Hyprland Wayland Compositor v0.56.2 Release

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Executive Summary

A standard patch release backporting some fixes from main on top of 0.56.2. Fixes backported algo/scrolling: fix unFSing window sticking to the left corner instead of respecting focus_fit_method ( #15716 ) by @erstarr config: fix duplicate config value crash ( #15708 ) by @gulafaran core/fullscreen: allow layout managed fullscreens to not block seeking window in direction, and other fixes ( #15569 ) by @erstarr core/fullscreen: fix floating window rendering order when one of them is FSed ( #15703 ) by @erstarr desktop/rules: fix gaps_out rule overriding float_gaps ( #15662 ) by @Dregu hyprctl: fix wiki strings ( #15739 ) by @vaxerski screenshare: fix toplevel capture...

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