[Xquartz-dev] new release with focus fix

[Larry Hynes]

Jeremy Sequoia <jeremyhu at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does HomeBrew not have a recipe for XQuartz? Seems like an easy enough
> solution if you prefer HomeBrew over MacPorts.

My understanding is that the homebrew recipe[0] - which is now a
'cask' recipe - simply installs the latest release.

[0] https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/xquartz.rb

> > On Feb 27, 2018, at 1:21 AM, Larry Hynes <larry at larryhynes.com> wrote:
> > 
> > For what it's worth, I would much rather see releases, than attempting
> > to use MacPorts side by side with Homebrew (which I would be doing
> > solely for Xquartz).
> > 
> > Jeremy Sequoia <jeremyhu at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Can you use MacPorts and install the xorg-server port? It contains
> >> the change (and has for some time). Rolling up a new XQuartz release
> >> is unfortunately time consuming, and I haven't had the time to do so.
> >> I was considering just not doing another release and just directing
> >> users to using MacPorts to install future updates given that it's
> >> much easier for me to just update a port than to roll a full XQuartz
> >> package.
> > 
> >>> On Feb 26, 2018, at 1:47 PM, joshua stein <jcs at jcs.org> wrote:
> >>> I asked in the IRC channel and got no response after a few days of
> >>> idling, but can someone please make a new release with the latest
> >>> focus fix?
> >>> 
> >>> https://github.com/XQuartz/xorg-server/commit/bde6ce6adc4a6f631f4752ef4e63e4542d6b0de5
> >>> 
> >>> Without it, Location Services steals focus many times a day and
> > is quite annoying.  It also seems to be affecting many others too:
> >>>>> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7964085 > >
> > 
> >