Versions

Current Status

There are 2 versions currently supported and one in development:

• v0.14.x - the current LTS (long term support) release. This version will be supported until the next LTS release comes out.
• v0.17.x - the current stable release, will be supported until 0.18 comes out
• trunk - the current development version (will become 0.18)

Fixes are almost always committed to trunk before landing in other branches, you can find a list of the currently pending fixes here.

Here is the latest release notes (the version shown may not have been released yet): v0.14.x NEWS, v0.17.x NEWS, trunk NEWS.

Older Versions

• v0.15.x - the last release to support older distributions (ie: Ubuntu Trusty, Debian Wheezy) - no longer supported
• v0.16.x - the previous release - no longer supported

Compatibility

Versions older than 0.14 are not supported. Please complain to your distributor for not updating a package with known bugs and vulnerabilities (more info here: wiki/Packaging).

You can mix versions between the clients and servers, as long as they are reasonably up to date:

• v0.14.x is compatible with versions 0.7.8 onwards. (it may or may not work with earlier versions)
• v0.15.x is compatible with versions 0.12.6 onwards
• v0.16.x is compatible with 0.14.x onwards (it may or may not be compatible with earlier versions)
• v0.17.x is compatible with 0.14.x onwards only
• v0.18.x will be compatible with 0.14.x onwards only

Binaries

You can find binaries for tagged versions here:
​http://xpra.org/dists/

You may find beta builds of any branch or trunk here:
​http://xpra.org/beta/

Release Schedule

The release schedule varies, versions are shipped when they are ready...

The target is a 3 months release cycle - but this target has been missed every time for the last 3 releases..

Release Process

• development phase: roughly 2 months
  • ticket review and planning: updating the new milestone page
  • code refactoring and cleanups early
  • beta builds
  • run automated tests
• stabilisation phase: roughly 1 month, including:
  • updating the OSX and win32 builds to the latest versions supported (ie: ffmpeg, pillow, etc..)
  • update patches with new offsets
  • check profiling results for regressions (see #797)
  • add new tests (see #847, #177, #660)
  • run with "-d all" and look for exceptions, look for idle events with out any clients connected
  • test against the oldest client and server versions supported
  • whitepsace / tabspace cleanup
  • tagging the version in the repository
• release:
  • add to wiki/News page
  • re-assign unfinished tickets to a later milestone if the work is not completed (excluding testing)
  • update wiki/Source and also this page