Re: Discussing issues

["Kendall Bennett" <KendallB@scitechsoft.com>]

Mark Vojkovich <mvojkovi@XFree86.Org> wrote:

>    What's the matter with defining "large enough" to be "has made
> significant contributions over many years"?  That sounds like as
> good a metric as any, perhaps better than all others.  Though I
> can pretty much guarantee you that by that definition the vote
> would leave pretty much all of the current board and core intact. 
> 
>    This appears to disturb some people.  Why is that?  And what
> justification do you have that this is not the best way for things
> to be - with the people who have contributed the most having the
> most say?  

To answer that, let me quote something you yourself said so well a few 
posts back:

"While there are things that people have a right to demand - they have a 
right to demand to be able to contribute..."   

The above clearly outlines to me why "the people who have contributed the 
most having the most say?" is clearly wrong. Just because you have been 
developing XFree86 code for many years, what right do *you* have to 
control what *I* can contribute to XFree86? The mere fact that such a 
small list of people control what does and does not get into XFree86 
means that mine and everyone elses contributions to XFree86 stand a very 
large chance of getting lost. As you said above, myself and other 
developers have a right to demand to be able to contribute, and IMHO that 
is entirely what this discussion is all about.

Regards,

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Kendall Bennett
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