Re: Re: A strawman proposal for X.org & XFree86.org
Vadim Plessky <[email protected]>
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On Tuesday 01 April 2003 22:00, David Dawes wrote: | On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 07:23:47PM +0400, Vadim Plessky wrote: | >This can explain while XFree86 development was so slow (comparing to | > progress of other open-source, desktop-oriented projects). | >It's a well-known situation of "Shoemaker without shoes". | >If someone wants cooperation among XFree86, GNOME and KDE - XFree86 | > developers (especially *core developers*) should use GNOME and KDE, so | > tha needs of those environments become visible. | | So you don't think it's reasonable that if GNOME and KDE have | specific requirements then those who are developers/advocates of | those desktops make sure that they get implemented? There seems Well, I guess Keith's intention to fork Xfree86 was exactly caused by the fact that XFree86 is developing quite slowly and some required features are not implemented. I am surprised now why you were so negative to Keith's intention to fork Xfree86, unless release process of XFree86 is fixed? | to be a pervading myth that XFree86 developers are here to serve | your needs, when in reality it works the other way around: those | with needs to be served become XFree86 developers(*) and serve their | own needs. Ask any of those "core developers" why they became | XFree86 developers? My answer is that I had a need, so I did what | was necessary to achieve it. | | (*) "become XFree86 developer" means write XFree86 code, so don't drag | in any of the usual red herrings like "membership", "commit access", etc. | | Speaking for myself. | | David | _______________________________________________ | Forum mailing list | [email protected] | http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/forum -- Best Regards, Vadim Plessky SVG Icons * BlueSphere Icons 0.3.0 released http://svgicons.sourceforge.net