On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 02:22 -0400, Paul Michael Reilly wrote: > Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 16:11 -0400, Paul Michael Reilly wrote: > > > I have submitted enough bug reports to know that one that deals with > > > non-FOSS software (ATI and nVidia drivers) will not elicit any useful > > > response from Fedora. This is the crux of my rant. Fedora simply has > > > a policy that for non FOSS software, move on. > > > > But really, how can they do something about someone else's software? > > They're in the same boat as you, in that situation, use it or something > > else. > > I must be missing something incredibly simple here. If I'm the > "project lead" for Fedora, I find somebody who just knows and cares so > much about X and anoint him or her to be the "X project lead". This > person cares so much to have a kick-ass X set of RPMs that they > collect or build FOSS X software, drivers in this case, and build when > it comes to ATI or nVidia. So the first ATI or nVidia FOSS drivers > suck dead moose balls, but more people want to scratch that itch, > people using Suse or Ubuntu or Debian or whatever. > > So along comes "pmr" who says dual head for ATI on a think pad doesn't > cut it on Fedora. Should the Fedora project lead (directly or > indirectly) tell him to go elsewhere? Or should pmr be encouraged to > contact harry@xxxxxxx who is leading the effort to get the xorg > ATI/FOSS driver working everywhere and contact him to help. > > So Harry, whoever and wherever you are, I want my Thinkpad working > dual head, maybe even triple head, out of the box with FC6 or FC7, and > every release thereafter. So what can I do? You need money? You > need me to run errands so you can hack? You want me to hack? You > want me to solve problem X? Harry? You out there Harry? Hello .... > > One of you gurus who knows anything and everything about Fedora and X, > please tell Harry I'm looking for him. And if you know a guy, who > knows a guy, who knows a guy who might know Harry, that will suffice. > > :-) > > -pmr You might find this advice from Rahul Sundaram helpfull: -- See the section on feedback to developers in http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate. If its a straight forward enhancement, file a RFE in bugzilla. Upstream projects bugzilla's are preferrable for suggesting enhancements. If it requires discussion, you might post to fedora-devel list. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
