Debian Bug report logs - #1073813
RFP: shikane -- dynamic Wayland output configuration tool focusing on accuracy and determinism

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Antoine Beaupre <anarcat@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: RFP: shikane -- dynamic Wayland output configuration tool focusing on accuracy and determinism

Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 21:36:56 -0400

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: team+swaywm@tracker.debian.org, debian-rust@lists.debian.org

* Package name    : shikane
  Version         : 1.0.1
  Upstream Contact: https://gitlab.com/w0lff
* URL             : https://docs.rs/crate/shikane
* License         : MIT
  Programming Lang: Rust
  Description     : dynamic Wayland output configuration tool focusing on accuracy and determinism

shikane (/ʃiˈkaːnə/) is a dynamic output configuration tool focusing
on accuracy and determinism.

It automatically detects and configures connected displays based on a
set of profiles. Each profile specifies a set of outputs with
additional parameters (e.g., mode, position, scale). A profile will be
applied automatically if all specified outputs and modes can be
perfectly matched to the currently connected displays and their
capabilities.

This is a Wayland equivalent for tools like autorandr. It aims to
fully replace kanshi, surpass its inaccuracies and add new
features. shikane works with Wayland compositors supporting versions
>=3 of the wlr-output-management protocol (e.g., compositors using
wlroots v0.16).

Features

* generation of all compatible (display, output, mode)-combinations, ranked by exactness
* specify multiple matching rules per output
* restrict the matching to only certain display attributes
* choose between regex, substring or full text based attribute matching
* full cardinality matching algorithm
* ad-hoc profile switching
* export current display setup as shikane config.toml
* state machine defined execution
* execute commands, profile and display names are supplied as env vars
* one-shot mode

----

This is similar to kanshi, already packaged in Debian, but differs by
being written in Rust and supporting more features like saving the
current profile, for which kansi is currently lacking:

https://todo.sr.ht/~emersion/kanshi/81

I would love some rust folks to look into this, as I do not have the
cycles to learn rust packaging right now.

Message #10 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Matthias Geiger <werdahias@riseup.net>

To: Antoine Beaupre <anarcat@debian.org>, 1073813@bugs.debian.org, Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#1073813: RFP: shikane -- dynamic Wayland output configuration tool focusing on accuracy and determinism

Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 11:43:49 +0200

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On 19.06.24 03:36, Antoine Beaupre wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> X-Debbugs-Cc:team+swaywm@tracker.debian.org,debian-rust@lists.debian.org
>
> * Package name    : shikane
>    Version         : 1.0.1
>    Upstream Contact:https://gitlab.com/w0lff
> * URL             :https://docs.rs/crate/shikane
> * License         : MIT
>    Programming Lang: Rust
>    Description     : dynamic Wayland output configuration tool focusing on accuracy and determinism
>
> shikane (/ʃiˈkaːnə/) is a dynamic output configuration tool focusing
> on accuracy and determinism.
>
> It automatically detects and configures connected displays based on a
> set of profiles. Each profile specifies a set of outputs with
> additional parameters (e.g., mode, position, scale). A profile will be
> applied automatically if all specified outputs and modes can be
> perfectly matched to the currently connected displays and their
> capabilities.
>
> This is a Wayland equivalent for tools like autorandr. It aims to
> fully replace kanshi, surpass its inaccuracies and add new
> features. shikane works with Wayland compositors supporting versions
>> =3 of the wlr-output-management protocol (e.g., compositors using
> wlroots v0.16).
>
> Features
>
> * generation of all compatible (display, output, mode)-combinations, ranked by exactness
> * specify multiple matching rules per output
> * restrict the matching to only certain display attributes
> * choose between regex, substring or full text based attribute matching
> * full cardinality matching algorithm
> * ad-hoc profile switching
> * export current display setup as shikane config.toml
> * state machine defined execution
> * execute commands, profile and display names are supplied as env vars
> * one-shot mode
>
> ----
>
> This is similar to kanshi, already packaged in Debian, but differs by
> being written in Rust and supporting more features like saving the
> current profile, for which kansi is currently lacking:
>
> https://todo.sr.ht/~emersion/kanshi/81
>
> I would love some rust folks to look into this, as I do not have the
> cycles to learn rust packaging right now.

Hi Antoine,

$ cargo debstatus

shows only one crate (hopcroft-karp) to be missing.

best,

-- 
Matthias Geiger <werdahias>
Debian Maintainer

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