Re: SiS video cards and GNOME 3

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Sat, 2010-11-06 at 11:12 -0600, Stormy Peters wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>
> wrote:
>         On Sat, 2010-10-16 at 11:19 -0300, Jonh Wendell wrote:
>         
>         > 2) Talk to SiS to solve the problem
>         >
>         > Ideas, suggestions?
>         
>         
>         Given the statements at:
>         http://ncc-1701a.homelinux.net/~linux-sis/index.php?page=Preface
>         and the statements that used to be on Thomas Winischhofer's
>         page (that
>         page has disappeared now), you're better off talking to SiS
>         directly,
>         and making it clear that they will be made irrelevant in the
>         Linux
>         desktop business if they don't change their ways.
>         
>         I don't think it's up to GNOME to ensure that decent 3D
>         drivers are
>         available for each and every video cards available.
>         
>         The only thing that I can advise you is:
>         - Contact SiS yourself about this
> 
> Perhaps Jonh can draft a letter and we can get it reviewed and Jonh
> can send it officially on behalf of the GNOME Foundation.
> 
> Thoughts?

I think Jonh saw the amount of work that would be needed, above and
beyond getting specifications, and dropped the idea.

We already had a couple of e-mails between Jonh and myself about the
content of the mail, and I gather he feels that the task is beyond just
providing specifications, as the whole community behind the previous SiS
drivers has left.

Jonh, is that correct?

Cheers