Re: Discussing issues

David Dawes <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.xfree86.forum
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 10:42:07AM -0700, Keith Packard wrote:

>Again, if I thought a separate project would work, I would have just 
>done so.

So you weren't serious when you sent the message below, which is
precisely what Alan is following up.

> To: David Dawes <[email protected]>
> cc: Keith Packard <[email protected]>
> Subject: Separate CVS for me to work in
> From: Keith Packard <[email protected]>
> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 12:00:06 -0800
> Message-Id: <E18xY74-0000Tq-00@localhost>
> 
> > In fact, if he'd been above board about it, that's likely what we
> > would have said.
> 
> I really had no idea you'd be so receptive to such an option.  My
> (overblown) fear was that somehow the 'public' would view this as a fork,
> rather than just another place to get work done.
> 
> I think it would be best for the community if we could find a way to
> peacefully co-exist; irrespective of our political views, I think the
> window system could best benefit from all of our technical skills.
> 
> Would you consider accepting an external project at this point?
> 
> -keith

David
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David Dawes
Founder/committer/developer                     The XFree86 Project
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