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Xcode 7.3.1 is available on the Mac app store

29 points by marvel_boy 10y ago

b123400 10y ago
Glad that the XLIFF file import bug is fixed
askyourmother 10y ago
Holy multi-GB download Batman! How do developers on slow and metered connection deal with this?
- Philipp__ 10y ago
  I have never ever in my life downloaded XCode with full Bandwidth. It always takes ages to download, despite fast internet download speed. :(
- rbritton 10y ago
  Not on that kind of connection, but I can rarely successfully download something that large from the App Store on the first attempt. I've found it far better to get from the tools area of the developer member center.
  - dv_dt 10y ago
    What I'm always shocked at is that the App Store doesn't seem to have any capability to resume a download.
    - grandalf 10y ago
      The app store on OSX is among the buggiest pieces of software I've ever used. - on opening it's very slow to render the first screen - on clicking, the "updates" tab is extremely slow to display anything. - clicking to initiate an update often doesn't do anything, and multiple subsequent clicks are required - once an update is initiated and downloading, the state is often inaccurate on the updates screen - often after clicking "update all", only some of the updates actually begin. This happens on the IOS app store too. This is with a fast (120 megabits per second) connection and a top of the line 15" macbook pro.
- regnet 10y ago
  I see 235 MB http://i.imgur.com/ZuxebCJ.png http://i.imgur.com/ZuxebCJ.png
  - k-mcgrady 10y ago
    You're probably seeing the delta update and OP is looking at the full Xcode download.
- mwfunk 10y ago
  How do developers on a slow and metered connection download OS updates? Surely that's 100x worse.
  - askyourmother 10y ago
    A good point - some updates from apple are again multi-GB.
  - ChristinaM 10y ago
    I'm travelling semi-permanently (away from "home" ~9 months now). I had to update OS X and Xcode recently. 11GB fortunately only took 2 days (and $60 of data charges) since I'm somewhere with ok cell LTE. I did have to delay the update for a month or two until I was somewhere I could do it.
- boticus_prime 10y ago
  For those with slow or unreliable connections, you may want to take a look at this Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/osx/comments/3nc6ol/could_any_one_explain_this_why_xcode_download/ https://www.reddit.com/r/osx/comments/3nc6ol/could_any_one_e... It Explains how to use wget to download Xcode...which will allow you to stop and resume the download if needed.
larrik 10y ago
As someone who hasn't used XCode in a while, why is this release news-worthy?
- deleted 10y ago
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0x0 10y ago
That's a really long time to patch that critical git 2.7.4 vulnerability. Have they even patched the openssh UseRoaming bug yet? Using only Apple tools to interface with foreign git repositories on the internet is a high risk sport these days (weeks (months))...
- jeremyhu 10y ago
  Upstream fixed the issue a couple days before Xcode 7.3 was released (and didn't even have their story straight about what version actually contained the fix). The fix was available in the 7.3.1 beta less than a month later, so I'm not sure where you get "months" from there. As for the OpenSSH issues you mention (CVE-0216-0777 and CVE-0216-0778), those were fixed in OS X 10.11.4 months ago.
  - 0x0 10y ago
    The git bugs were announced around March 15th (with some funny business going on with 2.7.1 and 2.7.3, before 2.7.4 came about). Debian released patches for git in DSA-3521-1 on March 19th, Xcode didn't fix this before 7.3.1 yesterday. That's about a month and a half. Beta versions of Xcode can't be used to submit to the app store, so they aren't useful because any serious developer will still need to have the latest stable xcode installed and probably set as default to not risk appstore submission problems. Debian: 4 days to patch. Xcode: 50 days. The openssh bugs were announced around January 14th. Debian released patches for OpenSSH in DSA-3446-1 on the same day. I guess Apple finally fixed it in OSX 10.11.4 which was released on March 21st. That's more than two months. Thanks for the heads-up, though, after two months with no patch I kind of assumed there would never be a patch. Debian: 0 days to patch. OSX: 67 days
grav 10y ago
Will the Mac App Store download only the diff?
- tomku 10y ago
  It did for me, was about 235mb.
58028641 10y ago
Why is this interesting? It looks like any other Xcode update.

