Are there any instructions on how to download XQuartz from source and build it? If we could get that far it might be possible to contribute back although I suspect that only a few people know enough about how to integrate the X.org changes.
Regards, Rob. > On 24 Aug 2019, at 16:10, William Michels via X11-users > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you, Jeremy. The Github repo is a huge help--a lot of people > will be able to contribute that way. > > I suppose many people assume that XQuartz is an Apple-sponsored > project (myself included), but from what you're saying--it isn't. > > The truth is, ever since ICS LGPL'ed Motif 2.3.4, I'm rather jealous > of Red Had, Fedora, and Ubuntu, who have those binaries available: > > https://motif.ics.com/motif > https://motif.ics.com > > Total newbie question here: rather than fixing extant bugs in "X.Org > XQuartz", is trying to build a "Motif XQuartz" a realistic option? And > what about Motif licensing issues? > > Apple released the quartz-wm window manager under Apple Public Source > License Version 2. Presumably Motif's window manager (mwm) and other > executables available from a Motif 2.3.4 build (uil, xmbind) would > have to remain LGPL. Does LGPL "play well" with X.Org's many licenses > (available below)? > > https://www.x.org/archive/current/doc/xorg-docs/License.html > > Best Regards, > > Bill. > > W. Michels, Ph.D. > > > On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 10:02 PM Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The problem is that there aren't really any "XQuartz people" to do this >> since I now have 2 kids and nobody's really volunteered to work on this in >> my absence. I started working on a new build system to build a newer >> package but haven't gotten much farther than setting up a git repo with all >> the submodules and starting to work on a build script: >> >> https://github.com/XQuartz/XQuartz >> >> If anyone wants to help with that, it'd surely go a long way to actually >> getting a newer release out. =) >> >> --Jeremy >> >>> On Aug 23, 2019, at 05:14, William Michels <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Chris (and Jeremy), >>> >>> Thank you for your post. So there's a bug in xquartz that's been >>> around since 2017 that's affecting the High Performance Computing >>> Center at the University of Edinburgh? >>> >>> https://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/blog/2017/05/24/x-windows-and-xquartz-archer >>> >>> I checked bugzilla and see 1. that the bug is marked as "resolved", >>> and 2. that there's a patch available: >>> >>> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96260 >>> >>> It would be great if the XQuartz people could release a binary (DMG) >>> that includes the patch. I can see a lot of people still being >>> affected by this, and not knowing about a resolution via the MacPorts >>> version. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Bill. >>> >>> W. Michels, Ph.D. >>> >>> >>> >>>> Message: 2 >>>> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 03:42:09 +0100 >>>> From: Chris Jones <[email protected]> >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: X11 errors with Firefox on Ubuntu 18.04.3 >>>> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Known issue, many discussions on the web, e.g. >>>> >>>> https://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/blog/2017/05/24/x-windows-and-xquartz-archer >>>> >>>> Also, Note xquartz from >>>> >>>> https://www.xquartz.org/ >>>> >>>> Is effectively no longer maintained and out of date. Instead the >>>> recommendation is now to install it via MacPorts >>>> >>>> https://www.macports.org/ >>>> >>>> sudo port install xorg-server >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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/rob%40atvetsystems.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/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
