• major fixes:
  • some scroll screen updates not flushed
  • crashes with newer versions of GI / GTK
  • pipe and process leak with signal watcher
  • RandR must re-use an existing mode if it exists
  • honour all start options with remote starts
• build, packaging and platforms:
  • library updates: ffmpeg 6.1, python2-dbus 1.2.18, python3-pycuda 2023.1 (2022.1 for python2), pbr 6.0, pyxdg 0.28, pynvml 12.535.133, libwebp 1.3.2, libvpx 1.13.1, pyopengl 3.1.7 (3.1.6 for RHEL7), cython 3.0.6 and 0.29.36, dummy driver 0.4.1
  • cx_Freeze packaging workarounds for python2 MS Windows builds
  • ensure freetype2, cairo and certifi are bundled in
  • python 3.12 compatibility
  • automatic RPM release numbers
  • support RPM downgrades from newer versions
  • drop support for Fedora versions older than 37
  • missing DEB pkgconf dependency
  • Cython 3.x and 0.29.x compatibility
  • remove support for Debian Stretch
  • rely on distro DEB packages for python-opengl, python-lz4, rencode, xserver-xorg-video-dummy
  • build with Cython 3.x for Python 3 on Debian
  • more reliable ARCH detection
  • don't enable dbus module on MacOS or MS Windows
  • don't use XDG_RUNTIME_DIR on MacOS
  • named-pipe warnings
• network:
  • ssh upgrades flag not disabled on import error
  • try harder to locate the start of websocket data
  • try to close sockets cleanly on exit and on errors
  • honour clipboard size limits
  • shortcut out if not binding to any local sockets
  • dpi values must be rounded to integers
  • rencodeplus capability validation
• trays and notifications:
  • avoid None value errors with MS Windows native notifier
  • prefer native system trays to Gtk's StatusIcon, except on X11
  • MacOS tray menu errors
  • missing system tray on MS Windows after explorer.exe restart
  • missing or disabled tray menus with AppIndicator backend
• compatibility:
  • honour opengl=force
  • webcam forwarding geometry
  • compatibility with a wider range of Python Pillow versions
  • better detection of Wayland vs X11 sessions
  • force X11 backend for PyOpenGL
  • only enable compression after the handshake
  • partial compatibility with v6 clients and servers: encryption, mmap, encodings, dpi
  • never expose None values, our custom types or numpy types in info packet data or notifications
  • X11 OpenGL context manager inconsistency
  • remove outdated ogg latency fix warning
  • workaround NVENC deprecated presets
  • log clipboard backend failures
  • distribution detection fallback code path was broken
• cosmetic:
  • cleaner client output
  • pyobjc warnings
  • bump large packet size to silence Java warnings
  • ffmpeg's register_all was called twice unnecessarily
  • use attribute alias if available (cleanup code path)
  • errors in GREMEDY OpenGL debugging
  • formatting errors in verbose / x11 debug mode
  • RFB error when rejecting protocol versions
  • explicitly return a failure value from the ldap authentication module
  • no-prefix coloured output with more text subcommands
  • use integer division for counters
  • window filter invalid parsing
  • more RandR mode debug details
  • unused code and variables removed
  • valid linter warnings
  • proxy-video-encoders is a valid command line option
  • changelog formatting and bogus dates