There was one change, but it didn't completely address the problem.

> On May 17, 2016, at 21:53, César <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Jeremy, was the OpenGL context clipping bug addressed in 2.7.9, or is it 
> still pending? (I sent you a minimal working example showing the bug some 
> time ago)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> César
> 
> 
> 
> El miércoles, 18 de mayo de 2016, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia 
> <[email protected]> escribió:
> 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
> >
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