Mir 2.1.0 Release
We are pleased to announce the release of Mir 2.1.0.
For Ubuntu, Mir will shortly be available from the Mir PPAs .
It is also available as a source tarball
Summary
This release comprises three main elements:
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Improvements to Wayland support
1.1zwp_linux_dmabuf_unstable_v1which provides clients with more rendering options and helps fix rendering on RPi 4
1.2wlr_foreign_toplevel_management_unstable_v1which is needed by some shell components
1.3 Update support forzwlr_layer_shell_v1to include version 3 -
Improvements to platform support
2.1 Mir is working on RPi4
2.2 A performance problem fixed with our “Mir-on-Wayland” plaform (#1100) -
A bunch of fixes for running X11 apps via Xwayland
3.1 Confined shell (such as egmde-confined-desktop) can now include X11 applications
A special shout out to a new contributer: @knitzsche whose first contribution to Mir addresses a long term request for an option to disable the Short “Ubuntu”-colored flash when mir-kiosk snap starts
Changelog
ABI summary:
- miral ABI bumped to 4
- mirplatform ABI bumped to 20
- mirplatformgraphics ABI bumped to 18
Enhancements:
- Minimize locking in KeyRepeatDispatcher
- Unbreak offscreen renderer for EGL versions 1.5+
- gbm-kms: Support zwp_linux_dmabuf_unstable_v1. (Closes: #1663)
- performance: do not fail performance tests unless there is no result
- performance: Add HostedGLMark2Wayland performance tests
- New mir-wlcs-integration package
- [Wayland] Report rotated output sizes (a workaround until we correctly support transforms for outputs and surfaces)
- [Wayland] Implement zwlr_layer_shell_v1 version 3
- [Wayland] Implement wlr_foreign_toplevel_management_unstable_v1
- Log SIGHUP and other signals
- [X11] Create event dispatcher before running server. (Related to #1722 and #1723)
- [X11] Manage X11 windows that existed before window manager started. (Related to #1722 and #1723)
Bugs fixed:
- Add --show-splash command line option. (Fixes: #830)
- Track whether there’s a usable pointing device and hide/show cursor accordingly. (Fixes #594, fixes #1660)
- Allow GDK to try x11 if wayland fails. (Fixes: #1621)
- Keep the touchpad FD during suspend/resume. (Fixes: #1612)
- [input] Don’t lock the repeat dispatcher while repeating events. (Fixes: #1617, #1607)
- [wayland] don’t send/apply input events after rebuilding state. (Fixes: #1607)
- [miral-shell] Use key codes, not scan codes to identify keys. (Fixes: #1627)
- [mir_performance_tests] Kill clients started in regression_test_1563287. (Fixes: #1637)
- LogindConsoleServices should release control on destruction. (Fixes: #1635 Also fixes at least part of #1631 and #1632)
- eglstream-kms: Actually save CRTC on startup (Fixes: #1466)
- [MirAL] Don’t give the supplied Wayland extension filter the choice of supporting extensions that are not optionally supported. (Fixes: #1558)
- [Wayland] Fix focus issues with popups. (Fixes: #1625)
- [Wayland] Send wl_touch.up() and wl_keyboard.leave() events when surface destroyed. (Fixes: #1236)
- [Wayland-platform] Compositing shouldn’t block in eglSwapBuffers(). (Fixes: #1100)
- [X11] Provide a way for platforms to tweak the Xwayland options and use it for eglstream-kms. (Fixes: #1634)
- [X11] Better diagnostics when Xwayland can’t be found/executed. (Fixes: #1604)
- [X11] Respect initial window state. (Fixes #1669)
- [X11] input platform: ignore key repeats. (Fixes #917)
- [X11] Process some of the X11 window types and rework the logic to identify parents. (Fixes: #1665)
- [X11] Handle windows that specify multiple window types. (Fixes: #1250)
- [X11] Give each XWayland app it’s own session. (Fixes: #479)
- [X11] Don’t wait for Xwayland to init before starting WM. (Fixes: #1722)
