Re: X11 2.1.1 release
Re: X11 2.1.1 release
- Subject: Re: X11 2.1.1 release
- From: Ben Byer <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:39:10 -0800
Nah, there's not a whole lot to say. You should only read good things
into my recent relative silence on this list. :) I'm closely
following development on xquartz.macosforge.net, and we've already
publicly stated that we hope to get an update pushed out through an
official channel. Policy dictates I not say much more than that, but
generally speaking:
When Apple releases updates for open-source software shipped with Mac
OS X, they pick the version that seems most suitable (balancing the
needs of various users with the resources available, etc), and go with
that. I think that the work that Jeremy has done would already be a
great help to all users of X11.app on Leopard, and I've been following
the development of xquartz-server-1.2 (or is it 1.3?) closely to
minimize the effort required on our end to make Xquartz suitable for
release in a general update. In other words, keep up the good work,
and we'll do what we can.
On Dec 12, 2007, at 6:21 PM, Mick Mueck wrote:
That's completely fine by me (in a selfish sense I guess). However,
it might be nice to get some idea from e.g. Ben about any potential
minimum requirements before such an event is even considered by
Apple (and that may subsequently influence the on-going development
here). In the perfect world, what is developed here would be in a
state such that the meat of the X11 installer is Apple-ready, and
that Apple could take a 'snapshot' at any time they deemed right,
perform their own rigorous quality control and then finally release
it.
But that's in the perfect world :-)...
On Dec 12, 2007, at 8:21 PM, James Elliott wrote:
We may, or we may not, be, but you'll never hear anything about it
on this list until the release is out. That's just how Apple works.
So relax and enjoy the privileged access you have to the early and
excellent work of the people on this list. :)
On Dec 12, 2007, at 19:14, Mick Mueck wrote:
Hi Guys,
So are we getting any closer to a point where a line can be drawn
in the sand for an "official" update from Apple? I can't imagine
how the regular Leopard X11 users out there (those not on this
list) have been living all this time, and I can certainly imagine
their delight in getting something so very significantly better
and not all broken. There will always be bugs tantalizingly close
to completion that would delay fixing a date, but like my boss
says, there's nothing like a deadline to motivate people...
--
Ben Byer
CoreOS / BSD Technology Group, XDarwin maintainer
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