Bug ID 1193100
Summary TigerVNC 1.12.0 available (new version) and contains security fix
Classification openSUSE
Product openSUSE Tumbleweed
Version Current
Hardware All
URL https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/releases/tag/v1.12.0
OS All
Status NEW
Severity Normal
Priority P5 - None
Component X11 Applications
Assignee screening-team-bugs@suse.de
Reporter jayjayjazz@gmail.com
QA Contact qa-bugs@suse.de
Found By Community User
Blocker ---

TigerVNC 1.12.0 available

Release Notes for 1.12.0: [1]
- The native viewer now supports full screen over a subset of monitors (e.g. 2
out of 3), and reacts properly to monitors being added or removed
- Recent server history in the native viewer
- The native viewer now has an option to reconnect if the connection is dropped
- Translations are now enabled on Windows and macOS for the native viewer
- The native viewer now respects the system security policy���
- Better handling of accented keys in the Java viewer
- The Unix servers can now listen to both a Unix socket and a TCP port at the
same time
- The network code in both the servers and the native viewer has been
restructured to give a more responsive experience
- The vncserver service now correctly handles settings set to "0"
- Fixed the clipboard Unicode handling in both the native viewer and the
servers
- Support for pointer "warping" in Xvnc and the native viewer, enabling e.g.
FPS games

��� except when GnuTLS is statically linked


It seems that we have version 1.10.x currently in the repositories. So, here
are also the changes for 1.11.x: [2]
- A security issue has been fixed in how the viewers handle TLS certificate
exceptions
- vncserver has gotten a major redesign to be compatible with modern
distributions
- The native viewer now has touch gestures to handle certain mouse actions
(e.g. scroll wheel)
- Middle mouse button emulation in the native viewer, for devices with only two
mouse buttons
- The Java viewer now supports Java 9+, but also now requires Java 8+
- Support for alpha cursors in the Java viewer (a feature already supported in
the native viewer)
- The password and username can now be specified via the environment for the
native viewer
- Support for building Xvnc/libvnc.so with Xorg 1.20.7+ and deprecate support
for Xorg older than 1.16
- The official builds have been fixed to work on the upcoming macOS 11
- The Windows server (WinVNC) is now packaged separately as it is unmaintained
and buggy


[1]: https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/releases/tag/v1.12.0
[2]: https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/releases/tag/v1.11.0


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