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XQuartz-2.8.1
by Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia 26 Apr '21

26 Apr '21

Hi folks, I've released XQuartz 2.8.1. It's the same as 2.8.1_rc1 with a small fix to address a drawing performance regression in the 1.20 server (https://github.com/XQuartz/XQuartz/issues/156) https://www.xquartz.org/releases/XQuartz-2.8.1.html

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XQuartz 2.8.1_rc1
by Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

Hi folks, I've released XQuartz-2.8.1_rc1. The primary motivation for this release was to get out a fix for CVE-2021-3472. I've attached the X.org security advisory for this issue. In addition to this fix, rc1 also includes a fix to properly set the fontdir when the server starts. If there are no major regressions reported in the next week, I'll ship this out as 2.8.1. Thanks Jeremy https://www.xquartz.org/releases/XQuartz-2.8.1_rc1.html

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XQuartz 2.8.1_beta1
by Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia 07 Apr '21

07 Apr '21

Hi all, It turns out that some versions of wine are making use of older versions of libpng, which I stopped shipping in XQuartz-2.8.0. I've pushed out an update in 2.8.1_beta1 which re-adds these older dylibs for improved binary compatibility. This update also updates a number of other projects to newer upstream versions, including moving us to the 1.20 xorg-server branch and mesa 21.0. For more details, please check out https://www.xquartz.org/releases/XQuartz-2.8.1_beta1.html --Jeremy

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XQuartz 2.8.0_rc4 regressions found
by Nicholas Papadonis 04 Apr '21

04 Apr '21

I'm using Mac OS v10.15.6 with a 12" system and found the following regressions in v2.8.0_rc4 from v2.7.11: 1. XQuartz does not switch to the foreground when launched. I have to go to the dock and click to bring it to the foreground. 2. I'm unable to launch X windows apps from a 'ssh -X host' session, i.e. 'ssh -X host xclock' cannot create an X connection. Launching an X app from XQuartz using the drop down app option Terminal does work. I have .ssh/config = "XAuthLocation /opt/X11/bin/xauth; ForwardX11Trusted yes". 3. I use Edwin (scheme -edit) which is like Emacs. My Edwin keybindings for Meta-W (copy) no longer work. So I think something in the keymap changed. I'm also confused why XQuartz 2.7.11 asked me to install a newer version (available), however this new version is still in Beta. Hope this helps!

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