Similarly I wish open-source devs who wish to extend and improve existing tech take a page out of Microsoft and do their Embrace, Extend, Extinguish tactic. Like: "Here is my new D-Bus implementation, it has a couple of extra bells and whistles, which I need for my project, and is faster. Oh I have added more security, you don't have to use it right now, but some services will require it. ... Security is now mandatory. ... The protocol is now called Wire and if you need D-Bus, you can run this legacy translation layer. ... The legacy translation layer is no longer installed by default, but will be maintained for those who need it. ... It has been 30 years since anybody has needed D-Bus, we are no longer maintaining the translation layer."Which is kind of what OP is doing, but less directly inflammatory. I wish him all the luck regardless.
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