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It's deprecated by the people who wrote it, and AFAIK no-one else has taken up the task of maintaining it. Doesn't mean you can't use it (I still use it still,
by rcxdude 2y ago
It's deprecated by the people who wrote it, and AFAIK no-one else has taken up the task of maintaining it. Doesn't mean you can't use it (I still use it still, thanks to said breakage), but it's not exactly thriving.
- vidarh 2y agoIt's still seeing regular releases. It's split into modules now, but the xorg-server module last had a release in April, I think, with multiple contributors, and at least two people are issuing release announcements. Maybe I'll consider Wayland again in a few years (though, who knows, by then maybe I'll have fallen for the temptation to write my own X server too...), but for now, Xorg works, receiving fixes, and doesn't require me to change anything else in my workflow for no good reason.
- seba_dos1 2y ago> It's still seeing regular releases. With very limited scope. There's already hardware out there that will likely never be properly supported by Xorg. Though Xwayland - and hence a big chunk of Xorg - will, of course, still live a long life.
- vidarh 2y agoIf that affects me one day, maybe I'll care about that. I doubt that'll be a concern until sometimes next decade at the earliest for my use.
- p_l 2y agoUnfortunately Wayland means increased fragmentation in the hw support, not less :(
- Gormo 2y agoConsidering that hardware vendors are typically writing and upstreaming their own drivers, I don't see how that could be.
- llm_trw 2y agoXorg Foundation are not the people who wrote X, they are the last in a long line of maintainers.
- jrm4 2y agoAlways an odd argument? Sometimes software is just finished. Shoutout to Openbox
- Gormo 2y agoThis is false. Xorg is being actively maintained, and its git repos are constantly receiving new commits.