14 DAY TRIAL // Members of Apple's Developer Connection have been seeded a new OS X 10.5.7 build one week after the previous Leopard seed (9J27), World of Apple is reporting. As usual, the Mac-focused site also got hold of the seed notes for the latest developer build of Leopard. Those can be found below.
According to the reporting site, “the rapid development of Mac OS X 10.5.7 suggests a public release before the end of March.” The fixed issues seem to have piled up nicely. The seed notes list around 80 fixes spanning the entire development of OS X 10.5.7, six of which have been fixed in the current build (9J30). One issue still haunts 10.5.7, namely the unsupported Safari 4 Beta. As for the focus areas, this time around developers are required to use their testing skills on Flash Player, USB and Flash Drives, iCal, Widgets, and more.
The seed notes for build 9J30 (lacking issues fixed in previous seeds) can be found below.
Known Issues
Safari 4 Beta only installs on Mac OS X 10.5.6.
General Focus Areas
AFP
AirPort
Bluetooth
Directory Services
FileSync
Flash Player
GraphicsDrivers
iCal
iDisk Synching
Managed Client
MobileMe Synching
Networking
Parental Controls
Printing
Screen Sharing
Sound
Time Machine
USB & Flash Drives
VPN
Widgets
X11
Areas of Change
Flash Player updated
Fixed issue with CoreGraphics and screen zoom parameters
Issue with iChat framerates fixed
Fixed problem with HFS+ volumes and DVD media
Resolved issue with iCal CalDAV and calendar refresh
Issue with CPU Software and digital output fixed.
As noted by the source of the seed notes, development on Mac OS X 10.5.7 seems to be coming along; hence, the new Leopard version may be released to the public as soon as this month.