[ANNOUNCE] weston 1.11.0

Bryce Harrington bryce at osg.samsung.com
Wed Jun 1 02:12:57 UTC 2016


Welcome to the official release of Weston 1.11, here's a run-down of
some of the main changes since the last stable release.


== libweston ==

A concerted effort to push the libweston development along reworked how
backends are configured to permit them to be initialized independent of
Weston's main.c.  This was a relatively major change this cycle,
restructuring the setup logic for most of the backends and adding a new
backend loading routine.  Config parsing is still done in main.c but the
config data is passed as a structure to the (dynamically loaded) backend
module and used or copied into its internal data storage (the config
object provided by main.c has a lifetime that ends at the completion of
initialization).  This passed structure is defined in a header and
versioned to enable compatibility validation between frontend and
backend.

The following backends received this treatment:  wayland, drm, x11,
headless, fbdev, and rdp.


== IVI ==

Another major area of development focused on the IVI shell and related
code.  Huge amounts of cleanup, refactoring, and documentation
copyediting are helping polish this codebase.

A large number of unnecessary API calls were dropped or simplified.
Limitations such as seat handling were improved or at least worked
around to avoid crashing or other misbehaviors.  Dynamic memory
allocation was changed to use the stack where possible.  NULL pointer
checks were added for sanity checking in some APIs, and dropped
elsewhere where not strictly needed.

Other IVI changes:

* When destroying ivi-layout layers, invalidate on_layout handler

* Add a 'get_label' functionality for debugging purposes in ivi-shell

* Straighten out configuration calls from ivi-layout.c to ivi-shell.c,
  allowing configure events to be sent more directly.

* Remove ivi-shell surface transitions when the surface itself gets
  removed.


== Build system ==

* Standardize build to use AC_SEARCH_LIBS macro, and cleanup unnecessary
  alternatives.

* More efficiently check for and properly use librt's clock_gettime() in
  build system

* Fix build to not enable systemd-login unless dbus is present.

* Straighten out the handling of systemd CFLAGS

* Make jpeglib an optional dependency (--with-jpeg/--without-jpeg)

* Make WebP an optional dependency (--with-webp/--without-webp) and
  improve error messages

* Instead of tracking the version requirements on wayland-server and
  wayland-client separately, we now check just a single common version
  for both.

* Various other cleanups to build logic.


== Client fixes and improvements ==

* Add new icons for weston terminal, flower, and editor clients

* Cleanup eventdemo output and minor refactoring

* Fix weston-info report of clock times and improve its output
  formatting

* Fix crash in weston-simple-egl client when lacking shell and/or
  ivi-shell objects

* Make the panel clock configurable through the config file
  (Fixes https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57583)


== Noteworthy Bug Fixes ==

* Fix crash when focused client doesn't have pointer resources
  (Fixes https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94899)

* Fix bad pointer passed to memcpy in drm_output_choose_initial_mode
  (Fixes https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94562)

* Fix crash on destruction of clients with two or more surfaces

* Fix wrong background surface size and wrong panel width in
  hmi-controller

* Fix crash with wl_seat.release when listener is NULL

* Fix incorrect assumptions with the wl_shm_format

* Fix a few build issues against FreeRDP 2.0.


== Other changes ==

* Avoid various dependency headers in compositor.h for better
  encapsulation when writing plugins.

* Add shell_interface.get_output_work_area to enable plugins to be
  better aware of their surroundings (e.g. panels)

* Improve lseek checks when testing multi-plane buffers.

* Improve drag-and-drop updates for old source versions

* Improve handling of systemd sockets for wayland displays.  Useful when
  weston and an early rendering client are started in parallel.

* Stop using the input_loop in the x11 backend, as this concept assumed
  a single output, resulting in random behavior when multiple outputs
  were present.

* Continued work sanitizing wl_fixed_t internals to switch over to the
  use of doubles.

* Rename several gbm fields with gbm_ prefixes to disambiguate them from
  proposed additions from Nvidia.

* Add a check_extension() function for checking for GL extensions
  instead of using error-prone strstr() tests.

* Make option-parser handle short double-arg options

* Add the newly stable presentation-time protocol, and in general enable
  tracking of stable protocols from the wayland-protocols package.

* Streamline click handling for surfaces already active

Along with the above are the usual vast number of minor changes.
Various warnings text improvements, whitespace cleanup, spelling fixes,
and grammar corrections.  Various error handling improvements, NULL
Pointer checks, and leak fixes.  Various improvements to usage of
x*alloc and related functions.  Various codebase refactoring, removal of
unneeded functions, casting cleanups, etc.

One crash bug relating to xwayland drag-and-drop is being tracked for
possible inclusion in the release, but no other major changes are
anticipated between now and the release.


