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Linux Mint 18 Sarah
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Look and feel:
isolinux theme
plymouth theme
new GTK theme
new icon theme
consider making it easy to switch to old theme? (maybe a meta-theme and support for it in cinnamon?).
website revamp
update translations
update linuxmint-keyring
consider enabling recommends
X-Apps:
[done] xed
[done] xplayer
[done] xviewer
[done] xreader
xar
xapps support in Cinnamon
xapps support in MATE
xapps support in MIME defaults
terminal:
[Fixed in git] terminal makes sounds
Shift+Ctrl+T to open a new tab... should be Ctrl+T
no transparency?
no new tab option in context menu
Regressions:
GTK/Nemo: text entry out of place when renaming a file
GTK: Overlay scrollbars hide content (for instance the last line of text in a text editor when wrapping is disabled)
GTK: Pathbar buttons (visible in nemo)
firefox:
put packages in live repository
update bookmarks (remove community or put it at the end)
update DDG search engine
consider not using default profile
artwork:
update default background in mint-artwork-gnome
mint-backgrounds-sarah
cinnamon screensaver:
https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/issues/5150#issuecomment-215728443
Mint apps:
gtk3:
[done] mintdesktop
[done] mintsystem
[done] mintwelcome
[done] mintlocale
[done] mintdrivers
[done] mintnanny
[done] mintstick
[done] mint-common
[done] mintupdate
mintbackup
mintinstall
mintsources
mintupload
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mintwelcome uses 32px png icons
mintlocale uses fixed-size flag icons
mintupdate uses fixed-size icons
Full black-box testing on xenial:
mintdesktop
mintsystem
mintwelcome
mintinstall
mintmenu
mintsources
mintstick
mintupdate
mintupload
mintbackup
mintdrivers
mintlocale
mintnanny
mintupdate: thicken numbers in status icons
mintupload: use icon names rather than path to SVG
mintinstall: add sarah to community, export pkg list to server-side infra
mintupdate:
thicken numbers in status icons
mintupload:
use icon names rather than path to SVG
mintinstall:
add sarah to community, export pkg list to server-side infra
mintsources:
https://github.com/linuxmint/mintsources/issues/59
mintinstall:
when apt cache is missing, it just says not available. Instead it could tell the user or even help the user to refresh the cache.
mintmenu:
dark themes https://github.com/linuxmint/mintmenu/issues/87
https://github.com/linuxmint/mintmenu/issues/149
https://github.com/linuxmint/mintmenu/issues/145
prefs don't open?
use aptdaemon?
aptdaemon doesn't work in LMDE and is being abandoned upstream
in mintupdate, remove dep on synaptic, remove admin rights for checkAPT.py
in mintwelcome and codec menu entry, switch from apturl to aptdaemon
in mintsources, remove dep on synaptic
remove synaptic from default selection
remove synaptic from mintmenu's favorites
update mint-translations
Software selection:
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consider replacing/removing gthumb
System:
Restore brightness settings on reboot (killswitch does that for bluetooth state)
add "pwfeedback" to Defaults line in sudoers file, to show *** feedback when typing password
Upgrade path from Mint 17.3
Don't disable ipv6 in Firefox
check that libdvdcss2 is no longer needed (test encrypted DVD playback, consider libdvd-pkg, or postinst installation from libdvdread4)
move extra pkgs to import
remove adobe-flashplugin from the repos (was put there temporarily as Ubuntu xenial partner repo doesn't have it yet)
update live grub
update ubuntu-drivers-common (possibly nvidia-prime)
mdm: don't let people type their username without clicking something
mdm: Logitech keyboards support https://github.com/linuxmint/mdm/issues/5
mintsources: https://github.com/linuxmint/mintsources/issues/59
meta: update fonts deps to fonts-dejavu, fonts-dejavu-extra, fonts-wqy-microhei.
mint-meta-mate: 1) no need to depend on gir1.2-mate-menu, it's not used anywhere and is half-broken; 2) need to drop mate-netspeed for mint 18 as this package is merged into mate-applets in 1.14 release.
