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Subject:    Re: Patches in limbo - was Re: [Xpert]Re: Proposal for mouse speed & acceleration settings
From:       Olivier Chapuis <olivier.chapuis () free ! fr>
Date:       2002-11-02 12:24:11
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On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 09:09:25AM +0000, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, J. Imlay wrote:
> 
> > I am just a casual reader on this list so I could be entirly wrong about
> > all this.
> > 
> > I've read the thread that you started last spring, and I've been following
> > this one, and I sympathize with you on the problems with the acceleration
> > in X (it's down right unusable IMHO) but what I'm missing is what you are
> > actually trying to get at?
> > 
> > The issue was brought up last spring, and appearantly nothing was done
> > about it. And the problem doesn't seem to be lack of a patch it's just
> > that someone (a mystery to me as well) doesn't seem to like to apply
> > patches from anyone but ... well I don't know. Only a few of the inside
> > guys get to change the code at all.
> 
> Speaking as someone in the "outer circle" (I'm on the private lists, but 
> don't get to change the code) I think that the problem is that none one will 
> commit a patch that they don't understand.
> 
> We can't just make changes, however great, without considering what
> happens to people and programs which expect things to be the (broken)
> way they have always been.
> As a result, anyone who makes changes is expected to deal with any
> problems that show up because of their changes (there are two
> "interesting" threads on the main private list at the moment
> which could be said to be putting pressure on one of the big names
> becuase he is slow to deal with the consequences of some great new 
> features).
>

I do not understand why there are private lists. It is frustrating to
learn that there are interesting discussions on such lists that people
which want to "help" the xpert's cannot read. IMHO such lists should be
at least read-only lists (or better moderated, but this leads to
additional works)
 
Regards, Olivier 
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