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Cygwin/XFree86 Leaving XFree86.org

Posted by simoniker on from the oh-the-shenanigans dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Cygwin/XFree86 project is leaving XFree86.org. For those that don't know, Cygwin/XFree86 is a port of the X Window System to Cygwin (which provides a *nix-like API on Windows). Here is the announcement and the start of the trouble. The XFree86 project has pushed away more developers than most projects ever have - is this the beginning of the end for XFree86?"

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  1. beginning of the end? by joeldg · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    umm..
    no.. The reason the push developers away is that many of these guys are trying to bloat xfree to hell.. if they didn't it would be 20x worse than windows..

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    1. Re:beginning of the end? by protomala · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      um, well I consider XFree 200 times worse than windows :(

  2. Re:"beginning of the end"? by bigjnsa500 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I just love it when people make websites with revision systems BEFORE releasing code. Morons.. Whatever happened to HAVING something, THEN making a website? Its like the website is more important than the code.

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  3. Another Troll for the Mills by evronm · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    BSD is dying, and now XFree86 is too. Have fun, trolls!

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  4. assholes? by twitter · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    The XFree86 guys have been assholes from the start. ... I pointed out a bug (and included a fix) in their S3 driver years ago. Every email was ignored. Not so much as an acknowledgment let alone a thank you.

    Wooo hooo, you issued a complaint and that makes you an expert on XF86 develpment? Your friends in Redmond would be proud of you.

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