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List:       parti-discuss
Subject:    [Parti-discuss] [ANNOUNCE] xpra/wimpiggy/parti 0.0.5
From:       "Nathaniel Smith" <njs () pobox ! com>
Date:       2008-11-02 8:50:16
Message-ID: 961fa2b40811020150s2ee9fa7en75a0a75dda14bfbd () mail ! gmail ! com
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A new release of the xpra/wimpiggy/parti suite is now available, at:
 http://partiwm.org/static/downloads/parti-full-0.0.5.tar.gz

This is primarily an Xpra release, with the other packages taken along
for the ride.  Again, the focus of this release is on bugfixes.
Unfortunately, keyboard handling is still not really fixed, but most
other issues that people have raised are.  Most importantly, the
incompatibilities with Qt apps, Fedora, and xlib-xcb have been fixed.

NEWS:

v0.0.5 (2008-11-02)
===================

This release primarily contains cleanups and bugfixes for xpra.

General:
  -- Logging cleanup -- all logging now goes through the Python
     logging framework instead of using raw 'prints'.  By default
     debug logging is suppressed, but can be enabled in a fine- or
     coarse-grained way.

Xpra:
  -- Protocol changes; v0.0.5 clients can only be used with v0.0.5
     servers, and vice-versa.  Use 'xpra upgrade' to upgrade old
     servers without losing your session state.
  -- Man page now included.
  Important bug fixes:
  -- Qt apps formerly could not receive keyboard input due to a focus
     handling bug; now fixed.
  -- Fedora's pygtk2 has mysterious local hacks that broke xpra;
     a workaround is now included.
  UI improvements:
  -- 'xpra attach ssh:machine' now works out-of-the-box even if xpra
     is not present in the remote machine's PATH, or requires
     PYTHONPATH tweaks, or whatever.  (The server does still need to
     be running on the remote machine, though, of course.)
  -- Commands that connect to a running xpra server ('attach', 'stop',
     etc.) now can generally be used without specifying the name of
     the server, assuming only one server is running.  (E.g., instead
     of 'xpra attach :10', you can use 'xpra attach'; ditto for remote
     hosts, you can now use plain 'xpra attach ssh:remote'.)
  -- Mouse scroll wheels now supported.
  -- 'xpra start' can now spawn child programs directly (--with-child)
     and exit automatically when these children have exited
     (--exit-with-children).
  Other:
  -- More robust strategy for handling window stacking order.
     (Side-effect: the xpra client no longer requires you to be using
     an EWMH-compliant window manager.)
  -- The xpra client no longer crashes when receiving an unknown key
     event (e.g. a multimedia key).
  -- Very brief transient windows (e.g., tooltips) no longer create
     persistent "litter" on the screen.
  -- Windows with non-empty X borders (e.g., xterm popup menus) are
     now handled properly.
  -- Withdrawn windows no longer reappear after 'xpra upgrade'.

Wimpiggy:
  -- Do not segfault when querying the tree structure of destroyed
     windows.
  -- Other bugfixes.

Parti:
  -- No changes.

Share and enjoy,
-- Nathaniel

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