@yacc143
maybe they can use AI to write and review patches for #libxml2? i read on the #gnome blog that AI is helpful for that. ✨
https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2025/07/29/artificial-intelligence-and-the-linux-community/
> Maintainers on the other hand can use AI to help them review and evaluate patches quicker and thus this can be helpful on both sides of the equation. 

libxml2 is now officially unmaintained : r/linux
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1pi2qcp/libxml2_is_now_officially_unmaintained/
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/9c80a89af2fdf4f853892f84e46580f4902658ba

I ran `pactree -ru libxml2 | wc -l` and I got 822, that's a lot.

Edited: I add a unique flag for `pactree`

#Linux #libxml2 #C #FOSS

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/1023# #libxml2 is #unmaintained : A #FLOSS #AbandonWare looking for #adopters ?

So, libxml2 developer fed up with the lack of commitment from Google, Red Hat and Amazon.

A library used by Chrome, Windows, macOS, iOS, Linux, and most tech stacks in the world: now abandoned.

Seems that the only way to force big corpo to care is to offer an AGPLv3 version and a commercial version.

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/976

To me, that should be the base standard.

#Linux #FOSS #FLOSS #OSS #OpenSource #FreeOpenSource #OpenSourceSoftware #Software #libxml2 #XML

【libxml2】libxml2プロジェクトは放棄されました
https://qiita.com/rana_kualu/items/29227778c0cb9ecd890f?utm_campaign=popular_items&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=popular_items

#qiita #libxml2 #脆弱性 #cve #OSS #協調的脆弱性開示プロセス

“Wellnhofer has said he will no longer maintain #libxml2 in December. Libxml2 is a critical library in all web browsers, web servers, LibreOffice and numerous Linux packages. We don’t need any more arguments; we need real #support for critical #OpenSource programs before we have another major #SecurityBreach.”

#NickWellnhofer / #economics <https://lwn.net/Articles/1038478/> / <https://discourse.gnome.org/t/stepping-down-as-libxml2-maintainer/31398>

It's merged now

https://codeberg.org/guix/guix/commit/3dfd671fb70c22c537f9f8cc7ebdc29c2e206661

#Guix
#Mesa
#libxml2

#Guix practitioners - there is upcoming large re-build-the-world update

https://codeberg.org/guix/guix/issues/2987

Please, test your channels, system configuration and packages you care about, report on failure when possible.

boost

#Mesa
#libxml2

In all seriousness, libxml2 situation is good example of this strange limbo state of all critical libraries. Companies are chasing quick money and zero spending, so they are absolutely don't want to spend even bare minimum on supporting libraries like this. Ok, possibly RedHat as always will pick up the slack, but overall, I agree with sentiment.
It is disheartening to see software industry in general being way worse shit house than it was before. It is creaking at seems #libxml2 #software

This academic search engine relies on #libxml2 in several places. After harvesting bibliographic metadata (mostly OAI XML) from thousands of publication repositories, we process it using libxml2 and #libxslt.

We are operating on a tiny budget, so all we can do is to hope that the maintainer of libxslt will be able to cope with maintaining libxml2 as well (as he just offered) – and extend our gratitude to the #FreeSoftware community on whose shoulders we are standing.

🌖 卸任 libxml2 維護者
➤ 開源專案面臨維護者交接的挑戰與社羣的聲音
✤ https://discourse.gnome.org/t/stepping-down-as-libxml2-maintainer/31398
libxml2 的長期維護者 Nick Wellnhofer 宣佈他將卸下職務，這意味著該專案短期內將處於無人維護的狀態。他承諾在 2025 年底前修復 2.15 版本中的回歸性錯誤。此消息引發社羣感謝與關切，一位新任 libxslt 維護者表示有意接手，並就如何管理輸入輸出緩衝區向 Wellnhofer 尋求指導。其他使用者也紛紛表達對 Wellnhofer 辛勤貢獻的感謝，強調 libxml2 對全球無數產品的重要性。
+ 感謝 Nick 長期以來的付出！libxml2 的確是個非常重要的基礎設施。
+ 看到有人願意接手真是太好了，希望新維護者能順利上手，libxml2 的發展不能停啊！
#軟體維護 #開源專案 #libxml2 #GNOME

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨: Local hero bails on XML parsing! 🤯 The #libxml2 maintainer steps down, leaving the project in the capable hands of... absolutely no one. 🏃‍♂️💨 Meanwhile, fans express gratitude and promptly scatter to the four winds. 🌪️👏 #HeroToZero
https://discourse.gnome.org/t/stepping-down-as-libxml2-maintainer/31398 #BreakingNews #XMLParsing #HeroToZero #CommunityResponse #HackerNews #ngated

Stepping Down as Libxml2 Maintainer

https://discourse.gnome.org/t/stepping-down-as-libxml2-maintainer/31398

#HackerNews #SteppingDown #Libxml2 #Maintainer #OpenSource #Community #GNOME #Development

Looking forward to seeing Chrome devs maintain #libxml2. /s

The reality is going to be they'll either just hope someone else does it or create a whole new lib which will be so minimalistic that this will be the justification used to drop even more stuff from the #web standards.

In any case, I can't blame Nick for wanting nothing to do with it anymore, and thanks for your service.

c.f. https://discourse.gnome.org/t/stepping-down-as-libxml2-maintainer/31398

📄 Novo no blog: XML parser com libxml2

Apresento os tipos de parsing — DOM, SAX e pull parser — comparando memória, desempenho e usabilidade. Mostro como liberar objetos corretamente, sugerindo xmlReadFile em vez do obsoleto xmlParseFile, além de alternativas como xmlReader e SAX2 para arquivos grandes. Também trato de leitura/escrita (arquivo e memória), atributos, SVG e verificação de alterações por hash. Confira: https://danieltak.com.br/posts/misc/xml/
#XML #Cpp #libxml2 #Dev #Programacao #danieltak

🧵 For the record: The maintainer of libxslt and libxml2 is a bit tired of working for free for multi-billion dollar companies.
Both libraries are used in web browsers.
https://socket.dev/blog/libxml2-maintainer-ends-embargoed-vulnerability-reports

#libxml2 #libxslt #freesoftware #foss #bigtech

@davidnjoku @Andres4NY

It isn't. Because of recent events with #libxml2, the discussion has arisen once again, in the open source world, of how much businesses who rely upon projects that are both gratis and libre are freeloading off volunteers, and dressing doing so up in security theatre. Security theatre that holds within it a threat against the livelihoods of those volunteers.

And in addition to that there are the businesses whose own livelihoods are built around desperately finding as many things to classify as security problems as they can, to gain a reputation as a problem finder, without lifting a finger to fix any of them in any way. Because no-one is apparently checking their reputations as problem fixers.

* https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1025971/73f269ad3695186d/

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware

Libxml2 proudly parades its "no #security embargoes" policy like a badge of honor, because who needs secrecy when #hackers can have a head start? 🚀 In classic open-source fashion, it's a shining example of #innovation and #chaos, proving once again that security is just a state of mind, right? 🔓✨
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1025971/73f269ad3695186d/ #Libxml2 #open #source #transparency #HackerNews #ngated