Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 10th Jun 2008 22:00 UTC, submitted by capnix
X11, Window Managers Phoronix has up an article looking at the release of X Server 1.4.1. This maintenance release for X.Org, which many open-source operating systems depend upon for living in a graphically-rich world, is coming more than 200 days late and it doesn't even clear the BugZilla release blocker bug. According to Phoronix, there are more problems for X.org than just this one.
Thread beginning with comment 318076
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
So do something about it
by FooBarWidget on Tue 10th Jun 2008 22:38 UTC
FooBarWidget
Member since:
2005-11-11

Setup a fund raiser and let people donate money for funding developers or something.

Open source is not free free. It costs developer resources. Someone has to do it.

RE: So do something about it
by flanque on Tue 10th Jun 2008 23:41 in reply to "So do something about it"
flanque Member since:
2005-12-15

*cough*

Pay them?

You kidding me? They do it for the love man.. the loooove.

Reply Parent Bookmark Score: 6

RE[2]: So do something about it
by tyrione on Wed 11th Jun 2008 01:37 in reply to "RE: So do something about it"
tyrione Member since:
2005-11-21

*cough*

Pay them?

You kidding me? They do it for the love man.. the loooove.


The main developers are all professionals working for Corporations.

They have money to subsidize this "love."

Reply Parent Bookmark Score: 3

Benjamin_Lebsanft Member since:
2005-10-11

I was about to set up a pledgie campaign as was done for the libre graphics meeting, but I didn't find a paypal adress for the X.org project.

Reply Parent Bookmark Score: 1

Benjamin_Lebsanft Member since:
2005-10-11

ok, found something, so please lets collect bugs that are important, so we can collect money for those.

http://www.x.org/wiki/StarvingDevs?highlight=(paypal)

Reply Parent Bookmark Score: 1