X11 applications run with XQuartz not working properly in macOS Tahoe

Kim Serradell wrote:

There has been some activity in the GitHub post

There has been no activity in the Github post.

I assume they are aware of the issue.

There is no "they". There was only one dude and he's now on a different project. There's literally no one. The project was abandoned years ago.

Continuing your discussion would open up a much broader debate about the nature and sustainability of open-source software itself. But yes, you’re absolutely right, if this error isn’t resolved, the upgrade to Tahoe is completely blocked for us.

Forget open-source software. The issue is the sustainability of software itself. What are you going to do if this isn't fixed. Stay on Sequoia? Pay for an alternative? Switch to another operating system?

“We” are users like you and have no power to do anything 'at the OS level'. To have Apple consider your feedback, submit it here:

Feedback - macOS - Apple

Apple moved its developer forums from here to a new location. You are far more likely to get community help with this type of issue there.

Apple Developer Forums

Kim Serradell wrote:

The XQuartz developers are already aware of the issue

Are they? Do they even exist? Are they even a plural? XQuartz is an Apple project maintained by one Apple developer. Or at least, that was the case two years ago. Nothing on the project has happened since then. It seem to be abandoned.

I’m wondering if there’s anything we can do at the OS level to resolve it and restore the usual behavior from before macOS Tahoe.

The OS is off-limits, of course. XQuartz is open source and somewhat separate. Perhaps it could be fixed. Perhaps not.

It's a really tough call. Your comment in that GitHub issue is regarding a NetCDF viewer. I have some interest in that area. But should I put aside my work on an iOS/macOS GIS imagery viewer to fix XQuartz? I don't know how open source developers pay their bills. I've had to put aside my GIS project for some other apps that could result in more immediate revenue. There's this whole world of people waiting for other people to work for free. What if they just can't afford to do that anymore?