> On May 17, 2016, at 22:18, Richard Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't know what IGLX is, but GLX did not seem to work for me at all when I > tried it in 2.7.9. Specifically, I could not run glxgears on a remote linux > box, which is the canonical GLX test I always use.
That is IGLX. > But the good news it that switching back to 2.7.8 was painless and made my > problems with 2.7.9 go away. > >> On May 17, 2016, at 9:40 PM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> FWIW, there are security vulnerabilities addressed in the versions of libpng >> in 2.7.9, so you might want to update at least for the security reasons. >> >> The only issues that I'm aware of as regressions are the issues with IGLX >> (which isn't really going to be supported much longer) and a regression in >> the support for tcp connections (which is off by default and discouraged). >> >> --Jeremy >> >>> On May 17, 2016, at 14:39, Christopher Fick <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Magda, thank you so much for your thoughts! I did notice that v2.7.9 was >>> just released earlier this month, and bugs were one thing I wondered about. >>> I'm pretty out of the loop on this stuff. >>> >>> And, no I don't think I have anything to gain from an upgrade. Nothing >>> prompted me to look into an upgrade aside from curiosity and an attempt to >>> stay up to date. I just use XQ to run Inkscape, and so far I haven't had >>> any issues in the little I've used it. It also appears that Inkscape is >>> still standing at the same version (0.91) as when I initially installed it >>> with XQ So, I will take your advice. If it ain't broken... >>> >>> Many Thanks! >>> Christopher >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 4:25 PM, Magda Tsintou <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> Note: Sorry forgot to reply to all so that everyone can keep track of the >>> conversation... >>> >>> Hi Christopher, >>> >>> With your OSX you would certainly not need to update. We recently were >>> discussing some bugs in XQ 2.7.9 that have not been resolved while the >>> version 2.7.8 works perfectly fine and I am running El Capitan 10.11.5. XQ >>> 2.7.9 did not allow me to work with certain commands that needed forwarding >>> over ssh and given the limited people who have been working on that fix >>> this may cause problems for some time. I would strongly recommend from my >>> personal experience to stick with XQ 2.7.8 if you have nothing in >>> particular to gain from upgrading. I hope this helps a bit. Good luck! >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Magda. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 5:17 PM, Christopher Fick <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> Hi I'm running XQ 2.7.8, and I see that 2.7.9 is now available. If I check >>> for updates through the XQ "app" it says I'm up to date with 2.7.8. >>> >>> So, if I manually download and install 2.7.9 from the website should I just >>> install it over the previous version? >>> >>> And on a side note, should I be able to update through 2.7.8, or is it >>> common knowledge that it doesn't work that way since this is more of a >>> framework (for lack of better words) rather than a normal application. >>> >>> Macbook Pro Mid 2012 15" >>> OSX 10.8.5 >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Christopher >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>> X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/magda.tsintou%40gmail.com >>> >>> This email sent to [email protected] >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>> X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/jeremyhu%40freedesktop.org >>> >>> This email sent to [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/wealthychef%40gmail.com >> >> This email sent to [email protected] >
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