Re: SiS video cards and GNOME 3

[Jonh Wendell <jwendell gnome org>]

Em Sáb, 2010-11-06 às 21:32 +0000, Bastien Nocera escreveu:
> 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

Yep, that's right. It's a lot of work that I cannot handle in my spare
time.

cheers,
-- 
Jonh Wendell
http://www.bani.com.br