Changes since RC:
-----------------

    Bryce Harrington (2):
      releasing: Update script name
      configure.ac: bump to version 1.11.0 for the official release

Full list of changes since 1.10.0:
----------------------------------
    Armin Krezović (1):
      desktop-shell: make panel clock configurable

    Benoit Gschwind (24):
      headless: port the headless backend to the new init api
      compositor-rdp: refactor configuration API
      fbdev-backend: refactor configuration API
      headless-backend: fix leak of transform configuration
      x11: port the x11 backend to the new init api
      compositor-wayland: create a basic config structure to use in new init API
      compositor-wayland: fix memory leak of display_name
      compositor-wayland: use new config struture to create backend
      compositor-wayland: move config parsing in create_cursor
      compositor-wayland: split wayland_output_create_for_config
      compositor-wayland: split backend_init
      compositor-wayland: put configuration structure in separate header
      compositor-wayland: fix spacing and lines wraping
      compositor-wayland: rename wayland_output_init_from_config
      compositor-wayland: rename misleading output arg of weston_wayland_output_config_init
      compositor-wayland: add versionning to config structure
      compositor-wayland: move configuration parsing to weston main.c
      main: rename load_wayland_backend_config arg "config" to wc
      main: replace and remove new_config in load_wayland_backend_config
      main: rename wayland_backend_config_add_new_output function
      main: rename wayland_backend_config_release function
      main: rename new_config arg of weston_wayland_backend_config_release
      main: rename new_config arg of weston_wayland_backend_config_add_new_output
      main: let load_wayland_backend() clean up on error

    Bryce Harrington (23):
      configure.ac: bump to version 1.10.90 for open development
      config-parser: Check malloc and strdup returns
      option-parser: Handle short double-arg options
      clients: Use zalloc
      clients & tests: Unify multiple definitions of x*alloc and related functions
      shared: Print .c file/line number in x* routines
      ivi: Switch from MEM_ALLOC to the now equivalent xzalloc
      drm: Spelling fix in comment
      compositor: Drop unneeded create_output callback
      compositor: Version the backend configuration structures
      Revert 'main: Remove unused function load_backend_new()'
      main: document load_backend_new()
      x11: Fix incorrect output counting logic
      configure.ac: bump to version 1.10.91 for the alpha release
      releasing: Correct documentation for script name
      data: Some client icons
      configure.ac: bump to version 1.10.92 for the beta release
      ivi: Fix spellings in comments
      build: Define wayland prereq version
      releasing: Update release docs in regards to the wayland versioned dependency
      configure.ac: bump to version 1.10.93 for the RC1 release
      releasing: Update script name
      configure.ac: bump to version 1.11.0 for the official release

    Chris Michael (1):
      libinput-device: Remove unnecessary function call

    Christopher Michael (1):
      libinput-device: Remove unnecessary function call

    Daniel Stone (1):
      libinput: Remove unused static values

    Derek Foreman (2):
      shell: Don't send extra configure events on click
      linux-dmabuf: Keep checking planes even if the first doesn't support lseek

    Emmanuel Gil Peyrot (7):
      configure: Make WebP support togglable, and improve its error message.
      configure: Make jpeglib an optional dependency.
      compositor-drm: Remove unused output reference in drm_fb
      compositor-drm: Write a name in the mode generated from a modeline
      compositor-drm: Prevent a crash in the pixman renderer
      zunitc: use platform-independent macros for integer formatting
      desktop-shell: Don’t reconfigure an already fullscreen surface

    Eric Engestrom (4):
      zunitc: remove `break` after `return`
      zunitc: fix spelling mistake
      xwayland: fix spelling mistake
      client: fix spelling mistake

    FORT David (3):
      rdp: allow to compile against FreeRDP 2.0
      rdp: Fix the ContextNew callback with recent FreeRDP versions
      compositor: use generated constant instead of hardcoded value

    Friedrich, Eugen (ADITG/SW1) (1):
      systemd: take over sockets created by systemd

    Giulio Camuffo (2):
      input: use doubles in the interfaces to notify of input events
      drm: port the drm backend to the new init api

    Gustavo Zacarias (2):
      build: add check for clock_gettime() in librt
      build: actually use CLOCK_GETTIME_LIBS for libzunitc

    Jon A. Cruz (1):
      tests: cleanup test runner script.

    Jonas Ådahl (4):
      desktop-shell: Unset the shell surface owner when it goes away
      desktop-shell: Get rid of some unused fields
      data-device: Update current action even if source version is old
      input: Don't try to send axis_source when there are no resources

    Manuel Bachmann (1):
      build: Require dbus for systemd-login

    Marek Chalupa (1):
      simple-egl: use roundtrip after get_registry request

    Mateusz Polrola (1):
      ivi-shell: Remove all surface transitions when it is being removed.

