----- Original Message ----- From: "Jos� Fonseca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 6:42 AM Subject: Re: [Xpert]Is the XFree development stuck in a dead end?
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 05:57:15PM -0700, Mark Vojkovich wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Jos� Fonseca wrote: > > > [...] > > > > > > The XFree86 developer page (http://www.xfree86.org/developer) says and I > > > quote: > > > > > > "When requesting to join the XFree86, the most important qualification is > > > not your experience level but your keeness on contributing to the project > > > and climbing the uphill road to learning and mastering XFree86." > > > > > > And now a core member completely states otherwise!? > > > > I am particularly addressing architectural issues. There is a > > difference between saying that everyone can contribute something > > and saying that all problems are easy enough for anyone to solve. > > Moving the project forward in terms of innovation and features is > > rarely done by newbies. I don't think it's reasonable to expect > > someone with little experience to jump in and write an extension > > to provide window transparency, for example. People ask why we > > don't have stuff like that yet and it's precisely for that reason. > > > > I agree that it isn't reasonable to expect someone with little > experience to do big things right away, but if they have the _long term_ > ambition to do such a big thing, there is no reason to expect that it > will fail on that aim. > > But resuming the main issue here, it seems to me that one reason for the > difficulty in adding new features - which require a profound knowledge of > the architecture - is that those who have these knowledge are too busy > with tasks that could be delegated to developers less experience but yet > competent. I'm for instance referring to testing, debugging, and patches > submition, i.e., Quality Assurance. > This shows how little you know about XFree86 development that you think 1) this can be commandeered 2) that integrating patches is trivial work. Georgina _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
