X.Org server has been abandoned

Stefan Mileschin · 27th October 2020, 08:18

Last major release was May 2018

It looks like X.Org server is officially toast and a prominent Intel open source developer has admitted the software is abandonware.

Phoronix ran a story this morning with this headline: "It's Time To Admit It: The X.Org Server Is Abandonware."

It quoted Daniel Vetter of Intel's kernel graphics driver team and DRM co-maintainer saying: "The main worry I have is that xserver is abandonware without even regular releases from the main branch. That's why we had to blacklist X. Without someone caring I think there's just largely downsides to enabling features." Then again, that coming from an Intel Linux developer isn't too surprising considering it's been more than six years since the last xf86-video-intel DDX release.
https://fudzilla.com/news/51759-x-or...been-abandoned

27th October 2020, 08:18	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,575	X.Org server has been abandoned Last major release was May 2018 It looks like X.Org server is officially toast and a prominent Intel open source developer has admitted the software is abandonware. Phoronix ran a story this morning with this headline: "It's Time To Admit It: The X.Org Server Is Abandonware." It quoted Daniel Vetter of Intel's kernel graphics driver team and DRM co-maintainer saying: "The main worry I have is that xserver is abandonware without even regular releases from the main branch. That's why we had to blacklist X. Without someone caring I think there's just largely downsides to enabling features." Then again, that coming from an Intel Linux developer isn't too surprising considering it's been more than six years since the last xf86-video-intel DDX release. https://fudzilla.com/news/51759-x-or...been-abandoned

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