--- Harold L Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nicholas Wourms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > > --- Harold L Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Nicholas, > > > > > > > He has something. Frankly, I think we should let harold release > these > > > > packages. He's got a firm understanding of the underlying > mechanics > > > of > > > > how X works. Plus if you commit to maintainership of 1.X, then it > is > > > > assumed that you will be working on porting 2.X. Are you ready > for > > > this > > > > responsibility? > > > > > > It is not going to happen. I simply do not have time to work on > > > packages > > > other than Cygwin/XFree86 proper. Sure, I have released a few extra > > > packages, > > > but that was just to get the ball rolling on XFree86 category > packages. > > > For > > > future reference: I do not intend to assume maintainership of any > new > > > packages. However, I reserve the right to post an initial version > of > > > packages > > > that compile out of the box, just to get things started. > > > > > > I hope that clears things up, > > > > Harold, > > > > I'm sorry, I never meant to unload additional work onto you. In > previous > > messages regarding berkley db, you mentioned that you were going to > stick > > to X packages, so I assumed you meant the packages you were already > > working on for X. Apparently this is not the case, which is OK. I'm > glad > > you cleared things up for everyone. > > > > Cheers, > > I will admit that I gave some mixed signals. I thought I was going to > have a > lot more free time, which I do. But I also thought that XFree86 itself > would > not take anymore time than it already did. However, there has been no > shortage of things to do for XFree86. After we get the scrollbars patch > landed and the cross compilation fixes merged I really do plan on > working on a > rootless server.
That's true, *sigh*, I know what you mean. Tho I can't quite understand what this driving desire for a rootless X server is all about? To my death, I'll never understand why people like the explorer window manager over the X alternatives. I mean c'mon people, Windows Explorer as a window manager sucks. Why would you want it to manage your X applications? I don't know about most people, but I like the current way X works, in fact I like the full screen even better. In fact I wish there was a way to do the opposite of running X in rootless mode. If there were only a way to get windows binaries to pop up inside X, then I could just ditch this crummy explorer windows manager and use X full time. In fact, on Darwin, I hate the window manager for Aqua. I'd much prefer to run kde3 any day then to run that OpenSTEP look-alike. > You may have seen some place-holding files creep into > the > patches lately. That is because I have been studying the XonX code to > how it > does things. If you ever want to look at sloppy, convuluted, > uncommented > code, just have a look at xc/programs/Xserver/hw/darwin. Yikes. That > code > can really give you a headache. Hmm, this coming from bsd nuts who cannot even get the name of Charles Darwin's famous assistant right (Hexley != Huxley)? Does this really suprise you? Cheers, Nicholas __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com
