[forum] Re: A strawman proposal for X.org & XFree86.org

[David Dawes]

On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 07:23:47PM +0400, Vadim Plessky wrote:

>This can explain while XFree86 development was so slow (comparing to progress 
>of other open-source, desktop-oriented projects).
>It's a well-known situation of "Shoemaker without shoes".
>If someone wants cooperation among XFree86, GNOME and KDE - XFree86 developers 
>(especially *core developers*) should use GNOME and KDE, so tha needs of 
>those environments become visible.

So you don't think it's reasonable that if GNOME and KDE have
specific requirements then those who are developers/advocates of
those desktops make sure that they get implemented?  There seems
to be a pervading myth that XFree86 developers are here to serve
your needs, when in reality it works the other way around: those
with needs to be served become XFree86 developers(*) and serve their
own needs.  Ask any of those "core developers" why they became
XFree86 developers?  My answer is that I had a need, so I did what
was necessary to achieve it.

(*) "become XFree86 developer" means write XFree86 code, so don't drag
in any of the usual red herrings like "membership", "commit access", etc.

Speaking for myself.

David