Questions from Jeremy (was: Re: [Members] X.Org Foundation Election Candidates)

[Daniel Stone]

On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 07:02:34AM -0500, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> And for the candidates, please share your thoughts about the following.
> 
> What are your thoughts on compiler and "make" portability?

As someone who contributes code and the de facto server build system
maintainer, I think it should be preserved to reasonable limits
(pre-POSIX systems and pre-ANSI compilers can go jump, most everything
else is okay).

As a board member, I have absolutely no opinion on this matter.  See my
platform regarding the separation of technical matters (xorg@), and the
board.

> What are your thoughts on operating system platform portability?

See above.

> (In other words, do you think the world is one operating system and only 
> one compiler/build system?)

No.

> Not really important for a board member, but I am curious: what 
> platforms do you use for running X and for developing X?

You're right on that one ... Ubuntu dapper, both i386 and amd64.
Sometimes Debian unstable on a Pegasos PPC.  Excruciatingly rarely do I
drag out my SPARC (Ubuntu breezy, probably; it's been a while).

> What are some improvements you'd like to see in X? Why? And when? (And if 
> you want to get detailed: and how?)

My administrative wishlist is outlined in my platform. :)

(Cliff's Notes from the platform: we need _board members_ who are
 capable of fixing the organisation in an administrative sense, who have
 a good grasp of the technical issues involved, but primarily are good
 board members, not good coders.  Plus, if we need the board to
 intervene in technical issues, we're screwed anyway.  If you want
 someone to champion your interests technically, campaign for a release
 manager, not a board member.)

Cheers,
Daniel
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