[Xastir] Xastir on Mac OS X 10.5. Leopard

[Chip Griffin]

On Feb 18, 2008, at 17:33, Jason KG4WSV wrote:

> On Feb 18, 2008 3:15 PM, Ernst Niggli <eniggli at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 3) Installed Dev System and X11 from DVD, then the most recent  
>> version
>> (X11 2.1.4. from http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz )
>
> Is this a fork of Apple's X11, or is it a replacement, or what?   
> I've been getting X11 from Apple downloads (or the OS install media).
>
> Leopard is the most busted OS X ever (and I ran the beta version of  
> 10.0).  Make me wonder if my hardware is dying.
>
> Thanks for the update!

In order to get Leopard out on time some sacrifices were made. X11  
was at least one of them that was a little sub-prime when shipped.  
The update to 10.5.2 includes some updates to X11 which make it  
somewhat better (effectively between 2.1.1 and 2.1.2 according to the  
programmer). These releases are official Apple releases from official  
Apple sources. In fact there are some contributions from the  
community and one of the leading contributors was recently hired by  
Apple and is hard at work on X11/Xquartz. When release candidates are  
available, and when they time right with other releases, Apple has  
committed to rolling the releases out via official channels (update  
program).

Part of the reason for the big issues was a complete rewrite from  
XFree86 to X.org (I think). I'm not sure all the reasons for the  
switch, but it was a big project and they didn't fully complete it in  
the window. It is now pretty stable though, and with the 10.5.2  
update I think it is much more usable (and more so if you use the  
Xquartz updates).

There is an official Apple list (two actually) dedicated to this  
subject where you can listen to the latest chatter, contribute your  
experiences (positive and negative) and interact directly with the  
development staff at Apple. (Much like we do here.) These can be  
found at http://lists.apple.com and then click on the "Lists" button  
in the menu bar at the bottom of the page. This will show you all of  
the available lists. The one I'm on is "X11-users". I don't see the  
other one on the list, but it is more for developers anyway.



-- Chip
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