From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 15603 invoked from network); 25 Dec 2022 19:17:09 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 25 Dec 2022 19:17:09 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B43641752; Mon, 26 Dec 2022 05:17:02 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuhs.org; s=dkim; t=1671995822; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references:list-id:list-help: list-owner:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post; bh=mZ5rH8/64OOyGtHdpkxFTd3o5QZ1RgaRRb1YMSs3raI=; b=lQIYXpVXLe9vZ3ac32TCWvmejII6vpnzjwZZmtll2D1ny7Q0ai7lupS8bxtEaTJWsGct1g CBVJSSf8omv5GcVIe8mBi1ckdLVuDtJDmYZBwv8qd6gRTk5DUvAw/dveKv0eohFcNhi95t l8nZHcYmBWSvCb/RCPrJveYmCWCDGRY= Received: from mail-40130.protonmail.ch (mail-40130.protonmail.ch [185.70.40.130]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EF36A4174A for ; Mon, 26 Dec 2022 05:16:57 +1000 (AEST) Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2022 19:16:45 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1671995815; x=1672255015; bh=mZ5rH8/64OOyGtHdpkxFTd3o5QZ1RgaRRb1YMSs3raI=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=DoFIopPiAx0nrq4a5VDOmRpFHauTMfnh71ucLSj6pVOexcfZqKVIze2x34kmkBxq9 QPU6ea1wIWr9pH4x8mTOkE2wTQbFjqfScC2q6gGyug1b/S80IEVEPBtCMTE/YpuL7d WpdqXbuwIA0p3cwk5ZQ1D83WJQCr/CHHAM2lojoHXNtqNlPNrN9vI3qG5xqjB7w5/3 a4grdCg/OjIy3aiyOgiWqBJE46AWOQpwNMI7AoG9QeaV1R6arspUPx8UbZwLFJKmS/ RqWMQJIJ7hYDU4IRCjtebS+YLDLee0QdWxZSEGS2wovWEHWfZkA7iT4jH/zOHziCMM yeXtHFdN9YW/w== To: Michelangelo De Simone Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <9E95A884-6101-4545-8638-CC1D0C94DEB9@ngelo.eu> References: <9E95A884-6101-4545-8638-CC1D0C94DEB9@ngelo.eu> Feedback-ID: 35591162:user:proton MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID-Hash: BEX2XIBGL56MTZ3LSCHTA55CC7B2GANF X-Message-ID-Hash: BEX2XIBGL56MTZ3LSCHTA55CC7B2GANF X-MailFrom: segaloco@protonmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: X11 Conservancy Project List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: From: segaloco via TUHS Reply-To: segaloco Does the project accept patches to old X11 applications to get them working= again? I've recently been tinkering with xfm, would love to contribute my= retooling to such an effort. - Matt G. ------- Original Message ------- On Sunday, December 25th, 2022 at 10:15 AM, Michelangelo De Simone wrote: > From [1]: >=20 > The X11 Conservancy Project (X11CP) pulls together the disparate set of p= rograms which were being written between the very late 80s, and early 90s -= - usually for Unix and Linux. >=20 > =E2=80=A6snip=E2=80=A6 >=20 > As the Internet expanded and Linux distributions became established, cert= ain FTP sites were largely used to host some of the more established progra= ms, as well as those found in the LSM. >=20 > =E2=80=A6snip=E2=80=A6 >=20 > But the early dawn of free software, especially around applications writt= en for X11, using Motif and XT and other widget libraries has now mostly be= en consigned to obscurity. > With X11 itself now under threat of no longer being developed in favour o= f Wayland, these applications are going to be harder to run and be discover= ed. >=20 > Hence, the X11CP is designed to be a central place for hosting the source= s of these applications, and to showcase their unique history and propertie= s. In keeping this software active, it will help keep an important historic= al point alive. >=20 > [1] https://x11cp.org/ >=20 > =E2=80=94 Michelangelo >