here complain about then?
Honestly, I’m not even so sure. This year has been awful all around outside of anything even remotely related to color management and software development, and I don’t think many people are in the best of moods (I certainly include myself, so yeah you’ll have to deal with me being cranky).
This discussion just continues to irk me.
@gwgill just ignores the protocol because it doesn’t do calibration and profiling.
Well apart from you having to define “ignore”: That surprises you why, exactly? You are aware that he is the author of about the only viable calibration and profiling solution available for Linux, yes? So even if you consider him an “a-hole insulting everyone” (paraphrasing your thoughts probably more than your words), don’t you think that sometimes it might be wise to have a very knowledgeable “a-hole” with decades of experience in his field as an asset (again, talking color management here, not X vs Wayland or some other rather unimportant differences)? This drives me nuts! It’s so short-sighted! An you have the gall to talk about NIH? Heck, he probably was active in the field before some of you were even born! NIH indeed, my frickin’ ass! Ok, calming down…
Anyway, I would still appreciate your feedback, @gwgill. Even if you’re insulting everyone left and right (you should consider yourself lucky that some people are still willing to work with you; not everyone I know would).
Oh come on now, get off your high horse will ya, it’s ridiculous. I’ve met you in person and consider you an aspiring lad, but you’re far too young for THAT level of arrogance, that should be reserved for someone of at least my age 
(also, honestly, if I were in Graeme’s shoes, I can tell you that I would not really loose anything if people wouldn’t want to work with me on this, and personally I wouldn’t care that much. And I say this as someone who happily sat down with you and heard you out, and would probably do so again if I were asked. My stance, not his, obviously).
I’ll say it, even though it should be obvious: In this case HE should be an asset to YOU, not the other way 'round (btw, don’t get me wrong, ideally it would go both ways, but I’m only talking about the color management aspects here). Jesus christ. I’ll repeat: There are not many experts in the field (of color management) that also write code and are interested in Linux. You have more to loose by alienating him (which the weird discussions on wayland-devel months ago have already managed to do, even though you were not personally as involved) than the other way 'round. If Wayland was a business and was MY business, I would have dealt with this whole situation differently. And it certainly wouldn’t have included not taking you or anyone else involved with Wayland development seriously, by the way. But alas, I have no stake.
Also, the protocol has been in a state where you could have experimented with it for a year now. Nobody, literally nobody, has done so.
Well, I hope you’re not already out of breath
This thread has again become so toxic that I won’t be answering anything here
“Toxic” is an overused word, although I’ll have to admit I’ve seen more productive forms of discourse than this thread (but also, far, FAR worse).
Rant over… for now.