[Xquartz-dev] XQuartz 2.6.0 for Leopard

Jeremy Huddleston jeremyhu at apple.com
Fri Jan 14 13:45:39 PST 2011


On Jan 14, 2011, at 13:09, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:

> After a series of complications, version 2.6.0 is not available for  
> Leopard:

now* available

>
> 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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