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XLibre 25.0 Released As Inaugural Version Of X.Org Server Fork


XLibre 25.0 was just released as the first tagged release of this recent X.Org Server fork.

e) several CVE fixes Enrico Weigelt further added in the inaugural XLibe release announcement:"This fork became necessary, because it's the expressed wish of the current Xorg group's majority (IBM/Redhat) to abandon the project, let it rot forever, and block any substantial contributions, let alone new features. For quite a year, I've put a tremendous amount of work for backporting a hundred of MRs back for across 1k commits onto xorg master, but finally it's not worth at all spending any more time with that, if nothing substantial getting merged ever. It doesn't matter which country you're coming from, your politicial views, your race, your sex, your age, your food menu, whether you wear boots or heels, whether you're furry or fairy, Conan or McKay, comic character, a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri, or just an boring average person.

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