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

Wed Dec 30 18:02:59 GMT 2015

Thanks for the quick response Antoine.

I actually figured out that it has to do with gtk.gtk_version() reporting a version higher than the installed PyGTK - which in my case is the RPM installed from CentOS 6.

So, 0.16.1 is now in the EL6 repo? Awesome!

Best,
Evan

On December 30, 2015 at 1:00:50 PM, Antoine Martin (antoine at nagafix.co.uk) wrote:
> 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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