Update roadmap

Fixed.md

@@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ KDE Edition (Plasma 5.8)
     theme needs support for logout/shutdown session background
     configure the SDDM theme background
     kmail fails because /var/lib/mysql-files doesn't exist
+    installer: continue button greyed out when not enough HDD

New.md

@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ New bug reports in Linux Mint 18.1 BETA
 All editions
 ------------
 
-    mintupdate: changelog for 4.8 kernels doesn't work
-
 Cinnamon Edition - last processed comment: #191
 -----------------------------------------------
 
@@ -17,8 +15,6 @@ Xfce Edition - last processed comment: #68
 KDE Edition - last processed comment: #39
 -----------------------------------------
 
-    installer: continue button greyed out when not enough HDD
-
 LMDE - last processed comment: #0
 ---------------------------------
     app icons missing for some mint apps:

Postponed.md

@@ -3,24 +3,15 @@ Improvements selected for the future
 
 Mint 18.x
 ---------
-    common:
-        new users: perms at 750 by default? http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-security/managing-default-unix-file-permissions-with-adduser-and-umask/.
-        for non-english speaking people, it is not possible to change language, nor keyboard settings, when starting livemedia.
-        backport VLC 3
 
     nemo:
-        remove duplication between Eject and Safely Remove (for removable devices).
         [Can't reproduce] Regression in Nemo: Umounting dual-partitioned HDD freezes Nemo.
         video thumbnails are blurry https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/issues/825.
 
     internet/network:
-        hexchat: implement PR for /etc/hexchat for distro to set default list of networks https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat; http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/hexchat.git/ (sney mailto:drubo@drubo.net).
         remove modemmanager?
-        mirrors: implement mirmon? http://salixos.org/mirmon.html
 
     mintupdate:
-        safeguard against package removals (for instance, don't let users perform updates which would remove sensitive packages).
-        prompt for reboot after kernel install?
         creates objects with wrong ownership. See https://github.com/linuxmint/mintupdate/issues/169
 
     mintupload:
@@ -29,61 +20,15 @@ Mint 18.x
     mintlocale:
         Add/remove alt-tab icon is blurry
 
-    others:
-        kde: New icon theme / UI look and feel.
-        mdm: stopping the MDM service prevents access to the TTYs. Using Ctrl+Alt+F2 only works when MDM is running. Thus, there’s no way to run anything in a TTY unless the X server is running.
-        Can’t play TS video files.
-        windows compatibility layer.
-        pin base-files?
-        inserting live-stick, stick isn't mounted automatically in /media
-        ubiquity: don't set the root password
-
-    mintbackup:
-        consider using another alternative?
-
-    mintwelcome:
-        review UI
-
-    mintmenu:
-        After typing when the list of matches accidentally disappears (hovering the mouse in the menu while moving up) there is no way of making it appear again without retyping.
-        Please add a "delete selection" Button for the Search-Field.
-
-    mintinstall:
-        revamp UI.
-
-    mdm:
-        mdm in live mode: can't log in using Mint and blank password
-        preselect user if only one user is present in the list
-        configurable slideshow
-        Webkit preview, process doesn't die when window is closed
-        Webkit preview, mint-X doesn't show anything, only background
-
-    xed: cannot mousewheel across tabs
-
-    revive Giver project?
-
-    isolinux splash http://pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=109630
-
 Cinnamon
 --------
 
     hidpi and display settings:
-        hidpi setting should be in Displays, not in General
-        frequency in monitor settings
         System Settings > Display won’t let me set the one on the right as primary. The “Set as Primary” button is grayed. It’s connected as DVI. The other monitor’s “Set as Primary” is not grayed. It’s connected as VGA. This is related to a very longstanding issue of Mint always opening dialogs on the left (wrong) monitor
 
