From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932341AbVHaE32 (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:29:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932353AbVHaE32 (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:29:28 -0400 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.193]:59070 "EHLO wproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932341AbVHaE31 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:29:27 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=MvcpLxxmTC2t+QacuH31v2A3ne8SAFJeYZdLGDG3Qk3uSxGjoWPSTWvYCgz69yHaFGa4fK90ngvpUkuEMK6MfNsRDWeGC8WUGjUoI0RANvEjiWx3xZyKxPYPk+m3xG1PZJ+Kf0YEF823zFZ2iwJ3ogFrdsN8FxjPXNAaMBh0Vvk= Message-ID: <9e473391050830212930afa270@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:29:24 -0400 From: Jon Smirl To: Daniel Stone Subject: Re: State of Linux graphics Cc: Discuss issues related to the xorg tree , lkml , Xserver development In-Reply-To: <1125457860.8730.42.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <9e47339105083009037c24f6de@mail.gmail.com> <1125457860.8730.42.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 8/30/05, Daniel Stone wrote: > On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 12:03 -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > > The article has been reviewed but if it still contains technical > > errors please let me know. Opinions on the content are also > > appreciated. > > 'As a whole, the X.org community barely has enough resources to build a > single server. Splitting these resources over many paths only results in > piles of half finished projects. I know developers prefer working on > whatever interests them, but given the resources available to X.org, > this approach will not yield a new server or even a fully-competitive > desktop based on the old server in the near term. Maybe it is time for > X.org to work out a roadmap for all to follow.' > > You lose. I am not a member of the X.org board or any of it's committees. I have no control over what path X.org may choose to follow. All I did was make a proposal. Everyone else is free to make proposals too. X.org may choose to endorse one or continue business as usual. -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com