Status of xserver/debrix/modular tree?

[Bernardo Innocenti]

Carl Worth wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 04:34:03 +0100, Bernardo Innocenti wrote:
> 
>>Toolkits (QT and GTK) are not helping out too.  GTK appears
>>to be moving to Cairo, while Trolltech said they would have
>>used XCB if it was ready in time for QT 4.0.
> 
> 
> I don't understand the point you are trying to make here. You claim
> that QT and GTK are not "helping out", and then provide as evidence
> the fact that GTK and QT are both working with two very interesting
> new pieces of X-related infrastructure, (cairo and XCB). The evidence
> seems to support a conclusion that the toolkits are quite aware of
> what's going on and are participating.

Sorry, I think I've mixed up two sentences in one: what I wanted
to say is that both QT and GTK want to use pieces of technology
provided by xorg/cairo, but they're not currently "lending" us
their developers to help out with the missing pieces.

This happens quite naturally in other projects:

 - To support their customers, Linux distributors contribute to
   the Linux kernel (mostly with drivers, testing, and bug-fixing);

 - OS vendors and CPU makers contribute to GCC to support their
   products;

 - Desktop environment projects contribute to their GUI toolkits to
   improve their infrastructure;

Since the consumers of our "products" are GUI tookits, one would
expect them to help out, at least in the areas they're mostly
interested in.

Why doesn't that happen with Xorg?  (just a question, I really
don't know the answer to this).

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