[winswitch] [ANNOUNCE] Xpra 4.0.3: many issues, one critical

[carl langlois]

Hi Antoine,
Is ubuntu 19.10 build coming?

Regards
Carl

On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 2:53 AM Antoine Martin via shifter-users <
shifter-users at lists.devloop.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This update contains all the fixes that had accumulated since 4.0.2 was
> released 2 months ago.
>
> The only real critical issue is a server crash due to a use-after-free
> bug in the scrolling detection code. With older versions, this crash can
> be prevented using the environment variable: XPRA_SCROLL_ENCODING=0
>
> The other fixes are all over the codebase, with many platform-specific
> fixes, systray, window geometry, cosmetic, packaging, etc..
>
> Updating is recommended.
>
> Cheers,
> Antoine
>
>
> Release notes:
> * fix server crash caused by use after free in scrolling code
> * fix encryption option overzealously enforced on all socket types
> * fix network layer compression errors that cause connections to drop
> * fix printing errors with some shell character encodings
> * fix NVENC h264 stream compatibility with HTML5 client
> * fix windows not getting focused when clicking on title bar (HTML5)
> * fix suspend / resume errors with tray windows
> * fix garbled terminal when ssh messages and 'top' client conflict
> * fix OpenGL "force" enable option not honoured
> * fix tray geometry errors
> * fix missing tray with Ubuntu Gnome
> * fix socket setup error handler
> * fix minimum video scaling not being honoured via heuristics
> * fix error in main thread verifier (fortunately, never fired)
> * fix archlinux build root stripping
> * fix detection of named-pipe creation errors
> * fix MS Windows shadow server errors with 'bind=auto'
> * fix MS Windows Keymap_info.exe tool
> * fix MS Windows servers slow to handle connections with mDNS enabled
> * fix MacOS clipboard unnecessarily sending data
> * fix clipboard data sometimes going missing when ownership changes
> * fix memory contents of the swscale pixel format object
> * fix csc_swscale converter getting recycled every time
> * fix division by zero errors during window cleanup
> * fix rfb connections missing all screen updates
> * fix RPM spec file for CentOS 8
> * fix toolbox examples when running under wayland
> * fix 'xpra toolbox' subcommand on MacOS
> * fix MacOS errors with some subcommands (ie: 'list')
> * fix MacOS outdated system version requirements in hidden sub-app
> * fix sshfp support on MacOS (was missing dns python module)
> * fix notification widget wrongly stealing input focus
> * fix support for building with CUDA 11.0
> * fix unshrinkable session-info window
> * fix window resizing errors when non-GUI clients are also connected
> * avoid ever using b-frames for text content
> * silence unhelpful gtk warnings on MacOS
> * avoid opengl warning with wayland
> * add extra environment variables to disable any server side scaling
> * also update mdns records when the session name changes
> * workaround for older versions of python-cryptography
> * use 'text' mode for 'geany' (fixes lossy screen updates)
> * ensure all toolbox windows set a correct and readable window title
> * remove workaround for unsupported versions of Ubuntu
> * make it possible to specify the path when saving video streams/frames
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