Why are there no desktop icons with Wayland?

[Sébastien Pierre <sebastien pierre gmail com>]

Hi there,

I'm coming back to Gnome following up the announced death of Unity, and had one question that I couldn't find any answer for: why are there no desktop icons in Gnome/Wayland? Is this a design decision, or a purely technical decision that will get resolved in the (hopefully) near future?

Thanks,

-- Sébastien