XLibre packages move from [obcommunity] to [obextra]

Dear Obarun Community,

The xlibre-server, xlibre-input and xlibre-video packages have been moved from the [obcommunity] repository to the official [obextra] repository. This marks an important step in Obarun's transition away from Xorg.

A long road through [obcommunity]

XLibre has lived in [obcommunity] for a long time and has been tested in real conditions for many months. A heartfelt thank you to wat-now for the work carried out to bring and maintain these packages in [obcommunity] — without that groundwork, this promotion would not have been possible.

After this extended testing period, the packages are now mature enough to enter the official Obarun repositories.

What this means

xlibre-server, xlibre-input and xlibre-video are now part of [obextra]. The goal is clear: XLibre is intended to fully replace Xorg on Obarun.

Users are therefore encouraged to switch from xorg to xlibre. From now on, Xorg should be considered deprecated on Obarun. Existing Xorg installations will keep working, but new deployments and migrations should target XLibre.

What is coming next

The next Obarun ISOs (not yet ready) will ship with XLibre instead of Xorg as the default display server stack. The shift in the repositories is the first visible step of that transition; the ISO rebuilds will follow.

Thank you again to wat-now and to everyone who tested XLibre on Obarun during its time in [obcommunity]. Your feedback is what made this promotion possible.

Thank you for your continued support of Obarun.

Eric Vidal: [email protected]