Get the drivers out the core

["Charles Goodwin" <cg@linuxmail.org>]

One of the big points of discussion has been the length of
time taken for ATI's drivers to get into an XFree86 release.

One of the rebuttals to this is that there is a binary API
for XFree86 drivers. (Think NVidia.)

Get the drivers out of the core.  Create an xfree86-drivers
module/project that releases frequently without people
groaning thinking, "oh no, I have to re-compile/install X
again."

ATI and others want their drivers included in the core
because that is the standard.  Set the standard to something
more maintainable then you'll solve a big problem without
having to alter the current governance.

On the governance issue; I don't think people have a problem
with the BOD as such, I think the problem is that there is
no level underneath the BOD to deal with patches/development.

Being an active developer != being on the BOD, but there
seems to be no reasonable avenue for bringing in active
developers to help with project maintainence.  I know people
will be sick of comparisons, but it seems that XFree86 really
misses something similar to the Linux kernel development
environment where a large web of people catch the patches
and filter them through so that only the good ones reach
Linus at the top of the tree.

"There's only a few of us doing this in our spare time"
doesn't wash when it appears nothing is done to encourage
people to join the active development team.
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