Porting D-Bus to XCB: story of a failure
Read OriginalThe article details a developer's attempt to port the D-Bus messaging system from the legacy Xlib library to the modern XCB library. It describes the technical process, the pushback from project maintainers who questioned the value and cited compatibility concerns, and the resulting reflection on the challenges of adopting new technologies within open-source ecosystems like Freedesktop.
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