-    look and feel:
-        fix spacing between systray icons
-        cinnamon panel icon size sometimes show huge icons unless panel-scale-text-icons is set to true..
-        icons pixelated in alt-tab or panel after a suspend-resume
-
     networking:
-        network applet, consider this https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=285&t=119742&sid=031f412655735293e130867c0fb1dbde https://dot.kde.org/sites/dot.kde.org/files/networkmanager.jpg
         Network setting does not let me to set Proxy.. The button “set system wide” is not there.
         network applet https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-control-center/commit/panels/network?id=63756458b2de0d730763cc2acbd510659e4d00a5
-        regression, I can view the various wireless networks that are available and when I select one from the applet the Networking windows is opened. All networks are shown with a ‘play’ button (arrow). When I select a protected network (mine), symbol turns infinitely without connecting. http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=182608
-        Can the upstream fix maybe be included in Mint somehow? Commit at upstream Gnome is https://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/?id=c798c40c5dce3bc6d9b615621cefe59660b5a504.
-        When attempting to connect to a WPA/WPA2-Enterprise network using either the NetworkManager panel applet or Network Settings dialogue. Expected behavior is that a configuration dialogue for security settings (identity, password, CA cert, etc.) should pop up, allowing user to configure network. NM should then connect to the network. Actual behavior is that NM displays the “connecting to network” animation but never connects, pops up the security dialogue, or gives any error message (at least in the GUI). However, configuring the same WPA2 Enterprise connection through the “Connect to a Hidden Network” dialogue (i.e., manually) works as expected.
 
     nemo:
         review all usage of Gio/Glib
@@ -110,7 +55,6 @@ Cinnamon
         Add common tiling options to window list context menu - Show Windows Side by Side, Cascade, Show windows stacked
 
     settings:
-        don't show outdated spices
         Problem with the width of some configuration windows: E. G. with the configuration window for window list applet.
         cinnamon-settings: The search box in System Settings displays “Search…” next to the magnifier.
         cinnamon-settings: mdm - The name of the login screen in the main Cinnamon Control Centre is different to the window when you open it (Login Screen in the main Cinnamon Control Centre vs Login Window Preferences). The names should be the same for consistency.
@@ -139,9 +83,6 @@ Cinnamon
 
     other:
         screenshot filenames aren't handy (Screenshot from 2014-02-17 14:46:32.png)
-        In gThumb, select a picture, right-click on it, select “Set as Desktop Background”, once applied, click the “Preferences” button on the green banner that just appeared at the bottom of the gThumb window and you’ll get the error message “Failed to execute child process “gnome-control-center” (No such file or directory)”
-        refactor css theme to gain responsiveness.
-        consider using search providers.
 
 MATE
 ----
@@ -173,3 +114,6 @@ LMDE
     integrity check warns about malformed header
     /.config/pulse present (found on MATE i386 ISO)
     gnome-power-statistics.desktop doesn't show up in Cinnamon
+    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)
+    history and completion in bashrc
+    consider activating http://backports.debian.org/changes/jessie-backports.html

README.md

@@ -2,30 +2,37 @@
 Maintenance
 ===========
 
-    cinnamon-spices website:
-        reimplement css
-        handle utf-8, see comments on http://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/171
-
-Linux Mint 18.1
-===============
-
     release process:
         add mini to store
         add new hoods
 
     csd: 100% CPU?
+    mdm: utils scripts mdm-stop etc.. aren't in the package
+    cinnamon-session: port https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-session-manager/commit/3e8cab348e37b9879fa558e56e05069987c6c65a
+    mintdesktop: https://github.com/linuxmint/mintdesktop/pull/16
+    mintupdate: changelog for 4.8 kernels doesn't work
 
-    mdm:
+Linux Mint 18.2 [Planned]
-        utils scripts mdm-stop etc.. aren't in the package
+=========================
 
-    cinnamon:
+    XAPPS:
-        port https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-session-manager/commit/3e8cab348e37b9879fa558e56e05069987c6c65a
+        gestures support:
+            pinch:
+                zoom document in xreader
+                zoom document in xviewer
+                zoom document in pix
+                zoom view in nemo
 
