XLibre X Server (X11Libre/xserver @ GitHub) packages for Fedora 42/43/44 available in kkofler/xlibre-xserver Copr for test ing

Hi everyone,

I have packaged the XLibre X Server from the X11Libre/xserver GitHub 
project and the compatible drivers (the corresponding driver from GitHub 
X11Libre for each X driver shipped in Fedora) for Fedora 42, Branched (43), 
and Rawhide (44). They are available in the following Copr:

https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/kkofler/xlibre-xserver/

(Notes on drivers: The xf86-video-openchrome driver is not available from 
XLibre, but available in the Copr, rebuilt from the source code from 
X.Org/freedesktop.org. The third-party xf86-video-armada driver from 
git.arm.linux.co.uk is not yet available in the Copr because it does not 
compile. All the other xorg-x11-drv-* drivers in Fedora have XLibre 
versions in GitHub X11Libre, which are the ones provided in the Copr.)

The packages include those downstream Fedora patches to xorg-x11-* that are 
not already upstream in XLibre. I will bring them up with XLibre upstream 
one by one to see if we can get some of them upstreamed, or if it may make 
sense to drop them from downstream instead, but for now I have carried them 
over.

About naming: The GitHub project is found under "X11Libre/xserver", the 
GitHub project "About" says "XLibre Xserver", and the releases are named 
"xlibre-xserver-25.x.x.x". So I have decided to name the Copr and the main 
package "xlibre-xserver".

The packages have Obsoletes/Provides set up, so enabling the Copr 
AUTOMATICALLY replaces the X.Org packages the next time you update. Hence, 
simply:

su -
dnf copr enable kkofler/xlibre-xserver
dnf upgrade

should be sufficient to switch from X.Org to XLibre.

At this time, this is COMPLETELY UNTESTED. Tester feedback very welcome! I 
might play around with it in a VM soon and produce some screenshots, but 
right now, my main priority was to get it out there for all the interested 
users.

It is NOT currently planned to get this into Fedora proper. If there is 
sufficient interest in my Copr, I might have another try at making this 
happen for some future Fedora release, but right now there is stiff 
opposition.

        Kevin Kofler
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