Release Notes

Mir 2.25.2

  • Bugs fixed:

    • Pkgconfig isn’t finding xkbcommon.h on openSUSE Tumbleweed #4544

    • libmirplatform-dev does not upgrade if mir-renderer-gl-dev is instaled #4563

Mir 2.25.1

  • Bugfix for PkgConf files missing versions #4544

Mir 2.25.0

  • New upstream release 2.25.0

    • ABI summary:

      • miral ABI unchanged at 7

      • mircommon ABI unchanged at 11

      • mircore ABI unchanged at 2

      • miroil ABI unchanged at 8

      • mirplatform ABI bumped to 34

      • mirserver ABI bumped to 66

      • mirwayland ABI unchanged at 5

      • mirplatformgraphics ABI unchanged at 23

      • mirinputplatform ABI unchanged at 10

    • Enhancements:

      • [Wayland] Add support for the ext_foreign_toplevel_list_v1 extension

      • [Wayland] Implement ext-data-control

      • [Wayland] Partial implementation of ext-image-capture-source and ext-image-copy-capture Wayland extensions

      • Rework wayland extension management so that connections originating from the server can always use the required extensions

      • Implementation of an evdev platform in rust

      • Added copilot instructions

      • Roll mir-renderer-gl (et alia) into mirplatform

      • Publish the mirplatform headers used outside mirplatform

      • Improve Cursor Scale animation

      • Implement LocatePointer

      • Implement ApplicationSwitcher

      • Implement the StandardApplicationSwitcher for ease of use

      • New FloatingWindowManager and deprecate MinimalWindowManager

      • Handle opaque regions of transparent surfaces

      • Log security events according to OWASP format

      • Add geometry::Value generic accessors for type-safe value conversion

      • Move mir::report_exception() to mircore

    • Bugs fixed:

      • Cursor icons don’t change with XTerm (#4134)

      • Fix magnifier filter not consuming events when magnifications is greater/less than the max/min (#4386)

      • If no specified cursor theme loads, then internal theme (#439)

      • Renderer: Ensure current EGL context when destroying GL resources (#4460)

      • Fix XWayland menu positioning by initializing spec from cached geometry (#4512)

      • [Wayland] Implement wl_subsurface.place_above and place_below with parent z-ordering (#4332)

      • WindowInfo::clip_area is incorrect if the output is scaled (#4484)

      • Check DRM_CAP_SYNCOBJ_TIMELINE in platform layer before providing DRMRenderingProvider

      • Fix cursor size getting truncated after scaling leading to crash (#4377)

      • Intermittent crash (#4323)

    • Documentation:

      • Add Release Notes template

      • Update the input platform explanation to include information about threading

      • Refresh some links