[orra]

Accepting security fixes isn't sufficient to keep software secure.

In the past few years X.org had some major ancient holes discovered. If the authors of the fixes hadn't bothered writing the fixes, I doubt many other people would have stepped up.

[indolering]

I mean, agreed! But in my mind X windows itself is a major security hole: every application can snoop on keyboard and mouse input of every other application. Beyond simple bug fixes, Wayland is the next step in fixing the more fundamental issues with X.org's architecture.