mate 1.14:
touchpad: tap actions should reflect click actions
mcc: replace sound themes with sound events
multi-monitor: caja doesn't always show the desktop on the primary monitor (using a laptop as main/left monitor, and HDMI screen with higher res on the right, it surprisingly ends up showing icons on the right screen)
mdm:
don't let people type their username without clicking something
Logitech keyboards support https://github.com/linuxmint/mdm/issues/5
cinnamon 3.0:
nemo: restore the ability to select files on the desktop by typing their name
provide cinnamon-desktop-environment and cinnamon-core metapackages
touchpad: tap actions should reflect click actions
multi-monitor: add an option to suspend on lid-close EVEN when external monitors are plugged
sound: add an option to switch sound to HDMI when an HDMI output device is plugged
menu: search on non-accentuated versions (for instance, "method" should find mintlocale's im in French)
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accessibility: ability to select files by hovering them
menu: use search providers to search local files
mintupdate:
unattended updates? at least provide a CLI to do it via cron?
fix mergelist issues directly in mintupdate or checkAPT
mintinstall: when apt cache is missing, it just says not available. Instead it could tell the user or even help the user to refresh the cache.
mintmenu: dark themes https://github.com/linuxmint/mintmenu/issues/87
mintsystem: review /usr/bin/apt and add missing features (list, search etc..)
mintmenu: https://github.com/linuxmint/mintmenu/issues/149
mintmenu: https://github.com/linuxmint/mintmenu/issues/145
people are led to believe the community website is the place for support:
change the order in FF bookmarks -> place Community at the end, after Forums/Blog.
place an info message in the sidebar (or headerbar), and on the registration page to explain the forums are the place to be.
gthumb tries to launch gnome-control-center when applying a background
hexchat: add notifications, hide in/out messages, by default
Ready:
mintsources: add-apt-repository now supports --remove
17.3
=====
Maintenance
===========
Cinnamon point releases
MATE updates:
http://pastebin.ca/3374335
release management:
screenshots
videos of each desktops
update listing on website from mintinstall
upgrade LO to 5.0.4
mate:
make transitional packages for:
mate-dialogs -> zenity
mate-calc -> gcaltool
mate-system-tools -> gnome-system-tools
MATE/Xfce: provide QT5 override in /etc/X11/Xsession.d to make it use GTK style
alt-tab thumbs cost perf..
caja: clicking on home [compact view] in sidebar then on filesystem [icon view], back and forth, eventually dir names disappear
md5sum action
lmde:
bashrc: # colored GCC warnings and errors --> export GCC_COLORS='error=01;31:warning=01;35:note=01;36:caret=01;32:locus=01:quote=01' (won't work until gcc 4.9)
update grub (improves efi support)
Add va-driver-all to the list of installed packages (fixes black bands with Intel GPUs).
upgrade path:
/etc/plymouth/plymouthd.conf --> [Daemon] Theme=mint-logo
logind.conf
history and completion in bashrc
install libhal1-flash by default
consider activating http://backports.debian.org/changes/jessie-backports.html
backport blueman 2.0.1
website:
switch sensitive parts to https (md5 in particular)
Update tapatalk API on forums.
handle utf-8 on spices, see comments on http://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/171
PIA:
command to set up connection
ca.crt
tutorial
support for openvpn
cinnamon-spices website:
reimplement css
handle utf-8, see comments on http://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/171
community website:
people are led to believe the community website is the place for support. place an info message in the sidebar (or headerbar), and on the registration page to explain the forums are the place to be.
Linux Mint 18.1
===============
system
consider adding snapd
cinnamon 3.2
vertical panels
retire boxpointers
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menu: adopt this layout (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/The-Panacea-Projects/Gnomenu/master/Screenshot.png), same as ours/mintmenu, only better.
add a printer applet
mate 1.16
swith MATE to GTK3
switch mintmenu to GTK3
sound events vs sound themes
multi-monitor: caja doesn't always show the desktop on the primary monitor (using a laptop as main/left monitor, and HDMI screen with higher res on the right, it surprisingly ends up showing icons on the right screen)
libindicator++?
xed
sublime-like search bar
sublime-like search bar
mintupdate:
provide a CLI (to let people upgrade automatically)
fix mergelist issues directly in mintupdate or checkAPT
LMDE +1:
=========
bashrc: # colored GCC warnings and errors --> export GCC_COLORS='error=01;31:warning=01;35:note=01;36:caret=01;32:locus=01:quote=01' (won't work until gcc 4.9)
update grub (improves efi support)
history and completion in bashrc
install libhal1-flash by default
consider activating http://backports.debian.org/changes/jessie-backports.html