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Hello,

just wondering about the dependency on the whole XQuartz installation - is it really necessary?

I don't really want to mess up with installation of another large X Server package when there's one already in Mac OS X and (since 10.5) it's based on pretty much the same code anyway.

I can see other Wine porting projects such as Wineskin not depending on the whole XQuartz installation - they often bundle the minimal required X11 stuff which is much smaller than the whole XQuartz installation and doesn't at least mess up with OS X Server.

Basically I'm trying to keep things minimalistic so that's why I'm asking. :)

Xquartz packaged with PoM is far more advanced than apple X11 and do NOT mess up anything since it only enabled and work with PoM.

Crossover or Wineskin pro also provide their own Xquartz package, for the same reason.

In the latest version, PlayOnMac install XQuartz on your system.

Indeed, it caused a lot of problem to bundle it. It's a lot cleaner to install it, and it will not cause any problem on your system. The only difference is that you'll have a real X server. (The Apple X server suffers from a lot of lack)

>GNU_Raziel:
I must admit I'm quite confused by Your response - current PlayOnMac release 2.4.5 doesn't provide/include any XQuartz stuff by itself - it just downloads and installs the standard XQuartz distribution if none is found in the system.

>Tinou:
Right, but I'm still hoping for some minimalistic solution like scaled down (minimal) XQuartz edition bundled right in PlayOnMac like it's done in Wineskin for example. Standard XQuartz distribution is quite big and I don't really need it for example. Actually I skipped the XQuartz installation in PlayOnMac and just use the Apple's X11 server as I use pretty simple apps when it comes to graphics. I understand it might not be a sufficient for gaming etc, but it's not really my case.

Also when it comes to additional stuff downloaded on first PlayOnMac startup - could You just write some instructions for how to download and install all these things manually if You can't bundle it into PlayOnMac? This is the case of additional fonts for example.
It's not really difficult so I believe there shouldn't be a big problem with that and having instructions for offline PlayOnMac installation may be handy.

Thank You - and keep up the good work.

I will think about all your suggestions after my exams ! Thank's