Consensus Building

Hello:

In the interest of introducing a bit of direction to the rather
wide-ranging discussion that has been going on on this list, I thought
I'd list a couple of points which seem to be generally agreed upon. If
nobody objects, perhaps we could continue discussions with these points
as base assumptions.

Firstly, with regard to X.org function:

* Is it agreed that X.org (or an alternative standards body) should
stick to certifying innovations from downstream X implementations as
standards and that it should not be generating new extensions to the
standard itself?

Secondly, with regard to the future of XFree86:

* There does not seem to be serious opposition to the idea that XFree86
should be split into two trees: a stable tree and an unstable tree.

* Furthermore, the distribution of these two trees should be modularised
so that certain modules (eg device drivers) can have a more frequent
release schedule than others.

If we can agree that a consensus exists on these points, perhaps Alan
Coopersmith could incorporate them into his draft proposal for further
discussion.

Final point: who am I and why am I posting this?

* I am a nobody. ;-)

* It seemed like a constructive thing to do.

-- b


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