Migrate to wlroots 0.20 by RFCreate · Pull Request #246 · flacjacket/pywlroots

RFCreate · 2026-08-16T20:23:47Z

Following the release of pywayland, this project needs a new release also.

Notable features:

Migration to wlroots 0.20 (latest version)
Generate header *.h files on install
Generate *.so library on install from any location
Package headers *.h in sdist
Package headers *.h and *.so library in wheel

Since the directory wlroots/include is tracked, ffi_build.py may compile without the headers available at runtime

Generate headers before running pip install Use package manager meson for faster installs Generate constraints in place to remove tracked file

Use custom build_backend to run headers script Remove setup.py legacy

ImportError: libwayland-server.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

This should make easier the migration to a new wlroots version.

Since cffi does not have type checking, allow only attributes defined inside a wlroots python class, clean ffi_build.

Credits to qtile/qtile 886a67b

RFCreate added 30 commits July 27, 2026 16:12

fix(mypy): remove default args in pre-commit, i.e ignore-missing-imports

db61836

fix(mypy): add pywayland as a dependecy for type-checking

02ce92d

feat(pre-commit): bump versions

96cb7e6

fix(MANIFEST): clean untracked file extensions

c2c51f2

fix(pyproject.toml): correct path to dynamic version

8756195

fix: protocol generation fail silently

e725466

Since the directory wlroots/include is tracked, ffi_build.py may compile without the headers available at runtime

feat: simplify workflows

a20120d

Generate headers before running pip install Use package manager meson for faster installs Generate constraints in place to remove tracked file

feat: generate protocols on install

070f0f0

Use custom build_backend to run headers script Remove setup.py legacy

fix: include cffi module in packaging

ccb0298

fix: sdist without *.so file

342a358

fix(ci): remove sheduler to prevent automatic disable

21e6c68

fix(workflows): use meson from pip

3e04aef

fix(packaging): install dependencies without package

88a78bd

fix(realease): has_xwayland from ffi_build requires setuptools

f50e3a4

feat(realease): build xkbcommon from source

ebc00b3

fix(workflows): move to node 24 actions

54c4dcf

fix(ci): use pre-commit from pip, node 20 deprecation

71261c4

fix(release): check that pywlroots dependecies can run correctly

b67a433

fix(release): wheel requires libwayland-server0 installed

00cfcef

ImportError: libwayland-server.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

feat(check_headers): print all errors before raising exception

5e68954

feat: remove unused cdef declarations

0361aed

This should make easier the migration to a new wlroots version.

feat: update protocol xml files to 0.20

c363352

feat(ffi): use wlroots 0.20 in build

ec9a3d3

fix: wlr_matrix has no method wlr_matrix_projection

058dded

fix: wlr_input_inhibitor has been mark as deprecated

c7a3616

fix: wlr_matrix has been mark as deprecated

312569f

feat: annotate Callable types

667a595

fix(tiny): execution and typing issues

e416c8e

fix(ffi_build): comment full header line

7b2d4d0

feat(protocol_headers): improve error messages

065a2d6

RFCreate added 20 commits August 10, 2026 17:39

fix(ffi_build): remove invalid members from structs

6c226fb

fix(ffi_build): add three dots at the end of each struct and enum

79e2dae

feat: disallow calling cffi attributes _ptr

2726096

Since cffi does not have type checking, allow only attributes defined inside a wlroots python class, clean ffi_build.

fix(ffi_build): enum migration to wlroots 0.20

4f512c4

fix(ffi_build): remove wlr_renderer not found funcs

7d2fa16

fix(ffi_build): backend create signature change

daa6f61

fix(ffi_build): update wlr_presentation_create signature

0fbaa85

fix(ffi_build): use geometry from struct in wlr_xdg_surface

d4e443a

fix(ffi_build): remove dropped wlr_scene_set_presentation func

6361cd1

fix(ffi_build): add wl_pointer_axis_relative_direction enum

346010e

fix(ffi_build): add display pointer to needed functions

72290e3

fix(ffi_build): change wlr_seat_touch cancel funcs definition

7b84164

fix(ffi_build): update wlr_surface_accepts_touch definition

f6c286d

fix(ffi_build): add wl_pointer_button_state enum

b8d3468

fix(ffi_build): update xwayland funcs definition

1b84359

fix(ffi_build): remove dropped wlr_output funcs

c983cb6

fix(box): use ptr kwarg in class creation where needed

83baaf5

fix(ffi_build): complete all nested structs

afebd82

feat(ruff): reformat files

eb83e70

fix: include_dirs in ffi.verify needed

c9876eb

RFCreate force-pushed the new-release branch 2 times, most recently from 3b8b885 to 2a59653 Compare August 16, 2026 22:17

RFCreate added 3 commits August 17, 2026 17:16

feat(workflows): use ubuntu-26.04 image

81d6611

feat(workflows): bump package versions

5eceead

feat(realease): build libxcb from source

3323667

Credits to qtile/qtile 886a67b

RFCreate force-pushed the new-release branch from 2a59653 to 3323667 Compare August 17, 2026 23:17

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