Linux Mint 18 Sarah

release:
    start page
    rel notes
    new features

mate updates http://pub.mate-desktop.org/rss.xml
add mate-sensors

The default background is missing (it should be ready next week)
[DONE] The 2009 keyring is in the list of APT keys (it shouldn't be there by default)
[FIXED IN GIT] cinnamon translations http://nsa37.casimages.com/img/2016/05/30/160530062129436967.png

Stable release

    update live repo and sign, with latest FF at time of release.
    Upgrade path from Mint 17.3
    no acceleration in virtualbox

Maintenance

cinnamon-spices website:
    reimplement css
    handle utf-8, see comments on http://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/171

upgrade LO to 5.0.6?

Linux Mint 18.1

system
    consider adding snapd
    consider adding support for xdg-apps, flatpack
    consider enabling recommends

cinnamon 3.2
    vertical panels
    retire boxpointers
    remove plug/socket in screensaver
    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.
    accessibility: ability to select files by hovering them
    menu: use search providers to search local files

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

xplayer/xviewer/xreader/pix
    add a persistant option to blank other monitors when in full screen

mintupdate:
    provide a CLI (to let people upgrade automatically)

gtk3:
    mintsources

mintwelcome:
    hidpi: don't use 32px png icons

mintlocale:
    hidpi: don't use fixed-size flag icons

mintupload:
    use icon names rather than path to SVG

mintsources:
    port to GTK3
    Select all button in foreign pkgs: 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.
    port to GTK3
    redesign main page to feature essential apps

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

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