Xorg 1.5 missed the train?

Josh Boyer jwboyer at gmail.com
Wed May 21 15:39:36 UTC 2008


On Wed, 21 May 2008 08:04:28 -0700
"Christopher Stone" <chris.stone at gmail.com> wrote:

> > How's no sound?  Is no good for you?  No's great for me.
> >
> > Let me put this as politely as possible: compatibility X server packages
> > are out of the fucking question.  I've refused them in paid supported
> > products for strong technical and support reasons, and I'm not about to
> > start doing them for free just to get my jollies preserving
> > interoperability with someone's binary blob.
> 
> Pfft, you dont have to put these through review, you dont have to do a
> QA on them, you just have to take the f8 rpms and rebuild them on f9,
> stick them in updates-testing and be done with it.  One or two days
> tops, nothing more.  Sheesh....

No.  And if someone actually does that, I'll be sure to raise a stink
about it royally as it actively goes against every guideline we have.

josh




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