Sway 1.8

[emersion]

Planning for the next release.

Milestone: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/milestone/11

Changes for users and packagers:

• New wlroots version
• On Linux, CAP_SYS_NICE can be set to improve scheduling: #6994
• Manufacturer names in output identifiers might have changed: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots/-/merge_requests/3541#note_1384124
• SUID-root is no longer supported: #7044
• The pcre dependency has been replaced with pcre2: #6883
• The output dpms command has been deprecated (superseded by output power): #7083

Highlights:

• All of the enhancements from wlroots 0.16, including support for the new ext-session-lock-v1, single-pixel-buffer-v1, ext-idle-notify-v1, content-type-v1 protocols
• A new output unplug command has been added to remove virtual outputs
• libinput's new "disable while trackpointing" setting is now supported
• xdg-activation-v1 is now used for more reliable workspace matching when launching new clients

[emersion]

https://github.com/swaywm/sway/releases/tag/1.8-rc1