RE: A Call For Open Governance Of X Development

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Packard
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 12:02 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: Keith Packard
> Subject: Re: [forum] A Call For Open Governance Of X Development 
> 
> 
> Around 21 o'clock on Mar 23, "Rich Murphey" wrote:
> 
> > Yes, the lack of transparency is the price we pay for 
> > protecting Keith's privacy.  Keith has himself to blame
> > for the outcome and for quality of his relationship with
> > XFree86 members.
> 
> I have suggested that the complete archive of email messages 
> delivered to the core team mailing list between the relevant
> dates be posted to the web so that everyone can see for
> themselves precisely what was said.
> 

Keith changed his position on this disclosure last night or this morning
(3:32 AM? Eek :->).

We need to (a) give everyone who was on the thread the same courtesy as was
given Keith w.r.t. deciding whether or not to disclose the actual emails,
and (b) give Keith a chance to see some of the replies on the core team list
that occurred after he was removed from the core team (these replies are
particularly relevent, as they involve the impressions of other Core Team
members to what was said and what happened).

> This would avoid much of the possibility of having contents of the
> messages misinterpreted by the community.
> 

Agreed. If everyone agrees to the disclosure we'll definitely do this.
However, given that sometimes things are said on a private list that might
not be otherwise said in public (says the guy formerly known for flaming
anyone for anything in any forum :->), some people might not be comfortable
with a verbatim release. In which case, we'll jointly agree on a review
process/team to do a "clean room" synopsis for us.

> -keith

Please give us a day or so to sort this out - we only found out that Keith
had changed his position a few hours ago. Thanks.

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