RE: Discussing issues

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> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Biju Chacko
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 11:18 PM
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> Subject: Re: [forum] Discussing issues
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> On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:14:00 -0400 (EDT), Mark Vojkovich wrote:
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> >     I wish this were the core issue.  This is a valid issue 
> that has  
> > been discussed, and is the core issue to many people.  This 
> is also  a 
> > solvable issue.  However, these issues aren't going to get solved  
> > right now because there is a much more ominous issue that 
> stands in  
> > the way, and that is the one of goverance that Keith and Jim have  
> > brought up.
> > 
> >     I would really like us to get to the bottom of the key issue  
> > raised by the leaders of the disent and I would like us to stop  
> > wasting time with side issues until we get that solved.  
> That is, is  
> > Keith going to work with the XFree86 project, or is he 
> going to start  
> > his own project?  In my opinion, the governance of the XFree86  
> > project isn't something that's up for discussion.
> 
> 
> Mark,
> 
> If I understand you correctly, there is _no_ problem with the 
> governance of XFree86. This could be easily demonstrated by 
> solving the the main perceived problem: contributions are 
> being ignored/lost/delayed/whatever.

This is a leadership issue only if there are
sufficient resources for the task.
Leadership of volunteers does not mean we
can motivate developers to spend time 
on efforts they like the least.

> Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be attempts to do that 
> beyond starting a bugzilla.

Ah, you're volunteering!  Wonderful.  

> The current leadership needs to show it's leadership by 
> proposing a coherent solution to to what you yourself have 
> acknowledged as a serious issue.

I propose you talk to Stewart about volunteering for bugzilla.

Rich