Re: Keith Packard issue
Ralf Nolden <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.xfree86.forum |
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| Organization | The KDesktop Environment |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 20 March 2003 15:01, Alan Cox wrote: > > FYI: the Keith Packard issue is now on Slashdot.org. > > The "Keith Packard" issue or the XFree86 issue ? Correct. The post which is going on all news sites now is IMHO one of the most insulting posts that I ever read. Everyone who knows Keithp in person knows that we're discussing a thing here that is bugging literally everyone: developers from desktop projects like KDE and GNOME, distributors and UNIX derivates such as the BSD's and in the end, users and support companies who have to live with the stuff they get from XFree86. Compared to the development speed of projects like the Linux kernel or KDE, XFree86 lags behind *ages* and is not the most responsive at all. Keith has been one outstanding example with big ties to the community and acknowledgement for the problems that everyone suffers when it comes to XFree86 and tried to help with innovative ideas that just *have* to be solved on that layer of the OS (whatever Unix you use). My best read today was that people are thinking about releasing their own versions of graphics drivers because the CVS access to XFree86 is restricted to just about 15 people. This is just *unbeleivable*..... My personal 2 euro cents but I guess I'm expressing something that bugs most KDE hackers.... Ralf > > _______________________________________________ > Forum mailing list > [email protected] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/forum - -- We're not a company, we just produce better code at less costs. - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralf Nolden [email protected] The K Desktop Environment The KDevelop Project http://www.kde.org http://www.kdevelop.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+edXsu0nKi+w1Ky8RAmdOAJ9qz9G9o0LynyaWO+/oRKFP9eXg0wCbBp2i vOGsAoWiwG6xnasqaJoMWoQ= =Yd1q -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----