Heads-Up: Upcoming X2GoClient 4.1.0.0 Release / Sponsorship of X2Go macOS Client Development
Hi everyone,
a few days ago, Mihai (ionic) posted a call for translations to <x2go-i18n@lists.x2go.org>, in which he mentioned that he intends to have X2GoClient 4.1.0.0 release-ready around 2017-02-09.
Key new features/bugfixes of this upcoming release are:
- PulseAudio Support on macOS
- updated SSHD handling for the client-side SSHD required for file and print sharing
- fix for the "key error" messages also relating to SSHD that may have kept file and print sharing from working, esp. on Windows
A full list of features and bugfixes will be published by Mihai once the official release takes place. This message is so you can plan ahead and find a spot in your personal schedule where you might want to download, test, and deploy the new client.
I would also like to use this opportunity to introduce a new sponsor, CFD.direct.
CFD Direct <http://cfd.direct> are the primary developers of OpenFOAM <http://openfoam.org>, the free, open source software for computational fluid dynamics.
We received 1000 EUR from them as an initial payment, along with a statement that they intend to fund the project annually with a fixed percentage of their cloud revenue. Our plan is to use this money to rent a virtual macOS system running a current version of macOS, and add this as a Jenkins slave to our current build infrastructure. That way, creating new X2GoClient builds for macOS will be a lot easier (automated, nightly builds etc.). Due to personal vacation time, this will probably not happen before early April 2017, though with a little bit of luck we can start as early as Mid-February.
Long story short: Especially if you're a macOS user, please give X2GoClient 4.1.0.0 a try once it's officially released, and report back any bugs with it on our bugtracker. Instructions on how to report bugs can be found here: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/wiki:bugs#reporting_bugs
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Kind Regards, Stefan Baur
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Hi everyone,
in my previous message, dated 2017-01-23, I announced that we intended to have X2GoClient 4.1.0.0 release-ready around 2017-02-09.
If you're wondering why there hasn't been a release since, it is because we noted some bugs related to PulseAudio on macOS and Windows late during the testing phase.
These issues should be fixed for macOS now, though one issue will probably still be present for Windows: While audio support in general works (like, when using mplayer or VLC), sound from an HTML5 video Firefox most likely will not. We are aware of the issue and working on it, so if the Windows fix doesn't make it into 4.1.0.0, we will push another release shortly after.
The estimated release date is now: 2017-02-22, 00:30 CET.
Again, key new features/bugfixes of this upcoming release are:
- PulseAudio Support on macOS
- updated SSHD handling for the client-side SSHD required for file and print sharing
- fix for the "key error" messages also relating to SSHD that may have kept file and print sharing from working, esp. on Windows
A full list of features and bugfixes will be published by Mihai once the official release takes place. This message is so you can plan ahead and find a spot in your personal schedule where you might want to download, test, and deploy the new client.
Kind Regards, Stefan Baur
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Stefan Baur