I’m pleased to announce the second preview release of xfwl4, Xfce’s
Wayland compositor, version 4.21.1.
Thank you to all who provided feedback and filed issue reports on the
first preview. I’ve fixed a lot of issues and added quite a few missing
features.
Here are the essentials:
Source
tarball.
Build and install instructions are in the README. Please pay careful
attention to build and runtime prerequisites.
Issue tracker.
Search the issue tracker first in case someone else has already filed a
similar issue. If not, and you file a new one, be sure to fill out
every part of the issue template.
Git repository. If you’ve
found an issue, it would be helpful if you could ensure it’s still
present on git main. You can also try any fixes and features I’ve added
since the release. Be sure to clone it with --recursive.
Again, please take a look at the README for runtime dependencies.
xfwl4 will build and start without those runtime dependencies met, but
some functionality may not work if you have older versions of some Xfce
components and libraries. That list has been updated with newer
versions since the first preview release.
You can check out the list of closed
issues in
this release. Note that there are more changes and fixes than are
reflected there, as not everything I’ve done has an associated issue
(and there are some issues filed and closed in other Xfce components
that enabled some of this work). The NEWS file has the full list of
commits and translation updates.
Anyhow, enjoy, and let me know how it goes.
