It's Time To Admit It: The X.Org Server Is Abandonware - Phoronix

"The last major release of the X.Org Server was in May 2018 but don't expect the long-awaited X.Org Server 1.21 to actually be released anytime soon.

This should hardly be surprising but a prominent Intel open-source developer has conceded that the X.Org Server is pretty much "abandonware" with Wayland being the future. This comes as X.Org Server development hits a nearly two decade low, the X.Org Server is well off its six month release regiment in not seeing a major release in over two years, and no one is stepping up to manage the 1.21 release."

One of the motivations for Wayland was that the X.Org was becoming unmaintainable and suffered from design choices that are no longer relevant. It has been clear for some time that X Org was not getting much attention, but Wayland has been around for a while and still many drivers (Wacom professional drawing tablets) require X (and don't work with X-Wayland). An additional problem is that developers with decades of X11 experience are aging out.

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George N. White III