[Xquartz-dev] XQuartz 2.6.0 for Leopard

William Davis frstan at bellsouth.net
Fri Jan 14 13:18:25 PST 2011


I think you mean "now" not "not" Jeremy
Stanley Davis
frstan at bellsouth.net
Mac Mini 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.6.6  Darwin 10.5
XQuartz 2.3.6 (xorg-server 1.4.2-apple56)






On Jan 14, 2011, at 4:09 PM, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:

> After a series of complications, version 2.6.0 is not available for Leopard:
> 
> http://xquartz.macosforge.org/downloads/Leopard/X11-2.6.0.dmg X11-2.6.0.dmg
> 
> You should also be able to update to it using the "Check for Updates" menu item.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
> 
> 
> On Dec 19, 2010, at 21:24, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
> 
>> Thanks so much to everyone who tested and help squash bugs during the development cycle.  2.6.0 is finally ready for release.  This release coincides with X11R7.6 and contains all the updated modules from that upstream katamari release.
>> 
>> To update, just choose 'Check for Updates' from the X11 menu in XQuartz.app.  The full change log can be found on the release notes page:
>> 
>> http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/X112.6.0
>> 
>> * the main highlight are the transition to libxcb as a backend for libX11
>> * freetype 2.4.4 to address some font rendering issues in 2.5.2
>> * pixman 0.20.0 should have some better fast paths with SSE2
>> * fontconfig 2.8.0
>> * cairo 1.10.0
>> * libX11 1.4.0
>> * xorg-server 1.9.3 which includes RandR and a ton of stability fixes
>> 
>> This release is very similar to 2.6.0_rc1.  Since 2.6.0_rc1, we've just included some documentation changes, a few minor changes in the server, and pulled in an updated libpng.
>> 
>> If you're a Leopard user, I'm sorry, but your update has been delayed (probably until January).  I lost my connection to my Leopard box while creating the package and won't have access to it for a couple weeks.  2.6.0_rc1 should serve you well until then.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Jeremy
>> 
>> 
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