Implemented =========== xfce: upgrade xfce-terminal to 0.8.0 Linux Mint 18.3 =============== Xfce task manager 1.2 notifyd 0.3.6 dict 0.8 panel 4.12.1 Release rel_notes Add instructions to upgrade to HWE Xorg 1.19 explain EFI boot violations [PASS] secureboot OFF [PASS] secureboot OFF, no network [PASS] secureboot ON, no codecs [FAIL] secureboot ON, no network -> violation [FAIL] secureboot ON, codecs, turn off secureboot in installer -> violation [FAIL] secureboot ON, codecs, don't turn off secureboot in installer -> violation explain efibootmgr Maintenance =========== timeshift: Add a polkit policy file so pkexec doesn't refer to Timeshift as /usr/bin/env pia-manager: Doesn't remember username (could remember password as well, if user agreed to it) mintinstall: continue to show window-progress even when app page isn't visible install flatpak deps via API to better report progress keyboard navigation issues mintsources: rewrite code with python3, review unicode and multithreading nemo: https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/issues/1622 Linux Mint 19 ============= mint-y: missing icon for input-method hidpi mintwelcome icons are blurry cinnamon startup apps icons are blurry redshift doesn't die when logging out Artwork would be nice if slick showed our release number desktop-search: local files web engines recent apps dictionary translations mintwelcome: UI revamp, guide user and hint at things he/she might want to do (codecs, popular settings, popular apps etc..) mintreport: detect missing l10n packages and hint at mintlocale mintupdate: safeguard against package removals (for instance, don't let users perform updates which would remove sensitive packages). notice to reboot the computer when appropriate purge old kernels? https://github.com/Pjotr123/purge-old-kernels-2 system: compiler optimization: consider optimizing compiled binaries for Cinnamon/Xapps cinnamon: cinnamon slow to start after boot --> delay execution of appsys/docinfo until the DE is loaded nemo: Skip GVFS when possible File search: full-text search async search simplify UI/features ability to search string within files and open xed at line number Performance issues: File operations: Mouse-cursor lag Loading views: switching views is slower than reloading them existing thumbs are loaded asynchronously loading is slower than with ls (could be Gvfs, could be the way we render view in GTK. For 25k elements, 0.4s with ls, up to 6s in icon view for Nemo/Caja) video thumbnails are blurry Roadmap ======= mintreport: dmesg errors foreign packages if pinned by mint wrong lsb info..etc. slow boot sequence slow shutdown sequence implement an alarm clock cinnamon: CSD: support mouse wheel speed? Evdev scrolling distance? menu keywords: looking for display in menu shows color first consider: notifications stay on desktop until mouse is moved + a few secs preferences > keyboard > custom shortcuts. Used with a Spanish keyboard layout. Recorded: crtl+number and ctrl+Shift+number (e.g. ctrl+1 and ctrl+shift+1 = ctrl+!) they are recorded correctly. When using the shortcut the command defined in the shift combination is triggered with just ctrl+number (i.e. ctrl+1). The complete combination triggers nothing (i.e. ctrl+shift+1 does nothing) and the comand defined in ctrl+number can never be used. This worked in 17.3. track/troubleshoot shutdown sequence (user should know what is happening when shutdown isn't immediate) track/troubleshoot vsync, compositing, unredirected windows and policy 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 network applet: airplane mode (quick way to rfkill all) nemo: retire computer:/// place (which is completely useless) or revamp it into something better 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()) actions in panel launchers aren't translated if not present in .desktop file gnome-system-monitor moves out of place in Expo 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? 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 gestures support: pinch: zoom document in pix zoom view in nemo swipe: previous/next document in pix scroll: sound-volume/seek in xplayer click: pause/resume in xplayer double-click: full-screen in xplayer full-screen in xviewer pix doesn't rotate videos when playing them vignettes should look better, and the same in all themes support prefer-dark-themes treeview in sidebar shows unecessary "(empty)" when dirs have no subdirs artwork: Tray icons are black with mint-y themes. Mint-Y themes Shade option is unavailable mint-x-icons: network status icons have a dark background in panel 33px and bigger (sound icon looks wrong in 41px and bigger). mint-y The maximize/restore window control button doesn’t change visually between in maximized and restored state (default theme and Mint-Y-Dark) R&D === mintupdate: prompt for reboot after kernel install? nemo: remove duplication between Eject and Safely Remove (for removable devices). system consider enabling recommends review logind.conf changes in: MATE Xfce KDE ubiquity: inhibit sessions via libxapp (need to do it in KDE too) 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 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 network discovery: easy out-of-the-box interactions (messaging/presence/file-sharing) over the LAN windows compatibility layer: seamless wine integration HiDPI support: upstream apps using GTK2: Gimp, Hexchat, VLC, Pidgin, Tomboy. mint projects using GTK2: gksu LMDE 3 ====== gnome-calculator app title is "gnome-calculator" live-installer should show partition labels