[Mesa-dev] D3D1x Revert

[Joakim Sindholt]

On Thu, 2010-09-23 at 17:34 +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> Jose Fonseca <jfonseca at vmware.com> writes:
> > And to be honest, WINE developers did a disservice to themselves by
> > openly stating their concerns. They put themselves between the rock
> > and the wall with that. For future reference, if people have this sort
> > of doubts, they should contact the project maintainers (e.g Brian,
> > Keith) privately.
> 
> I dunno if the WINE devs are being over-cautious or not, but if they
> have legitimate concerns, why is stating them openly "doing themselves a
> disservice"?  Isn't openness a _good_ thing?
> 
> Of course, if they do use a public forum they should try to be polite,
> (but if they're not, then that's the issue, not the act per-se)
> 
> -Miles
> 
Because they can no longer claim ignorance should it go to court.