-    mintdesktop:
+            swipe:
-        https://github.com/linuxmint/mintdesktop/pull/16
+                previous/next document in xviewer
+                previous/next document in pix
+                previous/next page in xreader
 
-Linux Mint 18.2
+            scroll:
-===============
+                sound-volume/seek in xviewer
+
+            click:
+                pause/resume in xviewer
 
         xed:
             sorting lines:
@@ -34,6 +41,7 @@ Linux Mint 18.2
                 remove the sort plugin
             import libpeas support from gedit, to allow python3 extensions
             add word-wrap setting to View menu and buttons available in the toolbar customization
+            mousewheel across tabs
 
         xplayer:
             focus window when a video file is opened
@@ -42,55 +50,139 @@ Linux Mint 18.2
                 s -> subtitles
                 l -> language
                 etc... try to follow other standards in other players
-
+            Can’t play TS video files?
-    xreader
-        support gestures to zoom
-
-    xviewer/xreader/pix
-        add an option to blank other monitors when in full screen
 
         pix
             doesn't rotate videos when playing them
             should use a generic name in the application menu
-        support gestures to zoom
-
-    xviewer
-        “Disable Dark Theme” doesn’t work, if i’m right when i assume it should do “gsettings set org.x.viewer.view use-background-color false”?
-        after a fullscreen-view the sidebar is gone and must be enabled manually again.
-        please make the position (left/right, top/bottom won’t make much sense) of the sidebar configurable (like the gallery) at least via dconf!
-        support gestures to zoom
 
+    Mint tools:
         mintupdate:
-        provide a CLI (to let people upgrade automatically)
+            provide a CLI and automated upgrades
             add shortcut keys
             mint notices
-        notify of dmesg errors
+            implement rules and notification system:
-        notify of foreign packages if pinned by mint
+                dmesg errors
+                foreign packages if pinned by mint
+                wrong lsb info..etc.
+                slow boot sequence
+                slow shutdown sequence
+            safeguard against package removals (for instance, don't let users perform updates which would remove sensitive packages).
 
         mintwelcome:
             consider accompanying the user and hinting at things he/she might want to do (codecs, popular settings, popular apps etc..)
 
-    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.
-        redesign main page to feature essential apps
-
         mintsources:
             Select all button in foreign pkgs: https://github.com/linuxmint/mintsources/issues/59
 
-    mintmenu:
+    Cinnamon performance:
-        focus issues reported in /var/log/syslog
+        track/troubleshoot shutdown sequence (user should know what is happening when shutdown isn't immediate)
+        nemo thumbnail error happens too often (too picky, does it always require root perms?)
+        nemo seeing RW volume as read-only and failing to write on it (in this case the user can write to the volume via command line but not via nemo)
+        cinnamon slow to start after boot
+        track/troubleshoot vsync, compositing, unredirected windows and policy
+
+    Cinnamon features/issues:
+        implement basic global lockdown (i.e. locked by root)
+        add cinnamon-session (present but inactive) and cinnamon-settings-daemon to Launchpad/cinnamon-translations
+        mouse/touchpad: fix sensitivity settings (shouldn't be inverted... should be described as motion-threshold or even better, as what they actually do). Also, add a way to reset their value.
+        add a printer applet
+        menu: consider adopting this layout (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/The-Panacea-Projects/Gnomenu/master/Screenshot.png), same as ours/mintmenu, only better.
+        todo list applet/desklet
+        calendar events applet/desklet
+        multiple clocks https://github.com/simonwiles/cinnamon_applets
+        menu: use search providers to search local files
+        review default panel layout
+        network applet: airplane mode (quick way to rfkill all)
+        menu: look-n-feel, make searchbox seemless
+        spices: all spices should work
+        hidpi setting should be in Displays, not in General
+        add frequency in monitor settings
+
+    blueberry:
+        send files both ways over bluetooh
+        cinnamon applet
 
