On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 04:31:58PM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 09:49:44PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 09:02:50AM +0200, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: > > > Our questions to the community are: > > > > > > * What kinds of X packages would you like to see in the future? > > > > Working ones. With as few (upstream and debian-specific) bugs as > > possible. > > > > Case at hand: I have yet to see the first XFree86 (server|module) and > > graphics board combination that > > * supports the full potential of the board > > * does not reproducably receive SIGSEGV > > * is free > > > > This is, of course, not the fault of the Debian X strike force, but it's > > painful none the less. > > I don't think that Fabio's message was an invitation to complain about X, > but a request for input on maintaining Debian's X packages in the future.
I know, and I gave input. The above was an example to explain my point,
not a complaint (if I thought I had to complain, I'd have done so a long
time ago).
The point was that I think if there's two competing X implementations,
the X strike force should choose the one with the highest quality, not
the one with the most features.
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