Announcing xpyb 1.3, a major update to the XCB Python bindings with critical bug fixes and new Pycairo integration for drawing.
A developer recounts their unsuccessful attempt to port D-Bus from Xlib to XCB, detailing the technical debate and rejection from maintainers.
A developer's critical analysis of the aging X11 protocol, its history, and the challenges of extending a decades-old system.
Developer details converting the startup-notification library to use XCB instead of Xlib, including benchmarks showing performance gains.
Developer integrates Python's pycairo with XCB bindings to create XCB surfaces directly, bypassing Xlib dependency.
Developer ports startup-notification library to XCB, submitting patches for XDG integration and potential use in the Awesome window manager.
