On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Youngjin Hahn wrote:
> I wrote this once. It seems I need to write it again. Brad wrote
> blackbox for his own needs, not for anyone elses. Do not think I have
> requested this or that cool feature to Brad and have received the response
>
> <nyz> write me a patch
FWIW, s/write/send/ ;)
> What I find now is that the development goals have shifted from being Brad's
> window manager to being "everyone's" window manager. You will notice how
> few compile time options (if any) blackbox had in the 0.50.x series (probably
> even less in 0.40.x and so on). That is because every feature was useful and
> needed for the user base that mattered to development - namely, Brad Hughes.
> Now that we have conflicting styles of working on the desktop, I think it's
> time we either a.) split the source tree or b.) use a different window manager.
> I don't like the idea of 300 compile time options, each configurable for each
> person. I don't think anyone likes the idea of having 300 run time options
> either. Someone either needs to assert themsevles as the "model" user and
> assert power, or we all need to shut up and live with the way blackbox is now.
>
> Open for discussion and flame.
>
> -artwiz
>
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