libxml2's sole maintainer Nick Wellnhofer steps down, meaning libxml2 is now no longer maintained.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.

It's that time of year again! The Fall semester is about to start, and I'm teaching "Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment". The syllabus and all course materials including all code examples is available here:

https://stevens.netmeister.org/631/

All video lectures are public and available for free on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@cs631apue/videos

If you want to follow along, I'll be posting lecture videos and related links in this thread throughout the semester.

#programming #unix #apue