Discussion
libxml2's sole maintainer Nick Wellnhofer steps down, meaning libxml2 is now no longer maintained.
https://discourse.gnome.org/t/stepping-down-as-libxml2-maintainer/31398
It's hard to estimate just how many companies depend on this software and critical security updates to the library, so I'm certain many will quickly step up and offer sponsorship to ensure a fundamental dependency doesn't just deteriorate without proper support.
Any day now.
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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.
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