[Xorg] RE: [GATOS]Getting GATOS branch created on Xorg

[Shawn Starr]

But we still need a branch in Xorg to start with ;-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lourens Veen [mailto:lourens at rainbowdesert.net] 
> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 18:32
> To: Shawn Starr; volodya at mindspring.com; 
> gatos-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
> Cc: xorg at freedesktop.org
> Subject: Re: [GATOS]Getting GATOS branch created on Xorg
> 
> 
> On Fri 20 August 2004 03:54, Shawn Starr wrote:
> > It would be best to discuss this so that it gets more visibility.
> >
> > What does everyone think?
> >
> > Shawn.
> >
> > On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Shawn Starr wrote:
> > > Where would the latest code base be available? Would you 
> want write 
> > > access
> >
> > to
> >
> > > CVS? Its possible you'd get a branch for GATOS and then when its 
> > > stablized within Xorg be merged into -HEAD.
> >
> > Good question. The thing is I had very little time for development 
> > lately so perhaps this is best asked of other GATOS developers.
> >
> > So, I think it would make sense to put this question to the mailing 
> > list - it might be better for everyone if GATOS development 
> switches 
> > to X.Org CVS, at least as far as driver work is concerned.
> >
> > What is your opinion ?
> 
> I don't think my opinion should carry much weight, given my newness 
> to Gatos, but you asked for an opinion, so you get one :-).
> 
> I think this is a good first step on the road to merging Gatos back 
> into Xorg. The whole idea for Gatos was to develop TV-in support 
> separately from XFree86, and then fold it back into XFree86 when it 
> was ready. Unfortunately this last thing never happened, because of 
> the closed development model of XFree86. Now that we have Xorg, we 
> have an actual chance of eventually merging Gatos back in.
> 
> What this project needs is more users to test and give feedback, and 
> more developers to write code and fix bugs (and more docs from ATI< 
> but well...). Merging it back into Xorg eventually can give us that 
> extra exposure and move the project forward faster.
> 
> So, as a first step towards that goal, switching to Xorg CVS may be 
> a good idea. It might also be a bit more reliable :-). Personally, 
> I'd be happy to send my patches to a list for someone else to 
> commit. I don't feel at home enough to be checking things in 
> without outside review anyway.
> 
> My 2 eurocents (soon to be Swiss centimes, for three months at 
> least).
> 
> Lourens
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