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Wlroots 0.17.0 released

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0.17.0 · wlroots / wlroots · GitLab

Release highlights:

  • New protocol implementations:
    • content-type-v1 to tag surfaces with their content type (audio, video, game, etc).
    • xwayland-shell-v1 to improve XWayland reliability.
    • wp-fractional-scale-v1 to allow clients to submit buffers with a non-integer scale factor matching the output.
    • tearing-control to allow clients to opt-in for tearing page-flips.
    • security-context-v1 to identify clients running in sandboxes.
    • cursor-shape-v1 for server-side cursor themes.
  • Introduce a new output layers API to leverage KMS planes.
  • Add a new renderer API with improved design and performance. Add an API to query the time taken to render.
  • Continued work on the Vulkan renderer: add more RGB formats, add YUV buffers, add interoperability with implicit synchronization instead of blocking.
  • Add support for the new wl_surface.preferred_buffer_{scale,transform} events.
  • Improved scene-graph, including support for linux-dmabuf feedback and clipping surfaces.
  • Improved wlr_cursor which now keeps track of the current cursor image.
  • Add an implementation of the wl_shm interface, replacing libwayland's for improved reliability and performance.
  • The Wayland backend supports embedding a wlroots compositor inside an existing Wayland client.
  • wl_surface roles have been refactored.
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