     artwork:
         Tray icons are black with mint-y themes.
         Mint-Y themes Shade option is unavailable
         mint-x-icons: in MATE (with a high panel), network status icons have a dark background in 32px and bigger. they would look much better in the panel with a transparent bg like other icons.
+        mintupload: use icon names rather than path to SVG
+        mintwelcome: don't use 32px png icons
+        Choose places icons for Mint-Y
+        isolinux splash http://pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=109630
+
+    display manager:
+        mdm:
+            consider moving prime support away from the logout sequence and place it fully in the login sequence
+            in live mode: can't log in using Mint and blank password
+            preselect user if only one user is present in the list
+            configurable slideshow
+            Webkit preview, process doesn't die when window is closed
+            Webkit preview, mint-X doesn't show anything, only background
+        ligtdm: experiment with implemeting a new alternative greeter
+
+    system:
+        ubiquity: don't set the root password
+
+Linux Mint 18.2 [Optional]
+==========================
+
+    cinnamon features:
+        nemo: retire computer:/// place (which is completely useless) or revamp it into something better
+        network applet: if possible, add a little refresh icon to ask for a new scan
+        alt-tab and panel use icon provided by appsys, ignoring icon set by the application itself (example: a python window using widow.set_icon_name())
+
+    cinnamon issues:
+        actions in panel launchers aren't translated if not present in .desktop file
+        sound: add an option to switch sound to HDMI when an HDMI output device is plugged
+        hidpi issues: top of mint menu is cut off in HiDPI (1920×1280)
+        gnome-system-monitor moves out of place in Expo
+        when battery is very low, battery icon isn't red.. 2% charge, with less than 5 minutes to go, still not red.. bar is red in CCC, icon is red in notification.. but not in applet (and also not in the CCC icon itself either)
+        When using Cinnamon bar at top, and secondary monitor with higher height than the main display, some apps like KDE Apps (Krita, Kdenlive) or Wine Based Apps (teamviewer) will display menus from toolbar in the wrong place. Being more specific: The menus will be displayed in the position that they should be displayed at main monitor, however in this case the window is maximized in the secondary monitor.
+        Is there any reason why there are two names for the same item, eg. "Trash" and "Rubbish Bin"? Would it be better to standardise on only one name?
+        add gnome-screenshot to panel, right-click and select "Take screenshot of a selected area". This runs gnome-screenshot -a.. it should work but it doesn't. Is it because of the panel launcher capturing the click event or something?
+        In Nemo, right-click on "File System" -> "Properties" gives the details of the Home folder, not the File System, making it difficult to determine the overal disk space available.
+        In Nemo, if i select a new tab, the folder name that appears in the tab appears with a separation line underneath, separating the tab name from the list of files in the folder. This style of separation is onconsistent to XED, where the Tab name and content under that tab have no such visible horizontal separation line.
+        system settings modules should be singletons (only one possible instance) and have their window use their own icon (in alt-tab, and window list)
+
+    xviewer
+        “Disable Dark Theme” doesn’t work, if i’m right when i assume it should do “gsettings set org.x.viewer.view use-background-color false”?
+        after a fullscreen-view the sidebar is gone and must be enabled manually again.
+        please make the position (left/right, top/bottom won’t make much sense) of the sidebar configurable (like the gallery) at least via dconf!
+
+    xapps
+        add an option to blank other monitors when in full screen in xviewer/xreader/pix
+        implement an app-sharing protocol to quickly move a document from one app to another
+
+    mintinstall:
+        UI redesign
+        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.
+        redesign main page to feature essential apps
 
     mate 1.18
         swith MATE to GTK3
         switch mintmenu to GTK3
+        mintemenu: focus issues in /var/log/syslog
         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)
 
