Re: X11 2.1.2 bug with Spaces
Re: X11 2.1.2 bug with Spaces
- Subject: Re: X11 2.1.2 bug with Spaces
- From: Jean-Baptiste Marquette <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:18:18 +0100
Le 15 janv. 08 à 18:00, James Elliott a écrit :
Here's an outsider's perspective, but one who has been following the
list with interest since the Leopard release:
Spaces are not yet expected to work with X11. There are higher
priority basic functionality bugs being addressed, as well as an
effort to catch up with the rest of the open-source code base.
Whether it can be fixed quickly or not depends on how those other
efforts go, and more fundamentally, on whether it can be fixed in
the open source components of X11 itself or not: There may be issues
in elements of the Apple-proprietary libXplugin, or in Spaces
itself, which would leave you at the mercy of Apple's own
development and release schedule. (And if that's the case, Ben's
doing great things on the X side, but the Spaces world is outside of
even his control.)
This is not acceptable. In my field and for researchers in general X11
on a Mac is a key issue. I brought several colleagues to switch
considering only this point. I think that Apple's credibility is
engaged on that topic. The X11 version released with Leopard is a
regression compared to that of Tiger. It is their responsibility to
converge towards a robust version of all their applications working
together.
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Bien cordialement / Very truly yours / Mit freundlichen Gruessen,
Jean-Baptiste Marquette
Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
CNRS - UMR 7095
Université Pierre & Marie Curie
98bis Bd Arago
75014 Paris - France
Tel +33 (0)1 4432 8196
Fax +33 (0)1 4432 8001
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