25.1.0 Release planning

[metux]

Describe the task

Planning for 25.0.1 release -- additional features, but no ABI change.

Quick summary what's already done

New Features

• Bring back Xfbdev #19
  • kdrive-based, upstreamed from @stefan11111's fork
• enable dma-buf on NVIDIA
• Add Per-Monitor DPI (HiDPI) Scaling #208
• udev support on FreeBSD
• Add seatd/libseat support #202

Support for Proprietary Nvidia Drivers

• Readd support for proprietary Nvidia driver v340 #1330

Documentation Updates

• Add mission statement and other good things to the README misc#148
• Enhance documentation of Xnamespace #458
• improved Xi documentation d71ca037
• Add a Compatibility page to the wiki #436
• Add overview of the distributions supporting XLibre to the wiki #301

Infrastructure Improvements

• CI: win32/mingw build
• CI: testing stages now up and running
• various WIN32/MINGW build fixes & added MINGW build to CI
• sdk: install xlibre-server.pc in addition to xorg-server.pc #1591
• .github: build w/ -Werror on Ubuntu #1600

Bug Fixes

• various bugfixes (also in 25.0.x)
• modesetting: fixed cursor size probing
• fbdev module fixes and improved probing

Support for Proprietary Nvidia Drivers

• Fix support for proprietary Nvidia driver v390 #311
• Fix support for proprietary Nvidia driver v470 #310
• Fix support for proprietary Nvidia driver v57x #158

Code Cleanups

• dropped ancient (non-functional) DGA-1.0
• many, many code cleanups again (eg. reducing ifdef-zoo)
• added x_rpcbuf_t for easier RPC reply payload assembly -- now used in most places
• simplified huge part of the request handlers, eg. macros for common simple things
• incorporate and radically simplify (formerly external) Xtrans
• several fixes of code quality alerts
• various WIN32/MINGW build fixes
• compile-time asserts for reply struct size checking
• moved in-tree drivers to separate directories (video vs input), and moved meson logic there
• several CI improvements, eg. garbage collection on old build jobs
• inlined many SProc*() functions, simplifying request parsing
• cleaned lots of int-signess issues
• simplified lots of Xinerama-related code pathes
• simplified screen interation by lambda-esque macros
• simplified Xkb code flow
• move more extensions to use screen hooks instead of wrapping screen procs directly
• various code formatting cleanups and using C99 style declarations
• simplifications ins reply/event write paths

Organizational Tasks

• Use Semantic Versioning instead of 25.0.x.x #646

Blockers and Trackers

• The count of bugs in Bug Fixing should be almost zero
• Tracker: 25.1.0 release planning misc#371
  • Please track all driver-spefic issues related to release 25.1.0 with this issue!

Planned or WIP

• more xtrans and os layer code cleanups
• finish transition to rpcbuf
• more Xinerama cleanups
• ...

[callmetango]

I think it was best when we use this issue here for a rough overview of the tasks and utilize the 25.0.1 (upcoming minor - no ABI breaks) · Milestone #3 · X11Libre/xserver to tag any issue and pull request to get a clear picture of what's in the package.

[metux]

I think it was best when we use this issue here for a rough overview of the tasks and utilize the 25.0.1 (upcoming minor - no ABI breaks) · Milestone #3 · X11Libre/xserver to tag any issue and pull request to get a clear picture of what's in the package.

that's gonna be a looong list, since we've got so many small PRs.

[metux]

Updated the list of things done ... feel free to fix if I've forgotten something

@X11Libre/reviewers @X11Libre/wranglers

[metux]

If there aren't any blockers anymore, I'd like to make the release soon.
@X11Libre/reviewers @X11Libre/wranglers

[cepelinas9000]

Don't forget to chose logo: #112

[stefan11111]

Planned or WIP

* finish transition to rpcbuf

What is left to do for this one?

[metux]

Planned or WIP

* finish transition to rpcbuf

What is left to do for this one?

Haven't checked everything yet. But it's not a blocker for the release anyways.