Xorg/Xlibre Megathread Disappeared

[BawdyAnarchist]

Hi all, I was trying to find that megathread discussion that happened in June regarding Xorg and Xlibre. It seems to have disappeared:

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/so-long-xorg-thanks-for-all-the-fish-hello-xlibre.98054/

I've tried any number of searches that should yield something, tried search engines as well, but keep coming up empty handed. Was it moved somewhere else?

 

[cracauer@]

So long Xorg, thanks for all the fish, hello XLibre?

If you believe this actually happens... View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwaaSatk0pI&ab_channel=TheLundukeJournal Would be nice if there was more than one horse in the race for those who don't particularly like wayland or it doesn't support their DE of choice. I hope it's more than...

web.archive.org

 

[SirDice]

Can't remember, but it was likely trashed because people kept making it political.

There's this thread though: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/porting-x11libre-to-freebsd.98455/

 

[BawdyAnarchist]

So long Xorg, thanks for all the fish, hello XLibre?

If you believe this actually happens... View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwaaSatk0pI&ab_channel=TheLundukeJournal Would be nice if there was more than one horse in the race for those who don't particularly like wayland or it doesn't support their DE of choice. I hope it's more than...

web.archive.org

Yeah that was the next thing I did. Still trying to understand why it's not searchable/reachable here. I feel like there are other comments under other threads, by myself and others that I can't find either.

I don't remember if they were under that thread or not, but that was at least the big prominent one that I know for sure existed and is now not here.

 

[BawdyAnarchist]

Can't remember, but it was likely trashed because people kept making it political.

There's this thread though: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/porting-x11libre-to-freebsd.98455/

Why wouldn't the mods just lock the thread then with a note "this has gotten too political, please keep it neutral."

There are useful comments in there, and I was trying to find one in particular. Removing an entire discussion thread seems like poor form.

 

[msplsh]

As a... warning? If you know what was in there, just ask again?

 

[BawdyAnarchist]

As a... warning? If you know what was in there, just ask again?

A warning should be "we locked the thread and deleted a couple particularly egregious comments." Nuking an entire thread so that it can only be found on the internet archive is group punishment against the innocent, and something completely different.

"Ask again." ? People wrote thoughtful comments. They took time to do that, only to have their comments nuked because other people were bad actors.

It's not even about "asking again." It's about the fact that I have a vague recollection of something that I want to reference now. I cant simply "ask again."

 

[msplsh]

Asking the mods to sift through radwaste to retrieve uncontaminated half-thoughts that may or may not make sense out of context is asking too much.

 

[BawdyAnarchist]

Asking the mods to sift through radwaste to retrieve uncontaminated half-thoughts that may or may not make sense out of context is asking too much.

The mods were already closely watching that discussion in real time as it unfolded. They wouldnt have had to "sift through" anything. They were already "sifting" as you put it.

Simply lock the thread, warn the particular offenders, and move on. But dont delete other good commentary, punishing reasonable members on the basis of other bad ones.

 

[msplsh]

Once could say the "reasonable" members just added fuel to the fire and got burnt too. Oh well.