FIFO and commit timing are big for gaming. IIRC the lack of those protocols was a big reason why devs didn't want to enable Wayland support for SDL3 at first.
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Focus solely on implementing session saving when?
not a wayland dev but: patches welcome
Sure but I think the core devs should focus on it. It is a big thing that is important (especially for a piece of always changing beta software like Wayland) yet still missing.
we all have our most wanted missing features but if i'm being honest i don't see how session saving should take priority over e.g. rendering protocols
What's wrong with rendering? It seems to have everything needed for most users. Driver issues don't exactly count here because they're not a part of Wayland. However session saving is very important for any work, especially office tasks. It's becoming critical now when all major DEs make Wayland the default.
What’s wrong with rendering?
Oh I dunno, maybe something with almost 700 comments? (HDR).
However session saving is very important for any work, especially office tasks. It’s becoming critical now when all major DEs make Wayland the default.
If apps don't want to save their state when they close there isn't much a window manager can do about that. The only part the window manager would be involved in is with positioning its window and that is hardly something very critical to the functionality of an app.
Ok this is a legit point. I actually forgot about HDR. But in my personal opinion session saving is still more important.
Variable refresh rates. HDR. Colour management.
...for starters.
Hm? Wayland has VRR.
The new protocols just announced are to support it. It's a work in progress.
As I already said, I forgot about HDR (and all the other mentioned stuff). The other features are a bit less important for non professional use cases.
Well the first step would probably be to open an issue.
It's being worked on for years (or even decades lol). I highly doubt there isn't an opened issue about it.
Well the first step would probably be to open an issue.
solely? I guess that's quite far because a lot of other, equally or more important features are still missing
solely? I guess that's quite far because a lot of other, equally or more important features are still missing