On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 6:58 AM, Luc Verhaegen <l...@skynet.be> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 08:27:12PM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: >> On 24/11/10 19:38 , Luc Verhaegen wrote: >>> >>> Conspiracy theories? >> >> I did not imply that you were the one starting with the conspiracy >> theories, and I think strictly speaking there was no name-calling in >> that thread either so I have overshot the target and I apologise. >> Correct the above to "the usual fights", that at least is obvious. >> >> Anyway, the best approach to solving issues like this is to go to the >> list and say "hey guys, this isn't funny, it raises trust issues when >> that happens." Which is exactly what your first email did, and the first >> subsequent ones. The thread then went haywire quickly, initiated by a >> number of people, and that is unnecessary. >> >> At this point we have found the guilty parties, we have a publicly >> expressed regret, the consequences of removed root access, and we should >> move on to the more on-topic questions Eirik raised. >> >> If you want to raise the issue of how the radeonhd project was treated >> or the methods of said hardware vendor, I suggest starting a new thread >> because I don't think this one will go anywhere useful at this point. >> >> Cheers, >> Peter > > It is highly related though, the stunt pulled here just underlines the > situation the project is in for anyone not belonging to the right crowd, > and that directly affects the future of X.org. > > Heck, part of the reason why so many go crazy over any X replacement > project can be attributed to this. > > Luc Verhaegen.
>From the Phoronix forums, you say > Yeah, this was most definitely not a simple prank, as some people like to > claim. What are you suggesting it was? _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.freedesktop.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com