[Xquartz-dev] 2.4.0_rc1

[Jeremy Huddleston]

It's been about 2 months since the last release (2.3.3.2), and I hope  
it has been worth the wait.  2.4.0 is finally ready to enter rc  
status.  I'm fairly confident that it is in a production-ready state,  
but I want a wider audience to begin using it for the next week or so  
before I give it the gold stamp.

2.4.0 introduces a bunch of fixes and feature requests that have been  
pending for a while including:
  * Automatic updates
  * linking issues with libOSMesa
  * fork()ing issues with libfreetype
  * Auto-quit support via quartz-wm
  * misc Xorg packages updated to the latest releases
  * Stabilization of and transition to the 1.5.x server branch (which  
includes improved AIGLX support).

http://static.macosforge.org/xquartz/downloads/X11-2.4.0_rc1.dmg

A more detailed ChangeLog is here:
http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/X112.4.0

=== Testing Automatic Updates ===

This past week, beta users were testing the automatic updates feature  
in X11, and I think all the kinks have been worked out.  If you'd like  
to test the automatic updates, you can do so by "tricking" X11 into  
thinking it's outdated.  To do so, edit /Applications/Utilities/ 
X11.app/Contents/Info.plist and change CFBundleVersion to a lover  
value (like 2.4.0).  When you restart X11, you can goto "X11->Check  
for Updates..." and you should be able to "update" to the newer version.

=== Known Issues ===
The automatic updates don't give you an "Are you sure you want to  
quit?" dialog before restarting.  This is fixed in git already.

Thanks,
Jeremy