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by zbuf 1125 days ago
> The time where Xorg is a well-maintained project is past us. That's the point.

This statement continues to sound like its trying to become self-fulfilling.

Xorg releases still happen (I'm not going to get into a debate about what is "well" maintained)

As many people move to Wayland those interested in X long-term should be given the space to do so, and statements like this set out to prevent it.

It's even a case of "protest too much" -- saying it over and over means that probably it isn't true.

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Look at the developers who have historically been working on Xorg. Look at the organizations and projects which have historically been working on Xorg. Look at what they're working on now. Look at what Red Hat and GNOME and KDE are up to. They're not working on Xorg, except for parts relevant for XWayland.

The statement "Xorg isn't well-maintained anymore" isn't an attempt at a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's a statement of fact. The people and companies and organizations who used to do the work on X11 are now working on Wayland. The same people and groups are doing the same kind of work, just on a different protocol.

Xorg releases were done almost exclusively by Red Hat, which just recently announced that they won’t support X for their next version. So.. no, it is objectively not maintained.