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## Library & Tooling Updates

### grr 0.8

[`grr`](https://github.com/msiglreith/grr) is a modern OpenGL 4.5+ wrapper.
It provides a cleaned up API built around Vulkan's naming scheme.
The latest release further pushes the crate towards
full compatibility with the core features.

Most notable changes:

- Added support for a bunch of Formats
- Extended transfer operations (Attachment <-> Host <-> Buffer <-> Image)
- Raw context access
- Shader & Pipeline log control
- Device submission control

Special thanks to [@masonium](https://github.com/masonium)
for contributing a lot of these features and fixes!

### ash(-window)

[`ash-window`], an interoperability library for [`ash`] and [`raw-window-handle`],
is now part of the `ash` repository and will be updated more closely
with new `ash` releases.

[`ash-window`]: https://crates.io/crates/ash-window
[`ash`]: https://crates.io/crates/ash
[`raw-window-handle`]: https://crates.io/crates/raw-window-handle

## Popular Workgroup Issues in Github

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