Re: experimental proposal

hmmm, start a technical/future direction discussion and no one is  
interested, start a discussion about bureaucracy and everyone has  
something to say about it.

I hope this isn't an indication of the future direction of X.  Perhaps  
it could just be a reflection of the current state...

	Gord

PS. btw, Marc, I graduated from the University of Alberta, so seeing  
the GSB takes me back. :)

On Nov 13, 2003, at 11:14 AM, Marc Aurele La France wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
>> Juliusz Chroboczek wrote:
>>> SL> Consider the OpenGL model, where loads of extension exists, and  
>>> from
>>> SL> time to time the ARB does pull in some of the extensions to  
>>> become a
>>> SL> standard part of the OpenGL spec, and bump the OpenGL minor  
>>> version.
>
>>> Why is this better than defining a profile ?  (A set of extensions.)
>
>>> SL> David doesn't seem keen on letting this be the X.Org people.
>
>>> And he's right about that, at any rate.
>
>> ...because strife and division are always good ideas?
>
> I think it's more correct to say that market forces are perennially  
> more
> efficient at producing standards than committees.
>
> Marc.
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