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  • Various Game Emulators Are Faster On Mesa Drivers Now Thanks To OpenGL Threading

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  • X.Org Server 1.20.6 Released With Many Bug Fixes - Helps XWayland, PRIME + Other Bits

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  • xorg-server 1.20.6
    A variety of bugfixes across the board, primarily in Xwayland and PRIME.
    This release also includes GLX vendor selection support. Thanks to all
    who contributed with testing and fixes!
    
    Aaron Plattner (3):
          GLX: Set GlxServerExports::{major,minor}Version
          xfree86: Call ScreenInit for protocol screens before GPU screens
          os: Don't crash in AttendClient if the client is gone
    
    Adam Jackson (7):
          xwayland: Expand the RANDR screen size limits
          miext/sync: Fix needless ABI change
          glx: Fix previous context validation in xorgGlxMakeCurrent
          meson: Fix another reference to "gl" 9.2.0
          meson: Apparently 1.2 is < 1.2.0
          mi: Add a default no-op miSourceValidate
          dix: Call SourceValidate before GetImage
    
    Alex Goins (5):
          xsync: Add resource inside of SyncCreate, export SyncCreate
          randr: Fix RRCrtcDetachScanoutPixmap() segfault during server teardown
          modesetting: Fix ms_covering_crtc() segfault with non-modesetting slave primary
          modesetting: Fix ms_covering_crtc() segfault with non-xf86Crtc slave
          modesetting: Implement ms_covering_randr_crtc() for ms_present_get_crtc()
    
    Alexander Tsoy (1):
          configure: Set libdrm flags correctly if only XORG is enabled
    
    Alexander Volkov (1):
          shm: Use memfd_create when possible
    
    Andres Rodriguez (1):
          xf86: Disable unused crtc functions when a lease is revoked
    
    Carlos Garnacho (4):
          xwayland: Reset scheduled frames after hiding tablet cursor
          xwayland: Separate DamagePtr into separate window data
          xwayland: Refactor surface creation into a separate function
          xwayland: Handle the case of windows being realized before redirection
    
    Eric Anholt (2):
          shm: reindent shm_tmpfile to follow our standards.
          shm: Pick the shm dir at run time, not build time.
    
    Hans de Goede (1):
          glamor/xwayland: Define EGL_NO_X11
    
    Kyle Brenneman (3):
          GLX: Add a per-client vendor mapping.
          GLX: Use the sending client for looking up XID's
          GLX: Add a function to change a clients vendor list.
    
    Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (1):
          Xi: Use current device active grab to deliver touch events if any
    
    Marvin Schmidt (1):
          build: glx: Lower gl version to work with libglvnd
    
    Matt Roper (1):
          dri2: Sync i965_pci_ids.h from mesa
    
    Matt Turner (3):
          dix: Assert noPanoramiXExtension is false in PanoramiX code
          xfree86: Test presence of isastream()
          xserver 1.20.6
    
    Michel Dänzer (2):
          Revert "present/scmd: Check that the flip and screen pixmap pitches match"
          miext/sync: Make struct _SyncObject::initialized fully ABI compatible
    
    Olivier Fourdan (7):
          xwayland: Avoid a crash on pointer enter with a grab
          xwayland: Check status in GBM pixmap creation
          glamor: Make pixmap exportable from `gbm_bo_from_pixmap()`
          xwayland: Update screen pixmap on output resize
          xwayland: Do not free a NULL GBM bo
          compiler.h: Do not include sys/io.h on ARM with glibc
          present/wnmd: Relax assertion on CRTC on abort_vblank()
    
    Samuel Thibault (2):
          Fix crash on XkbSetMap
          Fix crash on XkbSetMap
    
    Sven Joachim (1):
          modesetting: Fix broken manpage in autoconf build
    
    git tag: xorg-server-1.20.6
    

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