> Why would Xorg users care about XWayland

XWayland is Xorg. An Xwayland fix is an Xorg fix. An Xwayland bug is an Xorg bug.

> Those who contribute to Xorg and feel stuck could step up to maintain it, if they wish. (Don't they do it already?)

No one maintains Xorg anymore, so there is no one to review patches, merge and roll new releases with them.

There's a huge difference between wanting to fix a bit and becoming an upstream maintainer.

The maintainers left for good reason, and no one wants to be stuck with that turd.

> Then, I'm sure someone will step up.

It is not "over time", it is now or never.