Hello folks,
I'd like to announce release of the nesting Xserver - Xnest 24.1.0 The biggest change since last release (about 3 years ago): Xnest is not fully moved to XCB, instead of Xlib. That step was long overdue, but been quite a piece of work, as XCB operates on much lower-level Xlib (eg. it hasn't any queue mechanism) Much of the extra LoCs in here are due bugs/incompleteness in XCB or things that should go into xcb-util. (future tasks) I believe the code is much cleaner now, also by having the clumpsy workarounds for clashes between Xserver core and Xlib gone. Since I've been asked several times, why I'm still working on Xnest at all (instead of Xephyr), I feel it's time for a bit explaination: In contrast to Xepyhr, Xnest is operating on much lower level than the Xephyr - it's more or less a proxy: most operations (eg. rendering) are just passed through to the upstream Xserver. That's making several upcoming features eg. rootless mode or DMX-like multi-upstream support easier to implement. Xnest is also a good hacking and testing ground for new features (eg. planning some several X11 extensions) that aren't depending on actual hardware or want separated frame buffers. One the things I'm also working on is using Xnest as an "container" tool, allowing to run isolated groups of clients, that are still appearing smootlessly in the main X session (that's what's the upcoming rootless mode is for). NOTE: that this is _NOT_ a fork. The release is based on my incubator branch (holding lots of MRs that are still waiting in the review pipeline), which in turn is based on xorg master branch. Anything in here is submitted towards mainline. The tiny diff between incubate and xnest release branch is just a little bit editorial things: renaming the package and disable all DDX'es but Xnest by default (still can be enabled explicitly by meson flags). That's just a little aid for downstreams/distros that might want to build only new Xnest w/o upgrading the whole Xorg bundle. Unfortunately, Xorg is still very understaffed. And because we don't wanna give up our high quality standards (eg. don't break existing clients), reviews can take unpleasantly long time. Therefore I've chosen this approach as an attempt to compromise. Just as a temporary measure, until Xorg finally got full releases again. The Xnest 24.1 release/maintenance branch can be found here: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/metux/xserver/-/commits/xlibre/xnest/24.1 (it will receive only fixes - new features go to new releases only) Current tag: xnest-24.1.0 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/metux/xserver/-/commits/xnest-24.1.0 The mentioned incubator branch (which is frequently rebased on Xorg master and receiving new features) can be found here: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/metux/xserver/-/commits/incubate Disclaimer: this is frequently rebased (!) and not considered stable. (if you like to use it, please get in touch with me) In order to avoid confusion w/ Xorg master tree, please file bugs here: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/metux/xserver/-/issues (except for those that are confirmed to also exist in Xorg master) have fun, --mtx -- --- Hinweis: unverschlüsselte E-Mails können leicht abgehört und manipuliert werden ! Für eine vertrauliche Kommunikation senden Sie bitte ihren GPG/PGP-Schlüssel zu. --- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult Free software and Linux embedded engineering i...@metux.net -- +49-151-27565287
