• theshatterstone54@feddit.uk
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    21 days ago

    the Wayland color management protocol might finally be close to merging after four years in discussion.

    But also

    Going all the way back to January 2020

    So really it’s been almost 5 years.

    Let’s hope we can finally get it and move on to any other remaining protocols.

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      21 days ago

      HDR is new ground on Linux, so it’s understandable it’s taking a while. It requires involvement from all over the graphics stack: graphics drivers, mesa, Wayland protocol, protocol needs to be implemented in compositor, apps need to implement the protocol.