29 points by marvel_boy 10y ago

b123400 10y ago

Glad that the XLIFF file import bug is fixed

askyourmother 10y ago

Holy multi-GB download Batman! How do developers on slow and metered connection deal with this?

Philipp__ 10y ago
I have never ever in my life downloaded XCode with full Bandwidth. It always takes ages to download, despite fast internet download speed. :(
rbritton 10y ago
Not on that kind of connection, but I can rarely successfully download something that large from the App Store on the first attempt. I've found it far better to get from the tools area of the developer member center.
- dv_dt 10y ago
  What I'm always shocked at is that the App Store doesn't seem to have any capability to resume a download.
  - grandalf 10y ago
    The app store on OSX is among the buggiest pieces of software I've ever used. - on opening it's very slow to render the first screen - on clicking, the "updates" tab is extremely slow to display anything. - clicking to initiate an update often doesn't do anything, and multiple subsequent clicks are required - once an update is initiated and downloading, the state is often inaccurate on the updates screen - often after clicking "update all", only some of the updates actually begin. This happens on the IOS app store too. This is with a fast (120 megabits per second) connection and a top of the line 15" macbook pro.
regnet 10y ago
I see 235 MB http://i.imgur.com/ZuxebCJ.png http://i.imgur.com/ZuxebCJ.png
- k-mcgrady 10y ago
  You're probably seeing the delta update and OP is looking at the full Xcode download.
mwfunk 10y ago
How do developers on a slow and metered connection download OS updates? Surely that's 100x worse.
- askyourmother 10y ago
  A good point - some updates from apple are again multi-GB.
- ChristinaM 10y ago
  I'm travelling semi-permanently (away from "home" ~9 months now). I had to update OS X and Xcode recently. 11GB fortunately only took 2 days (and $60 of data charges) since I'm somewhere with ok cell LTE. I did have to delay the update for a month or two until I was somewhere I could do it.
boticus_prime 10y ago
For those with slow or unreliable connections, you may want to take a look at this Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/osx/comments/3nc6ol/could_any_one_explain_this_why_xcode_download/ https://www.reddit.com/r/osx/comments/3nc6ol/could_any_one_e... It Explains how to use wget to download Xcode...which will allow you to stop and resume the download if needed.

larrik 10y ago

As someone who hasn't used XCode in a while, why is this release news-worthy?

deleted 10y ago
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0x0 10y ago

That's a really long time to patch that critical git 2.7.4 vulnerability. Have they even patched the openssh UseRoaming bug yet? Using only Apple tools to interface with foreign git repositories on the internet is a high risk sport these days (weeks (months))...

jeremyhu 10y ago
Upstream fixed the issue a couple days before Xcode 7.3 was released (and didn't even have their story straight about what version actually contained the fix). The fix was available in the 7.3.1 beta less than a month later, so I'm not sure where you get "months" from there. As for the OpenSSH issues you mention (CVE-0216-0777 and CVE-0216-0778), those were fixed in OS X 10.11.4 months ago.
- 0x0 10y ago
  The git bugs were announced around March 15th (with some funny business going on with 2.7.1 and 2.7.3, before 2.7.4 came about). Debian released patches for git in DSA-3521-1 on March 19th, Xcode didn't fix this before 7.3.1 yesterday. That's about a month and a half. Beta versions of Xcode can't be used to submit to the app store, so they aren't useful because any serious developer will still need to have the latest stable xcode installed and probably set as default to not risk appstore submission problems. Debian: 4 days to patch. Xcode: 50 days. The openssh bugs were announced around January 14th. Debian released patches for OpenSSH in DSA-3446-1 on the same day. I guess Apple finally fixed it in OSX 10.11.4 which was released on March 21st. That's more than two months. Thanks for the heads-up, though, after two months with no patch I kind of assumed there would never be a patch. Debian: 0 days to patch. OSX: 67 days

grav 10y ago

Will the Mac App Store download only the diff?

tomku 10y ago
It did for me, was about 235mb.

58028641 10y ago

Why is this interesting? It looks like any other Xcode update.