XF86 core team解散

刚刚在www.xfree.org看到没有1个小时,发现到处都有这个消息了...

Xfree解散了，以后会怎么发展啊？
linux会怎么样呢？

放假？一个小小玩笑？

我们会有个全新的新年

//网页有了一点点的更新,加了一句话:
Core Team Disbands
[30 December 2003]

The XFree86 core team has voted to disband itself, effective 31 December 2003. Comments about this can be made on Forum at XFree86 dot org ; registration is not necessary.

http://www.xfree.org/lists.html
Future, High Level Issues and Inter-Project Communication

The [email protected] is available for discussing high level issues relevant to
XFree86 and it's related technologies. This list is also a good place to raise issues that span multiple projects in the XFree86 technology space, such desktops, window managers, tools and applications but is not appropriate for either user support questions or detailed development discussions.
//这个似乎是比昨天多出来的
其中[email protected]的链接地址为:http://www.xfree86.org/mailman/listinfo/forum/

看來, 這次的解散, 還是一件值得慶賀的事呢!! 以下是 David Dawes -- 現任XFree86開發人員的頭目, 他給其它人對解散一事的關心作了以下的回答, 大概的意思是: 這次的解散在2003年初而經在醞釀, 最終的決定是組織內大部份人的共同意願. (那其中的矛盾, 可參考我前一篇提及的 一篇新聞. 涉及 開源項目的開發模式, 我在linuxfans.org內看過一篇討論, 對現有的協同開發模式進行研究, 其中有提及 XFree86的開發時期封閉的開發模式, 現在不在手上, 自己找找吧).

David 還提出新的開放源代碼樹開發模式可以得到更多人的參與, 更多的創造性和創新的好處.

後話:
看來只是開發模式的改變, 到目前為止, 沒有開發人員的去留消息.

參考來源:http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg04650.html
Re: core team disbands

* From: David Dawes
* Subject: Re: core team disbands
* Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 13:02:42 -0800

On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 11:27:15AM -0800, Richard A. Hecker wrote:
>David Dawes wrote:
>
>>
>> I believe that this is an acknowlegement that the core team was no longer
>> representative of the active, experienced and skilled XFree86 developers,
>> or a place where technical discussion happens.
>>
>
>Such an acknowledgement could have been derived long ago from the
>dissention within the project.

I advocated this move earlier in the year, but a majority of the
core team didn't agree with me at that time. Fortunately that
changed.

>People forking the codebase and others
>simply choosing to donate their skills and time elsewhere would have been
>enough of a clue.

I don't see a problem with forked code bases, etc. I believe that
variety and competition are healthy. Why force eveyone into the
same mould? Giving people choices as to where and how they apply
their skills can only increase the overall level of contributions.
Everyone can choose the project that best suits them, or if none
do, create their own. Anything else stifles creativity and
innovation.

David
--
David Dawes
developer/release engineer The XFree86 Project
www.XFree86.org/~dawes