Re: Rootless Mode is an Important and Needed Feature

[Harold L Hunt II <huntharo at msu dot edu>]

Really?  Thanks for the insight.  Are you willing to sacrifice 20 hours 
per week to work on it?  No?

In case you didn't notice, rootless mode has been on the To-Do list for 
over a year.  It is simply difficult and large in scope, thus no one is 
working on it.  In fact, there isn't really any work going on in 
Cygwin/XFree86 on a daily basis, so rootless mode isn't going to get 
done anytime soon unless you are volunteering.


Also, a question for you: What do I gain from sacrificing my time to 
implement a rootless mode?  A rising stock price?  A raise in my salary? 
 Worldwide fame?  A recommendation for a job?  Nope --- I get none of 
that, I only loose my free time, so any time I spend on Cygwin/XFree86 
had damn well better be worth it to me, because I'm the only one that 
can give me something for me efforts (which is simply giving myself 
satisfaction that I accomplished something, which I already have plenty of).


Feeling fiesty?  Why don't you suggest that we translate X graphics 
calls to GDI graphics calls next --- then I can once again point you to 
the To-Do list and to some work in progress.


Sheesh.


Harold

Mlarcvaernas wrote:
> I think that a Rootless mode for the Xserver right now
> is one of the most important and crucial features
> needed. For the Xserver to be used in a way that is
> convenient for many users, the option to have X
> applications displayed on the main Windows desktop is
> pretty important. Of course the current Root mode
> should also be available as well, since it also has
> uses. The new rootless mode should be one of the top priorities.
>
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