Mir 2.30 Released Now With Rust Required, Mir Roadmap Published
Mir 2.30 Released Now With Rust Required, Mir Roadmap Published Written by Michael Larabel in Wayland on 24 September 2026 at 07:51 AM EDT. Add A Comment Canonical today released Mir 2.30 as the newest release of this Wayland compositor library for building out different shells and other functionality from smart mirrors to other consumer devices. Mir 2.30 now explicitly requires a Rust compiler for building Mir where as previously it was considered optional.
- ▪Mir 2.30 Released Now With Rust Required, Mir Roadmap Published Written by Michael Larabel in Wayland on 24 September 2026 at 07:51 AM EDT.
- ▪Add A Comment Canonical today released Mir 2.30 as the newest release of this Wayland compositor library for building out different shells and other functionality from smart mirrors to other consumer devices.
- ▪Mir 2.30 now explicitly requires a Rust compiler for building Mir where as previously it was considered optional.
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Mir 2.30 Released Now With Rust Required, Mir Roadmap Published Written by Michael Larabel in Wayland on 24 September 2026 at 07:51 AM EDT. Add A Comment Canonical today released Mir 2.30 as the newest release of this Wayland compositor library for building out different shells and other functionality from smart mirrors to other consumer devices. Mir 2.30 now explicitly requires a Rust compiler for building Mir where as previously it was considered optional. Mir is now using the Rust evdev input platform code. The other motivation is that Mir is now strictly targeting Ubuntu 26.04 LTS where there is Rust mandated. So thanks to upping their OS target focus of Ubuntu 26.04 and newer, Rust can be safely and always assumed for Mir purposes.
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