Xorg 1.5 missed the train?

[Nigel Jones]

Gilboa Davara wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 11:19 +0200, Emmanuel Seyman wrote:
>   
>> * Callum Lerwick [21/05/2008 11:03] :
>>     
>>> I like how in these threads it keeps conveniently being ignored that we work
>>> just fine out of the box on Nvidia. We just don't have 3D yet.
>>>       
>> I've always being surprised at the amount of blame-shifting that occurs
>> in regards to Nvidia's drivers.
>>
>> - The free drivers suck. This apparently isn't NVidia's fault (which is
>>   strange since they help maintain it) but the x.org developers'.
>>     
>
> Say what? Are you kidding me? 
> Ever tried to write/update/maintain a driver with no documentation?
> Most of the work on the nv driver is being done by nVidia personal
> mostly because they are the only ones that have any idea what's going on
> with their own hardware.
> Just look at this Changelog! [1]
>   
Note the use of *apparently* you seem to have taken Emmanuel's comments 
out of context, in my opinion it was 99% sarcastic...

nVidia have tried to blame everything on XOrg and "other people" which 
is exactly what is outlined in Emmanuel's e-mail.

- Nigel