Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Another XLibre and/or Wayland subthread Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:54:38 +0200 Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <18c606426ab89e70$22171$442584$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <1146njj$2tuqd$3@dont-email.me> <11472fn$30n9l$2@dont-email.me> <18c6331084faaaf8$15337$967852$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <18c643c7e3918e59$13824$874455$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <1149rhd$3tkg5$4@dont-email.me> <114bm9s$gudp$2@dont-email.me> <18c6d52ace7a0ef1$6654$989275$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net OltpNDSog/B4I9P6Mn0zMQuImQa2p3BJ5mIZo/FFYfppfWp9pI Cancel-Lock: sha1:rLzy+bKasXL744ydvFtXsbBRxpo= sha256:DMDAxmwDjTLamYsWlcxtjjbICikMVWR4+gOlpNoOjGI= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:89213 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. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;