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06 Jul 12:23

v1.22.2

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This release includes important stability improvements, bug fixes, and enhancements for both X11 and Wayland display backends.

🐞 Critical Bug Fixes

Memory Safety Improvements

Fixed use-after-free in process lists (#2194): Resolved a critical memory safety issue where process list data was accessed after being freed during Conky restarts. This could cause crashes or undefined behavior when reloading configuration.
Fixed Wayland segfault (#2198): Resolved a use-after-free bug in the Wayland backend's seat listener that could cause crashes. Added additional safety checks to the Wayland main loop based on best practices from other Wayland applications.

Session and Path Handling

Fixed XDG_SESSION_TYPE handling (#2197): Added proper handling for cases where XDG_SESSION_TYPE environment variable is not set, preventing crashes or unexpected behavior during session detection.
Fixed script path validation (#2204): Added validation to check if script paths are absolute or relative, ensuring proper execution of external scripts regardless of the current working directory.

🎨 Display Backend Improvements

Enhanced X11 Window Manager Support

Improved X11 strut handling (#2190): Significantly enhanced window manager compatibility with:
- WM/DE-specific strut handling for better desktop integration
- Intelligent strut placement that adapts to window manager capabilities
- Improved support for panels and docks across different window managers
- Better handling of window alignment and positioning
Fixed Fluxbox compatibility (#2196): Resolved window state issues by using WithdrawnState only for Fluxbox, while other window managers (like Openbox) now use NormalState for proper window management. Fluxbox users may need to set XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Fluxbox for optimal behavior.

🛠️ Build System Enhancements

Improved Installation Process

Syntax file installation (#2187): Conky now properly installs generated syntax highlighting files for text editors, making it easier to edit Conky configuration files with proper syntax support.
Better Wayland build errors (#2193): Added clear error messages when wayland-scanner is missing during the build process, helping users identify and resolve build dependencies more easily.

📚 Documentation

Fixed formatting issues with mismatched backticks in documentation (#2188)
Corrected broken README links (#2212)

🔧 Infrastructure

Updated Docker builds to properly tag releases (#2179)
Updated CI dependencies (nixbuild/nix-quick-install-action)

Upgrade Notes

This release focuses on stability and compatibility. Users experiencing crashes during configuration reloads or issues with window manager integration should see significant improvements.

For Fluxbox Users

If you're using Fluxbox, you may need to set the XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP environment variable:

export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Fluxbox

For Developers

When building from source with Wayland support, ensure wayland-scanner is installed to avoid build errors.

Contributors

Thanks to @SFrijters, @Caellian, @aaslam12, @EtienneLeFou, @brndnmtthws, and @dependabot for their contributions to this release!

New Contributors

@SFrijters made their first contribution in #2188
@aaslam12 made their first contribution in #2204

Full Changelog: v1.22.1...v1.22.2

Contributors

SFrijters, brndnmtthws, and 4 other contributors

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v1.22.1

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v1.22.1

What's Changed

🐞 Bug fixes

Compile cairo_xlib Lua bindings as MODULE by @brndnmtthws in #2147
Add #include to fix building with gcc 15 by @kostadinsh in #2174

🎛️ Miscellaneous

Bump version by @brndnmtthws in #2128
Update build.sh for switch to newer appimagetool by @Drsheppard01 in #2130
[Refactor]: Move sources into subdirectories by @Caellian in #2119
Update blame ignore & labeler by @Caellian in #2133
build(deps): bump DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action from 8 to 9 in the actions group by @dependabot in #2150
Check whether first_colour is set before using it as foreground color by @livanh in #2153
Switch Nix installer & cache for CI by @brndnmtthws in #2159
CI: sccache cache keys can be simpler by @brndnmtthws in #2162
Ubuntu 20.04 deprecated by @brndnmtthws in #2163
OpenBSD: Reimplement using bsdcommon. by @g0mb4 in #2164
Implement -U for OpenBSD. by @g0mb4 in #2165
Use semicolon as file path separator for lua_load by @Caellian in #2154
Added multi pointer support by @fluffyironboots in #2168

👒 Dependencies

Add compiler cache and fix CMake deprecation warnings by @Caellian in #2132