Release

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whatsnew
start pages
FF in live repo
mint-mirrors
kernel selection
update translations

RC Blockers

update installation slideshows
new backgrounds

cinnamon:
    all spices should work

ubiquity:
    fix issue when upgrading grub2-amd64-efi-signed

Planned

ubiquity:
    don't set the root password
    check upstream changes

consider adjusting grub.cfg instead of 10_linux
should apt keep conf files by default
recheck possibility to unset grub_distributor (should default to LSB)

Considered

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

mintwelcome:
    consider accompanying the user and hinting at things he/she might want to do (codecs, popular settings, popular apps etc..)

cinnamon:
    review default panel layout
    menu: look-n-feel, make searchbox seemless

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.
    mintwelcome: don't use 32px png icons
    Choose places icons for Mint-Y
    isolinux splash http://pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=109630
    slick-greeter: padding issue when hovering session button

system:
    compiler optimization: consider optimizing compiled binaries for Cinnamon/Xapps

Linux Mint 18.3

cinnamon:
    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?)
    cinnamon slow to start after boot --> delay execution of appsys/docinfo until the DE is loaded
    track/troubleshoot vsync, compositing, unredirected windows and policy
    add cinnamon-session (present but inactive) and cinnamon-settings-daemon to Launchpad/cinnamon-translations
    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
    network applet: airplane mode (quick way to rfkill all)
    network applet: https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/issues/2746
    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())
    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 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
    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

mintupdate:
    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).

mate 1.20
    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:
    for non-english speaking people, it is not possible to change language, nor keyboard settings, when starting livemedia.
    implement a crash-intercepter

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 flatpak
    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: Gimp, Hexchat, VLC, Pidgin, Tomboy.
    mint projects using GTK2: mintinstall, mintsources, gksu, cinnamon's mount dialog (seen when asking for a password for an encrypted external HDD).

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
        inhibit session when files aren't saved

    xviewer:
        toolbar revamp
        fixed: after a fullscreen-view the sidebar is gone and must be enabled manually again.

    xreader:
        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
        support for pkexec

    mintupdate:
        provide a CLI for automated upgrades
        much improved help
        refined levels and recommendations
        add ability to tick multiple updates by pressing Shift key
        add shortcut keys

    mintwelcome:
        support for dark themes

system:
    display manager:
        switch to LightDM + unity-greeter
        implement a settings tool
    mintsystem: markauto/markmanual

cinnamon:
    split CSD into multiple processes
    power applet: show different icon when battery is low
    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.
    switch cjs from mozjs24 to mozjs38
    split nemo and desktop into multiple processes
    nemo desktop grid
    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)

mate 1.18
    swith MATE to GTK3
    switch mintmenu to GTK3

artwork:
    mintupload: use icon names rather than path to SVG

LMDE 3

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