The problem with “we can always go back and fix it later”, is that it rarely happens. As you expand the library, the temporary functions get more entangled and difficult to weed out.
Therefor I think that debating general issues about the library is important and beneficial for it. It helps us make better decisions while developing it further. Especially with this spare-time and online development, it’s the best forum we have.
I think the issue we’re facing here is that everything is kept in the same thread. This discussion should be split into several threads so that information that may be crucial for the issue currently at hand is not obstructed by more general discussions. That way the devs can also choose what discussion to involve themselves in and at their leisure.
I’ll see if I can restructure the last posts of this thread into a new one.
Edit: Discussion now continued here: Virtual Reality library architecture discussion (continued from OpenVR Available. Convert?) - #14 by phr00t