new driver? why? openchrome! [LWN.net]

new driver? why? openchrome!

Posted Aug 31, 2008 3:46 UTC (Sun) by wtogami (subscriber, #32325)
In reply to: new driver? why? openchrome! by laf0rge
Parent article: VIA releases open source Xorg driver

> And openly publishing the source of this driver is obviously just the
> first step. Now all involved parties can look at everyone's source
> base, and can start a discussion on how to proceed from here.

> I would rather not see VIA trying to build a new community around
> that driver, since that would further fragment the various groups
> working on VIA graphics support.

These comments are confusing. Does this mean the goal is NOT to create a single centralized and openly developed driver project? Please see my previous comment in this thread.

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new driver? why? openchrome!

Posted Aug 31, 2008 8:10 UTC (Sun) by laf0rge (subscriber, #6469) [Link]

I don't see any confusing statement.

I was merely saying that I would not think it was good to create a new, separate development community around this newly-opensource driver, but rather see integration with the existing open source community around VIA's graphics products.