    Matthias Treydte (1):
      platform: explicitly cast the return value of weston_platform_get_egl_proc_address

    Miguel A. Vico (2):
      gl-renderer: Implement & use check_extension
      compositor-drm: Renaming of gbm fields

    Murray Calavera (1):
      clients: fix incorrect format handling in simple-shm

    Pekka Paalanen (30):
      Makefile: move presentation_timing source out of toytoolkit
      Makefile: handle also stable wayland-protocols
      protocol: migrate to stable presentation-time.xml
      ivi-shell: include config.h in ivi-layout-transition.c
      ivi-shell: add include guards on ivi-shell.h
      ivi-shell: call shell_surface_send_configure() directly
      ivi-shell: remove configured signal from ivi-layout
      ivi-shell: introduce ivi-layout-shell.h
      ivi-shell: remove add_configured_listener left-over
      ivi-shell: add shell surface labels
      ivi-shell: add input panel label func
      ivi-shell: add sanity check in ivi_shell_surface_configure
      ivi-shell: harden get_ivi_shell_surface()
      compositor-x11: stop using input_loop
      compositor: remove input_loop
      weston-info: do not round refresh rates
      Makefile: fix systemd-notify plugin CFLAGS
      weston-info: look for the right wp_presentation
      tests: check for NULL surface in keyboard and pointer handlers
      compositor-fbdev: make copy of the device string
      compositor: constify weston_surface_build_buffer_matrix()
      compositor: refactor into convert_size_by_transform_scale()
      ivi-shell-user-interface: ignore all but first seat
      ivi-layout: clarify get_layers_under_surface doc
      eventdemo: do not print pointer frames alone
      eventdemo: use zalloc
      eventdemo: do not print axis events if not requested
      eventdemo: use %u for uint32_t printing
      compositor: fix comments about weston_compositor::surface_list
      compositor: surface and view output comment fixes

    Quentin Glidic (4):
      input: Implement wl_seat.release
      build: Add (and use) an AC_SEARCH_LIBS wrapper
      compositor.h: Add shell_interface.get_output_work_area
      weston.pc: Properly specify Requires.private

    U. Artie Eoff (1):
      clients/nested: fix undefined reference to xzalloc

    Ucan, Emre (ADITG/SW1) (25):
      ivi-shell: remove content_observer notification
      ivi-shell: simplify ivi_layout_remove_surface
      ivi-shell: simplify ivi_layout_layer_add_surface
      ivi-shell: simplify ivi_layout_set_render_order
      ivi-shell: simplify ivi_layout_screen_add_layer
      ivi-shell: simplify ivi_layout_screen_set_render_order
      hmi-controller: fix wrong background surface size
      hmi-controller: fix wrong panel width
      ivi-shell: remove id_screen
      ivi-shell: remove ivi_layout_get_id_of_screen API
      ivi-shell: remove ivi_layout_get_screen_resolution API
      ivi-shell: remove ivi_layout_get_screens API
      ivi-shell: use weston_output in public APIs
      ivi-shell: implement get_screen_from_output
      ivi-shell: remove ivi_layout_get_screen_from_id API
      ivi-shell: remove ivi_layout_get_screen_output API
      ivi-shell: remove content_observer leftover
      ivi-shell: move event_mask to properties struct
      ivi-shell: rework surface_add_notification API
      ivi-shell: rework layer_add_notification API
      ivi-shell: rework create_surface notification
      ivi-shell: rework create_layer_notification
      ivi-shell: rework remove_layer notification
      ivi-shell: rework remove_surface notification
      ivi-shell: rework configure_surface notification

    Ucan, Emre \(ADITG/SW1\) (14):
      ivi-shell: remove ivi_layout_surface_get_visibility API
      ivi-shell: remove ivi_layout_layer_get_visibility API
      ivi-shell: remove ivi_layout_surface_get_opacity API
      ivi-shell: remove ivi_layout_layer_get_opacity API
      ivi-shell: remove ivi_layout_surface_get_position API
      ivi-shell: remove ivi_layout_layer_get_position API
      ivi-shell: remove ivi_layout_surface_get_dimension API
      ivi-shell: remove ivi_layout_layer_get_dimension API
      ivi-shell: remove ivi_layout_surface_get_orientation API
      ivi-shell: remove ivi_layout_layer_get_orientation API
      ivi-shell: remove ivi_layout_surface_set_position API
      ivi-shell: remove ivi_layout_layer_set_position API
      ivi-shell: remove ivi_layout_surface_set_dimension API
      ivi-shell: remove ivi_layout_layer_set_dimension API

    Wataru Natsume (4):
      hmi-controller: remove duplicate commit_changes in random mode
      remove warning of ivisurface reassign on the ivilayer
      hmi-controller: fix leak of ivi surface list
      ivi-layout: clear on_layer when layer_destroy

    Yong Bakos (6):
      man: Clarify weston.ini scale option
      desktop-shell: Use 'surface-local' to correct grammar
      fullscreen-shell: Use 'surface-local' to correct grammar
      ivi-layout: Correct coordinate adjective grammar, misspellings
      ivi-application: Hyphenate compound adjective surface-local
      compositor: Hyphenate compound adjective surface-local

    comic fans (1):
      compositor-drm: fix memcmp using a bad pointer in drm_outout_choose_initial_mode



git tag: 1.11.0
http://wayland.freedesktop.org/releases/weston-1.11.0.tar.xz
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