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Wayland Merges New Screen Capture Protocols (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The ext-image-capture-source-v1 and ext-image-copy-capture-v1 screen copy protocols build upon wlroots' wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 with various improvements for better screen capture support under Wayland. These new protocols should allow for better performance and window capturing support for use-cases around RDP/VNC remote desktop, screen sharing, and more.

Merge Request: Create ext-image-capture-source-v1 and ext-image-copy-capture-v1

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

under the definition of bike shedding in the Encyclopedia you'll find wayland the prime example. been waiting years on one pr for them to decide on the word "may" vs "will"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It drives me crazy. Just release it 18+months ago and iterate with versions, at least your users will have the feature in their hands.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It is kind of shooting at the ambulance, zoom needs to also adapt to the new API. The alternative is a completely non functional Wayland for videoconferencing for years... Unusable stable is not better than unstable usable IMHO at least you have a shot at fixing it for the second option.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

decide on the word "may" vs "will"

I assume they went with way land as a compromise.