xf86-video-intel is broken and with MRs disables we can't fix it

[Povilas Kanapickas]

Hi,

xf86-video-intel driver is currently cannot be compiled with released
versions of X server. Simple reproduction steps: create Debian Bookworm
container, download module sources and all required dependencies and try
to build.

Debian Bookworm is pretty much the least exciting configuration
possible. And the fact that xf86-video-intel cannot be compiled there is
not good.

For almost any other driver this is not a problem, because it is
possible to create a merge request on gitlab.freedesktop.org. Eventually
simple maintenance and build-related merge requests are merged. However
in the case of Intel driver, merge requests are disabled and the
recommended way to submit patches is via intel-gfx at lists.freedesktop.org
mailing list. Unfortunately, patches submitted so far are ignored there.

Given that the last commit to xf86-video-intel was 22 months ago, I
suspect there's little interest from Intel to spend time maintaining the
project.

What do you think about opening up merge requests on the repository so
that at least the driver can be brought back to compilable state? Does
anyone have other ideas how the current situation could be resolved?

Regards,
Povilas