Cygwin/XFree86 - No longer associated with XFree86.org
Harold L Hunt II
huntharo@msu.edu
Tue Oct 28 16:30:00 GMT 2003
Egbert,
Egbert Eich wrote:
> Harold,
>
> I find it sad that you had to make this decision.
> I've just been absent for a little more than two weeks and
> was unable to commit patches - look what came out of it.
Egbert, I am sorry, I want to make it absolutely clear that my raising
the issue with XFree86.org and subsequent decision had nothing to do
with you. You were actually a great help to me, I appreciate the work
that you did with me very much. There was a larger problem here... one
that had nothing to do with you.
> I understand that the level of frustration among contributors
> has risen to a point that people are starting to use bad words.
> I've tried to get support from individual core team members
> for giving you commit rights. After I was unable to do so (maybe
> I asked the wrong ones) I decided to no longer persue the issue.
> None of the initiatives I've made so far have been accepted.
I appreciate that Egbert. That really gets to the heart of the matter:
this isn't about cvs commit access, this is about the arbitrary,
subjective, and unresponsive manner in which the project is being managed.
> I don't understand why people cannot deal with issues on the
> pragmatic level by looking at how one can best distribute
> the workload so that the burdeon on each individual volunteer
> is reduced.
I really wish they could have seen that too.
> The discussion always turns to who owes what to whom. This is
> the wrong question. All or most of us are volunteers. Therefore
> noone owes anything to anybody.
> I get more and more the impression that David is working on
> narrowing down the scope of XFree86.
> There are alternatives in sight and I hope something will be
> in place before too long that will again serve a place where
> people interested in X can meet and work together.
Yes, I am beginning to work with some other developers who have left
XFree86.org as well. It is so unfortunate that XFree86.org is pushing
away developers one-by-one, only to assemble the same group elsewhere.
That is a pointless waste of time; that sort of thing should not have to
happen.
I was a little surprised too to see that my request was interpreted as
being owed something :) Jeez, not only is the process of getting cvs
commit access undefined, it is a veritable mine field; you cannot
possibly ask in a humble enough manner for their taste.
Anyhow, I want to reiterate again that I enjoy working with you Egbert
and that I hope we continue to work together in the future.
Thanks for your input,
Harold
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