+    system:
+        new users: perms at 750 by default? http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-security/managing-default-unix-file-permissions-with-adduser-and-umask/.
+        for non-english speaking people, it is not possible to change language, nor keyboard settings, when starting livemedia.
+
+R&D:
+====
+
+    mintbackup:
+        consider using another alternative?
+
+    mintupdate:
+        prompt for reboot after kernel install?
+
+    nemo:
+        remove duplication between Eject and Safely Remove (for removable devices).
+
     system
         consider adding snapd
         consider adding support for xdg-apps, flatpack
@@ -108,10 +200,9 @@ Linux Mint 18.2
         enable bookmark toolbar by default
         enable plugins by default
 
-    blueberry:
-        cinnamon applet?
-
     libindicator++?
+        client-rendered icon/menu (ala libindicator)
+        support all the features from GTK statusicon (tooltips, left/right clicks etc..)
 
     use aptdaemon?
         aptdaemon doesn't work in LMDE and is being abandoned upstream
@@ -121,43 +212,13 @@ Linux Mint 18.2
         remove synaptic from default selection
         remove synaptic from mintmenu's favorites
 
+    network discovery:
+        easy out-of-the-box interactions (messaging/presence/file-sharing) over the LAN
+
+    windows compatibility layer:
+        seemless wine integration
+
     HiDPI support:
         upstream apps using GTK2: Banshee, Gimp, Hexchat, VLC, Pidgin, Tomboy.
         mint projects using GTK2: mdmsetup, mintinstall, mintsources, gksu, cinnamon's mount dialog (seen when asking for a password for an encrypted external HDD).
-        mintupload: use icon names rather than path to SVG
-        mintwelcome: don't use 32px png icons
-
-    cinnamon 3.4
-        nemo performance: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757747
-        mouse/touchpad: fix sensitivity settings (shouldn't be inverted... should be described as motion-threshold or even better, as what they actually do). Also, add a way to reset their value.
-        actions in panel launchers aren't translated if not present in .desktop file
-        add cinnamon-session (present but inactive) and cinnamon-settings-daemon to Launchpad/cinnamon-translations
-        applets
-            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
-        sound: add an option to switch sound to HDMI when an HDMI output device is plugged
-        hidpi issues: top of mint menu is cut off in HiDPI (1920×1280)
-        gnome-system-monitor moves out of place in Expo
-        when battery is very low, battery icon isn't red.. 2% charge, with less than 5 minutes to go, still not red.. bar is red in CCC, icon is red in notification.. but not in applet (and also not in the CCC icon itself either)
-        When using Cinnamon bar at top, and secondary monitor with higher height than the main display, some apps like KDE Apps (Krita, Kdenlive) or Wine Based Apps (teamviewer) will display menus from toolbar in the wrong place. Being more specific: The menus will be displayed in the position that they should be displayed at main monitor, however in this case the window is maximized in the secondary monitor.
-        menu: use search providers to search local files
-        launcher: check budgie app suggestions
-        Is there any reason why there are two names for the same item, eg. "Trash" and "Rubbish Bin"? Would it be better to standardise on only one name?
-        add gnome-screenshot to panel, right-click and select "Take screenshot of a selected area". This runs gnome-screenshot -a.. it should work but it doesn't. Is it because of the panel launcher capturing the click event or something?
-        In Nemo, when I click on File System, followed by File and Properties, it gives me the details of the Home folder, not the File System, so it’s difficult to determine disk space of overall operating system. 
-        In Nemo, if i select a new tab, the folder name that appears in the tab appears with a separation line underneath, separating the tab name from the list of files in the folder. This style of separation is onconsistent to XED, where the Tab name and content under that tab have no such visible horizontal separation line.
-        consider merging worldclock https://github.com/simonwiles/cinnamon_applets
-        network applet: if possible, add a little refresh icon to ask for a new scan
-        system settings modules don't use the icon (in alt-tab, and window list) associated with the menu item
-        Bluetooth panel icon was nicer when it was monochromatic (do we need blueberry to provide a cinnamon applet?)
-        When connecting with PEAP authentication, the network manager applet just gets stuck instead of prompting for credentials.
-        global lock-down?
-
-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)
-    history and completion in bashrc
-    consider activating http://backports.debian.org/changes/jessie-backports.html
-