Re: Invitation

Keith Whitwell writes:
 > 
 > Actually, I asked in part because I didn't know there was any other team but 
 > the core team, so I was confused by your words and wanted clarificiation.
 > 
 > What is this other XFree86 team?  What are the rights and responsibilities 
 > associated with membership?

I've used the word 'team' for those who consider themselves as part
of the XFree86 developers community. Maybe I used the word team in
the wrong context - I don't have my dictionary at hand, but I've
received English lessons before on this list.

Also I don't understand the 'membership' issue here. Can't anyone
just consider herself/himself as part of a group without formal
membership? 

 > 
 > CVS access seems only to be granted to core team members, and that is why I 
 > consider the idea of opening that group up to new members to be significant. 
 > If CVS access were granted to non-core-team-members, that would change.

I do see an issue with timely application of patches.
Do you feel you need commit access to be able to do
your work properly?

 > 
 > In your opinion, Egbert, have I personally made any contributions to XFree86?

1. You have contributed a lot to DRI which is folded back to
   XFree86. 
2. 
$ cd xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86
$ grep Whitwell CHANGELOG | wc -l
     13
$

Does this answer your question?
And of course one can contribute thru other means 
than submit code.


Egbert.