The Hyprland composite server and its associated packages, such as hyprland-protocols and hyprutils, have been removed from the Debian Testing repository and will not be included in the stable release of Debian 13, which is in its final stages of preparation. In the Debian Unstable branch, the packages with Hyprland have been retained.
The reason for excluding Hyprland from the upcoming stable release was a request from the maintainer, who stated that the version of Hyprland 0.41.2 provided in the Debian package is significantly outdated compared to the current version (0.49), and it is impossible to maintain support for the old version throughout the lifecycle of Debian 13. The Hyprland project is in an actively developed state and regularly releases new versions with changes that do not maintain backward compatibility. Maintaining the old version of Hyprland by the Debian package maintainer under these conditions is considerably complicated.
The old version of Hyprland has a problem that leads to a crash of the composite server in Debian Testing when switching virtual terminals. when switching between monitors. The maintainer of Hyprland has raised the status of this issue to a level that blocks the release of Debian 13 and requires a mandatory bug fix. Moreover, it is not possible to resolve the issue without updating the version of Hyprland or its dependencies, and updating versions is impossible due to the strict freeze of the Debian Testing repository state before the release (updating the version may introduce regressions). Hyprland is focused on a tiling window layout but also supports classic freeform window placement, grouping windows in the form of tabs, a pseudo-tiled mode, and fullscreen window expansion. Its features include: dynamically created virtual desktops; screen element layout modes; global hotkey handling; gesture control on touchpads/touchscreens; tools for visually rich interfaces (gradients in window borders, background blurring, animation effects, and shadows); extension through plugins. Configuration is done via a configuration file, with changes being applied on the fly without restart.
Composite server The release of Network Security Toolkit 42.
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