On Thursday 2013-11-07 17:37 -0800, Andreas Gal wrote: > > On Nov 7, 2013, at 3:06 PM, "L. David Baron" <dba...@dbaron.org> wrote: > > > On Thursday 2013-11-07 13:24 -0800, Andreas Gal wrote: > >> On Nov 7, 2013, at 1:19 PM, Karl Tomlinson <mozn...@karlt.net> wrote: > >>> Will any MoCo developers be permitted to spend some time fixing > >>> these or the already-known issues? > >> > >> Its not a priority to fix Linux/X11. We will happily take contributed > >> patches, and people are welcome to fix issues they see, as long its not at > >> the expense of the things that matter. > > > > I think having Linux/X11 be working and in good shape is important > > for attracting contributors to the Mozilla project, particularly > > those who write code. (Though I haven't seen recent data on OS use > > of Mozilla contributors who aren't paid to work on Mozilla. I'd be > > very surprised if it wasn't a much higher proportion of developers > > than users, though.) > > I don't think anyone disagrees with you here, except if you are saying that > somehow keeping the non-OMTC Linux code is critical to attract contributors > to Mozilla. I don't think thats the case and I don't think you are trying to > say that. Thats what the post was all about. We want to get rid of the old > non-OMTC code because its blocking making OMTC better everywhere, including > Linux.
Nope, I'm definitely not trying to say anything about which set of code we're using on Linux; I'm just saying that having Linux/X11 as a first tier platform is important for attracting contributors. -David -- 𝄞 L. David Baron http://dbaron.org/ 𝄂 𝄢 Mozilla https://www.mozilla.org/ 𝄂 Before I built a wall I'd ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offense. - Robert Frost, Mending Wall (1914)
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