Wayback 0.3 Released
4 months ago
- #X.Org
- #Linux
- #Wayback
- Third Wayback preview release, version 0.3, announced just before 2026.
- Available on GitLab releases page or through distribution updates.
- Alpha-quality release; bug and feature reports are encouraged.
- Presented at X.Org Developer’s Conference 2025 by kaniini, with progress and roadmap discussed.
- Recording and slides from the conference available on YouTube.
- Progress since version 0.2 includes availability in stable repositories of popular Linux distros.
- Moved to Alpine Linux’s community repository and available on Fedora 42 and 43.
- Manual pages updated, typo fixes, and command line option parser overhauled.
- Future work includes moving away from Xwayland’s rootful mode to rootless for better features.
- New participants welcome in #wayback IRC channel on Libera.Chat or Matrix.
- Git shortlog highlights contributions from various developers.