Re: A Call For Open Governance Of X Development

On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Randy Kramer wrote:

> On Monday 24 March 2003 02:37 pm, David Wexelblat wrote:
> > > I thought about volunteering as an auditor earlier -- presume
> > > that would involve reading the relevant emails and expressing a
> > > judgement.  So, I'll volunteer.
> 
> ---<other good stuff snipped>---
> 
> > Thanks for volunteering. I figure we'll sort out what to do about
> > this in the next 24 hours or so.
> 
> You're welcome!
> 
> I have mixed feelings at this point -- if people still feel the need to 
> have this done, I'll be happy to help.  On the other hand, so many 
> people are "coming out of the closet" and offering to change and be 
> helpful (like Steve Swales), I'm not sure there is any point to 
> figuring out who struck John.

   I too think there is little point in making a bad situation
worse when things have already begun to take a constructive turn.  
I hope the mudslinging will stop and people get back to the issues.
It's clear that some people on this list have a low opinion of
other people on this list.  I don't really see the point in trying
to justify why people have low opinions of each other.  Isn't a
more constructive thing to find solutions to the problem than
to justify the hatred?


> 
> >From this distance, one additional thing might be to offer Keith Packard 
> his position back on the XFree core team (which he might or might not 
> accept), and then just shake hands and get on with the changes (and 
> discussion).

   I think you should avoid making suggestions like that when you
don't have the full story.


			Mark.

> 
> Let me know if I can be of help!
> 
> Randy Kramer
> 
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