Maintenance =========== 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 Linux Mint 18.2 [Implemented] ============================= XAPPS: xplayer: option to prefer dark theme now loads subtitles files automatically no longer shows subtitles by default fixed OSD cycle through languages with L key cycle through subtitles with S key control playback speed with [], {}, Backspace show seek position in OSD removed visualizations focus window when a video file is opened implement simpler layout (ala Parole), all controls on one line, remove statusbar xed: sorting lines: add a simple Edit->Sort Lines (F9), which sorts the selection or the entire file (if no selection is done) make sure it's undoable 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 new UI, smart side/bottom bars regex support in search text zoom sidebar filebrowser revamp xviewer: toolbar revamp gestures support: pinch: zoom document in xreader swipe: previous/next page in xreader blueberry: OBEX support improved UI ability to change adapter name cinnamon applet Mint tools: mintsources: Select all button in foreign pkgs: https://github.com/linuxmint/mintsources/issues/59 mintupdate: provide a CLI for automated upgrades Linux Mint 18.2 [Planned] ========================= XAPPS: 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 should use a generic name in the application menu Mint tools: mintupdate: add shortcut keys mint notices implement rules and notification system: 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..) Cinnamon performance: 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) network applet: https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/issues/2746 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 mate 1.18 swith MATE to GTK3 switch mintmenu to GTK3 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 bluetooth: investigate persistent state of software rfkill across reboots bluetooth: investigate bt speakers/headphones connectivity/sound compiler optimization: consider optimizing compiled binaries for Cinnamon/Xapps 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 mintmenu: 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 consider enabling recommends review logind.conf changes in: MATE Xfce KDE ubiquity: inhibit sessions via libxapp (need to do it in KDE too) firefox: enable bookmark toolbar by default enable plugins by default 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: 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). LMDE 3 ====== app icons missing for some mint apps: mintnanny mintlocale mintlocale im mintsources mintinstall gnome-calculator app title is "gnome-calculator" mintsystem: /usr/local/bin/pastebin shadows xapps-common: /usr/bin/pastebin mint-md5sum script in /usr/local/bin ? live-installer should show partition labels