Re: [Dri-devel] Re: [forum] Re: [XFree86] Invitation for public discussion about the future of X

2003-03-21 Thread Alan Hourihane
On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 04:08:06 +, Keith Whitwell wrote: Alan Hourihane wrote: On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 11:37:34 +, Keith Whitwell wrote: XFree86 BOD wrote: It has been brought to the attention of the XFree86 Core Team that one of its members, Keith Packard, has been actively

Re: [Dri-devel] Re: [forum] Re: [XFree86] Invitation for public discussion about

2003-03-20 Thread Martin Spott
Keith Whitwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's always a shock to see that what is meant to tease when written comes out looking more like a direct attack when read back... Oh, I would agree even if it was considered as sort of an attack, Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just

[Dri-devel] Re: [forum] Re: [XFree86] Invitation for public discussion about the future of X

2003-03-20 Thread Alan Hourihane
On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 11:37:34 +, Keith Whitwell wrote: XFree86 BOD wrote: It has been brought to the attention of the XFree86 Core Team that one of its members, Keith Packard, has been actively (but privately) seeking out support for a fork of XFree86 that would be led by himself. He

Re: [Dri-devel] Re: [forum] Re: [XFree86] Invitation for public discussion about the future of X

2003-03-20 Thread Philip Brown
On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 04:08:06PM +, Keith Whitwell wrote: From my selfish point of view, an XFree fork will put the DRI tree in a bit of a difficult position - especially if the new fork gets significant distro support and we have to somehow track both trees or go through yet another

Re: [Dri-devel] Re: [forum] Re: [XFree86] Invitation for public discussion about the future of X

2003-03-20 Thread Martin Spott
Philip Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps then, this will provide enough incentive for DRI to move back into a pure extension module form, rather than its current xfree tree entanglement. You don't want to imply that people touch bigger areas as is would be necessary for DRI development -