[X2Go-Dev] Testers Wanted: X2Go Client for Windows 4.0.2.1-pre04

[Michael DePaulo]

On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 9:46 AM, Michael DePaulo <mikedep333 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Michael DePaulo <mikedep333 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> In preparation for the upcoming release of X2Go Client 4.0.2.1 (which
>> has been delayed till after August 2nd,) a new preview build (pre04)
>> of X2Go Client for Windows is available to download under:
>> http://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-win32/x2goclient/previews/4.0.2.1/
>
> btw, ignore the build "x2goclient-4.0.2.1-2014.07.08-setup.exe" in
> that folder. It is one commit behind, so it does not have the fix for
> #525.
>
>> It is based on commit 3d76d00.
>> http://code.x2go.org/gitweb?p=x2goclient.git;a=commit;h=3d76d001c18fef4f88cb98c598a5841be4d7ee96
>>
>> In particular, there are 2 things we would like people to test:
>>
>> 1. That bug #525 is fixed.:
>> x2goclient.exe shows "arrow and hourglass" cursor for 5 seconds during startup
>> http://bugs.x2go.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=525

Sorry, I didn't check my inbox, and missed an email from Alex.

The code/fix for bug #525 is not complete, I need to update the build
scripts and update the build steps on wiki.x2go.org.

>> 2. Testing the installer in general, particularly for regressions in
>> internationalization.

Still, testing the installer will be useful with this build.

>> Major improvements have been made to the installer in order to provide
>> a proper fix for bug #108. There are no longer separate fonts builds,
>> they are included in the regular build. (There is still a debug build
>> though.)
>>
>> The inclusion of the fonts makes the regular build and the debug build
>> about 50MB instead of about 20MB.
>>
>> -Mike#2

I hope to have -pre05 out later today with the complete code/fix for #525

-Mike#2