modular -> monolithic

[Michel Dänzer]

On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 02:48 -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Michel Dänzer <michel at tungstengraphics.com>
> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:42:18 +0100
> 
> > On Sun, 2008-01-20 at 14:20 -0500, Bernardo Innocenti wrote:
> > > To summarize, it seems there's interest in merging the
> > > drivers back into the server tree.
> >
> > ... by one active X.org developer and a couple of casual
> > contributors, AFAICT.
> 
> Keep in mind that perhaps some folks would like to contribute
> more and help those "non-casual contributors" (in their ivory
> towers) be even more productive.  But don't because the
> significant parts of the tree are often in a non-buildable
> state.

'Significant parts of the tree' meaning unmaintained drivers? I'm not
sure I see how that keeps anyone from contributing.


> > >    So what I'm suggesting here is that whoever is willing to
> > >    rework the core server takes *reasonable* steps to fix the
> > >    major driver regressions, possibly in collaboration with
> > >    the driver maintainers.
> > 
> > That's of course exactly what's been happening.
> 
> In the input driver fallout case, this absolutely and positively
> DID NOT happen.

No need to resort to caps...

> Several drivers were build failing for more than a year.

That indicates little interest in those drivers. Did you actually need
them?


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