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by panick21_ 825 days ago
They actually do that. Consensus is a goal. But if it can not be achieved then at some point people will just create a protocol anyway, even if Gnome doesn't implement it. People who claim this isn't the case haven't actually followed the space at all.

Of course issues still get stalled on this, because it takes a while to figure out that the disagreement is to fundamental. Often a compromise is actually found in the end.