X.Org Foundation releases X Window System X11R6.7 [LWN.net]

X.Org Foundation releases X Window System X11R6.7

Posted Apr 7, 2004 14:31 UTC (Wed) by vblum (guest, #1151)
Parent article: X.Org Foundation releases X Window System X11R6.7

So what is the history of all this, where does Keith Packards early split fit with xouvert fit with X.org etc?

Anyway I found this funny:

"Also, please do let me know if something is horribly wrong; I haven't done
an X release in about 12 years." (from the posting by the finally? vindicated Keith Packard)

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X.Org Foundation releases X Window System X11R6.7

Posted Apr 7, 2004 16:06 UTC (Wed) by daniels (subscriber, #16193) [Link]

No-one currently associated with X.Org (that includes Keith) was associated
with Xouvert. Xouvert was led by Jonathan Walther, and its main developer was
William Lathi; it was a project that mainly lays idle after managing to convert
revision control systems. I believe it was due for release 2 a week ago now, but
the mailing lists have been silent for months.

X.Org Foundation releases X Window System X11R6.7

Posted Apr 7, 2004 18:20 UTC (Wed) by raytd (guest, #4823) [Link]

> So what is the history of all this...

Good question. Since the "rift" occured, I've perused the ml archives of fdo and xfree on occasion looking for answers to no avail. What really happened (as well as where things are headed now) is not at all obvious to me.

<hint>
I was kind of hoping the kind Mr. Corbet would cover it in a featured article and clear up the issues, because he has all that power and influence and friends in high places and all.
</hint>

X.Org Foundation releases X Window System X11R6.7

Posted Apr 7, 2004 19:38 UTC (Wed) by wcooley (guest, #1233) [Link]

I seem to recall the news has been covered in the weekly issues several times.

X.Org Foundation releases X Window System X11R6.7

Posted Apr 8, 2004 6:20 UTC (Thu) by raytd (guest, #4823) [Link]

Yeah, i know that the initial dispute was covered and the possibility of forks and a fragmented user base were pondered, but that's not exactly what i was getting at.

I may be mistaken, but I have my suspicions that there was a hell of a lot more going on between Keith Packard, David Dawes and the other X developers than so-called governance issues and personality conflicts. I for one want to know what it was.

IMHO, disputes like this are indicative of future problems in the process of F/OSS development, and I'd like to know what the problem really was so that similar situations can be avoided (if possible).

Oh well, I guess if I might have the answers I seek were I more involved.