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Xmloxide – an agent made rust replacement for libxml2

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GitHub - jonwiggins/xmloxide: A pure Rust reimplementation of libxml2

A pure Rust reimplementation of libxml2. Contribute to jonwiggins/xmloxide development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Chris Hayes Feb 3

Just learning of this when Unity randomly stopped working on latest Ubuntu 25.10 update. Latest Unity release expects XML2, and I presume Ubuntu no longer ships it.

(insert XKCD meme here)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDr4fKXmUvc #opensource #foss #unity #libxml2

LibXML2, Used by Steam, Chromium, Others is Now Abandoned

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Lauma Pret ♡ ᪲᪲᪲🌈Jan 23

Last time I wrote XML procesing in perl was years ago, so I did a quick search about the suggested approach as of now. Among the first results was a page suggesting XML-LibXML, because it "has good reference documentation and is actively maintained". I mean, I don't insist that there are good alternatives, but knowing XML-LibXML is a #libxml2 wrapper made me hurt inside a bit about the state of the world after what happened with libxml2.

Till Kamppeter Jan 12

@BrodieOnLinux made some nice video about the problems of funding infrastructure FOSS projects which nobody sees, mainly with the libxml2 example, but OpenPrinting is appearing twice, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PTlYeLBKvI&t=590s
Problem of finding volunteers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PTlYeLBKvI&t=945s
Long time at Canonical, then funded by @sovtechfund and supported by @linuxfoundation

#OpenPrinting #libxml2 #GNOME

FOSS Is Always One Maintainer From Collapsing

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Ain Tohvri Dec 31

The story of #libxml2 is the one of #OpenSource struggle. So again and again, I'd call all #developers to respect Open Source maintainers by creating only a waterproof ticket, adding a (failing) test to explain it, and eventually, contribute. Most of the time the work is unpaid. You can chip in. https://hackaday.com/2025/12/23/libxml2-narrowly-avoids-becoming-unmaintained/ #Programming

Libxml2 Narrowly Avoids Becoming Unmaintained

In an excellent example of one of the most overused XKCD images, the libxml2 library has for a little while lost its only maintainer, with [Nick Wellnhofer] making good on his plan to step down by …

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CyberVeille.ch Dec 26

📢 Libxml2 échappe de peu à l’abandon : deux nouveaux mainteneurs prennent le relais
📝 Selon Hackaday, libxml2 — une bibliothèque centrale pour le traitement **XML/XSLT** utilisée dans **GNOME**, des **navigateurs web** et de...
📖 cyberveille : https://cyberveille.ch/posts/2025-12-26-libxml2-echappe-de-peu-a-labandon-deux-nouveaux-mainteneurs-prennent-le-relais/
🌐 source : https://hackaday.com/2025/12/23/libxml2-narrowly-avoids-becoming-unmaintained/
#CVE #libxml2 #Cyberveille

Libxml2 échappe de peu à l’abandon : deux nouveaux mainteneurs prennent le relais

Selon Hackaday, libxml2 — une bibliothèque centrale pour le traitement XML/XSLT utilisée dans GNOME, des navigateurs web et de nombreux logiciels — a brièvement perdu son unique mainteneur après le départ programmé de Nick Wellnhofer, avant que deux nouveaux développeurs ne reprennent le projet. L’article retrace l’historique : au début des années 2000, l’auteur original Daniel Veillard passe la main à Nick Wellnhofer. Tous deux agissent comme bénévoles, avec pour tout soutien notable un don de Google, tandis que de grandes entreprises intègrent la bibliothèque et envoient des rapports de bugs.

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