[Xorg] New committer process?

[Brandon Mercer]

Leon Shiman wrote:

>on Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:00:38 -0400 Brandon Mercer wrote:
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>>Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
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>>>On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Brandon Mercer wrote:
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>>>>How come you guys weren't this talkative when I posted a question?  I
>>>>didn't even get so much as a flame from the group to tell me my message
>>>>was stupid.
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>>>I guess you are referring to the "Dual Heads with ati 7200" posting. Maybe
>>>because nobody on this list uses dual heads and/or ATI 7200 or they didn't
>>>have time to volunteer to help with it.
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>>Yes, you're right this is the posting I had.  Even still, someone should 
>>have said SOMETHING about it. 
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>>>Maybe it is a big and listed in bugzilla already. Or maybe it is a bug and
>>>you should submit it.
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>>>It is interesting that your email's logs said to "Please consult the The
>>>X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.X.Org for help." But that webpage
>>>doesn't seem like any support webpage.
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>>You're right again, this wiki page sucks.  While I appreciate that 
>>someone can create something as powerful and intricate as X, without 
>>proper, usable docs it's useless to even the most elite linux guru. 
>>Brandon
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>you're very right! i've thought this too for a very long time. are you 
>willing to help us systematically to fill this gap??
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>leon
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Absolutely, I'd love to help out.  Let me know specifically what you're 
looking for in this.  I think a good starting place would be a 'living' 
FAQ.  Meaning that it gets updated with new releases, has some structure 
and architecture.  As users post more questions we can read them and 
setup an FAQ.  There are several great resources I've used to help me 
setup X and do some things like X over ssh, and running X on a remote 
machine (like a thin station) that I could compile into a usable FAQ.  
Let me know who to submit things to and I'll get on it.  Glad to help,
Brandon