libxt and other applications porting to libxcb

[Uli Schlachter]

Hi,

Am 01.07.25 um 02:16 schrieb pyrus at bsdmail.com:
> How come libxt and other applications within the X repository that use libx11 aren't converted into using libxcb? I realize that X11 is considered obsolete compared to Wayland, however, there's still widespread use of X11.

I took a look at what libxt is and my first reaction would be: That 
seems deprecated as well. Isn't that the library that gives your 
application the look of the previous century?

However, in Debian there are 174 reverse dependencies on libxt6t64, so 
perhaps it is not completely unused. But still, what are the odds that 
anyone of them will switch to an xcb version of libxt?

I know that I enjoy working with xcb more than with Xlib for writing 
something new, but I would guess that someone using libxt is mainly 
working with legacy code.

> Also, why not bring libxaw3dxft to the repository, and partially port that and its dependencies to libxcb as well?

"Xaw3d library for xpaint.". I have no idea what that means, but it 
somehow manages to sound ancient anyway.

What do you mean with "the repository"? The Git repo for libxcb should 
only contain libxcb. Other libraries should have their own repo. And if 
you want to port libxaw3dxft to xcb, feel free to just do that. I am not 
here to block you and I know that I will not have the time to help much 
either.

Cheers,
Uli
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