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Much of this article is about the same drama which is dupey by HN dupes algebra. Maybe it's worth talking about the effects when such effects occur meaningfull
by pvg 1y ago
Much of this article is about the same drama which is dupey by HN dupes algebra. Maybe it's worth talking about the effects when such effects occur meaningfully.
- em-bee 1y agook, i suppose it is to early to tell whether the current flurry of activity on Xorg is just temporary or whether the effect will last. unlike GCC, X11 is on the way to obsolescence. and so one question is if there is even a point to continued development. but i also have the sense that Xorg devs would want to prevent Xlibre from growing. and the only way to counteract that is increased activity to show that Xorg is still under active maintenance, because the calls to replace Xorg with Xlibre are already coming, not just from those involved in Xibre but from others who are unaware of the drama and just see that Xlibre is actively maintained while Xorg isn't anymore (in their eyes).
- bitwize 1y agoIt's not the only way to counteract that. You can do what the Alpine devs have done: make it a code-of-conduct violation to adopt Xlibre.
- em-bee 1y agoWAT? that's even more insane. i am not supporting xlibre, nor am i an alpine user, but no one gets to tell me which projects i support and which i don't. that would be like cancelling daryl davis for befriending members of the KKK.
- bitwize 1y agoYou can still use xlibre on Alpine, but you'll have to compile it yourself. The Alpine devs consider it a CoC violation to attempt to submit Xlibre to the Alpine repository.