Re: Another XLibre and/or Wayland subthread

On 2026-07-29 21:21, rbowman wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:11:22 +0000, Farley Flud wrote:
> 
>> Unfortunately, the mainstream distros have all dropped cooledit (it's
>> probably not "modern" enough for their tastes).
> 
> Well, except for the one edit it hasn't seen activity in 4 years. Not so
> much for applications but when I'm deciding if I will use libfoobar in a
> project I always check the activity.
> 
> https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat
> 
> I've been using expat almost as long as it's been around and they're still
> poking at it.  I've never encountered a bug but apparently there is always
> something to do, mostly security fixes lately. If I saw the hypothetical
> libfoobar hadn't been touched in 4 years I'd look for alternatives. True,
> maybe it is so good it hasn't needed work.

It does not have a wikipedia package. That's the first thing I check.

There is another project with the same name that is about audio.

Distros are about volunteering: if there is a volunteer that is 
interesting in building a package for a distro, it appears there. It is 
not about business.

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