[winswitch] [ANNOUNCE] xpra 0.16.0 (new major release)

Wed Dec 30 18:00:41 GMT 2015

On 30/12/15 23:57, Evan Sarmiento wrote:
> Hi Antoine,
> 
> Just upgraded to xpra 0.16.0; and I’m getting an error such as this when trying to attach an xpra server. Does this have to do with my somehow inoperative GStreamer?
No it doesn't, but I'll also take a look at this one ASAP.

(snip)
>   File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/xpra/gtk_common/gtk_util.py", line 247, in is_realized
>     return widget.get_realized()
> AttributeError: 'BorderClientWindow' object has no attribute 'get_realized'
> 2015-12-30 11:55:38,960 no more options.. this window will not be shown, sorry

Thanks for the report. This is now fixed. Sorry about that.

Since this is a pretty big issue, I've pushed pre-release 0.16.1 builds
with this fix to the stable CentOS 6 repositories.

Cheers
Antoine

> 
> 
> On December 30, 2015 at 8:32:14 AM, Antoine Martin (antoine at nagafix.co.uk) wrote:
> On 30/12/15 20:07, Norman Rasmussen wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 3:52 PM, Antoine Martin
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 29/12/15 22:48, Douglas Doole wrote:
>>>>> Hi Antoine. Any ETA for the 0.16 binary to be available for
>>>>> Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty)?
>>>> Ubuntu Trusty is not supported with newer versions (0.16 and
>>>> later). I will continue to maintain the 0.15 branch for those
>>>> distros unable to make the jump.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What does 0.16 require that trusty doesn't have? i.e. if I wanted
>>>> to upgrade to 0.16 what do I need to pull from a newer release to
>>>> support it?
> The main stumbling block with making builds for Trusty is that we have
> removed support for the ill-fated Debian libav fork and will only
> support ffmpeg going forward.
>  
> I have made builds for Trusty and those work fine but they lack h264
> decoding which is done via our "dec_avcodec2", and the colourspace
> conversion step is done via the slow cython fallback.
>  
> There is a 0.16.1-RC build there right now (but beware that the beta
> area gets cleaned up and refreshed regularly, 0.17 alpha builds are
> coming up next):
> http:/xpra.org/beta/trusty/
>  
> h264 is the default encoding because it provides the best performance,
> which is why I don't want to make a new release without it.
> It would be seen as a regression for many use cases.
> The vp8 encoding is pretty close, but it has not had the same amount
> of testing.
>  
> The other problem with Trusty is OpenGL driver stability.
>  
> Another potential problem is the move to GStreamer 1.x and the
> packaging changes that go with it.
>  
> If there is enough demand for it, I guess I could change my mind on
> this issue, but only if enough Trusty users request it and do enough
> testing...
>  
> The next Ubuntu LTS release will be supported in 0.16 and later.
>  
> Cheers
> Antoine
>  
>  
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers Antoine
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 12:20 AM Antoine Martin
>>>>>  
>>>>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> This release builds on the structural changes made in 0.15 to
>>>>> improve the existing functionality and add some useful new
>>>>> features.
>>>>>
>>>>> You can find a more user friendly description of these changes,
>>>>> including more detailed descriptions and links, here:
>>>>> http://xpra.org/trac/wiki/News#a0.16.0Release
>>>>>
>>>>> Here are some of the most prominent changes: * client side window
>>>>> scaling * audio-video synchronization * improved printer
>>>>> forwarding and HTML5 client printing support * support for screen
>>>>> capture tools * support remote SSH start without specifying a
>>>>> display * dbus server for easier runtime control * XShape
>>>>> forwarding for X11 clients * remove more legacy code, cleanups,
>>>>> add sanity checks, etc * switch to GStreamer 1.x on most
>>>>> platforms * zero copy memoryview buffers, safer read-only
>>>>> buffers * improved vp9 support * handling of very high client
>>>>> resolutions (8k and above) * more reliable window positioning and
>>>>> geometry (many changes) * network and protocol improvements:
>>>>> safety checks, threading, etc * support multiple socket
>>>>> directories * encryption improvements: support TCP only
>>>>> encryption, PKCS#7 padding * improved DPI and anti-alias
>>>>> synchronization and handling * better multi-monitor support * lz4
>>>>> faster modes with automatic speed tuning * server file upload
>>>>> from system tray * new debugging subcommand: "xpra showconfig" *
>>>>> option to select a specific clibpoard to synchronize with (MS
>>>> Windows)
>>>>> * faster OpenGL screen updates: group screen updates * replace
>>>>> calls to setxkbmap with native X11 API * opensuse support * XShm
>>>>> for override-redirect windows and shadow servers * faster X11
>>>>> shadow servers * improved logging and debugging tools, fault
>>>>> injection * more robust error handling and recovery from client
>>>>> errors * NVENC support for MS Windows shadow servers
>>>>>
>>>>> Your comments and feature requests are always welcome. Now is the
>>>>> perfect time to submit them for the next release:
>>>>> http://xpra.org/trac/milestone/0.17
>>>>>
>>>>> The source: https://xpra.org/src/ Binaries/repositories:
>>>>> https://winswitch.org/downloads/ Direct binary downloads:
>>>>> https://xpra.org/dists/ Beta: https://xpra.org/beta/
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers Antoine _______________________________________________
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