Roadmap/README.md

Linux Mint 18 Sarah
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    Look and feel:
        isolinux theme
        plymouth theme
        new GTK theme
        new icon theme
        consider making it easy to switch to old theme? (maybe a meta-theme and support for it in cinnamon?).
        website revamp

    X-Apps:
        [done] xed
        [done] xplayer
        [done] xviewer
        [done] xreader
        xar
        xapps support in Cinnamon
        xapps support in MATE
        xapps support in MIME defaults

    Regressions:
        GTK/Nemo: text entry out of place when renaming a file
        GTK: Overlay scrollbars hide content (for instance the last line of text in a text editor when wrapping is disabled)
        GTK: Pathbar buttons (visible in nemo)

    Mint apps:
        gtk3:
            [done] mintdesktop
            [done] mintsystem
            [done] mintwelcome
            [done] mintlocale
            [done] mintdrivers
            [done] mintnanny
            [done] mintstick
            [done] mint-common
            [done] mintupdate
            mintbackup
            mintinstall
            mintsources
            mintupload
       hidpi:
            mintwelcome uses 32px png icons
            mintlocale uses fixed-size flag icons
            mintupdate uses fixed-size icons
        Full black-box testing on xenial:
            mintdesktop
            mintsystem
            mintwelcome
            mintinstall
            mintmenu
            mintsources
            mintstick
            mintupdate
            mintupload
            mintbackup
            mintdrivers
            mintlocale
            mintnanny
        mintupdate: thicken numbers in status icons
        mintupload: use icon names rather than path to SVG
        mintinstall: add sarah to community, export pkg list to server-side infra
        update mint-translations

    Software selection:
        consider replacing/removing mintbackup
        consider replacing/removing gthumb

	System:
		Restore brightness settings on reboot (killswitch does that for bluetooth state)
		add "pwfeedback" to Defaults line in sudoers file, to show *** feedback when typing password
        Upgrade path from Mint 17.3
        Don't disable ipv6 in Firefox
        check that libdvdcss2 is no longer needed (test encrypted DVD playback, consider libdvd-pkg, or postinst installation from libdvdread4)
        move extra pkgs to import
        remove adobe-flashplugin from the repos (was put there temporarily as Ubuntu xenial partner repo doesn't have it yet)
        update live grub
        update ubuntu-drivers-common (possibly nvidia-prime)
        mdm: don't let people type their username without clicking something
        mdm: Logitech keyboards support https://github.com/linuxmint/mdm/issues/5
        mintsources: https://github.com/linuxmint/mintsources/issues/59
        meta: update fonts deps to fonts-dejavu, fonts-dejavu-extra, fonts-wqy-microhei.
        mint-meta-mate: 1) no need to depend on gir1.2-mate-menu, it's not used anywhere and is half-broken; 2) need to drop mate-netspeed for mint 18 as this package is merged into mate-applets in 1.14 release.

	mate 1.14:
		touchpad: tap actions should reflect click actions
		mcc: replace sound themes with sound events
		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)

	cinnamon 3.0:
        nemo: restore the ability to select files on the desktop by typing their name
        provide cinnamon-desktop-environment and cinnamon-core metapackages
		touchpad: tap actions should reflect click actions
		multi-monitor: add an option to suspend on lid-close EVEN when external monitors are plugged
		sound: add an option to switch sound to HDMI when an HDMI output device is plugged
		menu: search on non-accentuated versions (for instance, "method" should find mintlocale's im in French)
		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.
		hovering over notifications which have buttons/widgets should not dim them ...
		accessibility: ability to select files by hovering them
        menu: use search providers to search local files

	mintupdate:
		unattended updates? at least provide a CLI to do it via cron?
		fix mergelist issues directly in mintupdate or checkAPT

	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.
	mintmenu: dark themes https://github.com/linuxmint/mintmenu/issues/87
    mintsystem: review /usr/bin/apt and add missing features (list, search etc..)

    mintmenu: https://github.com/linuxmint/mintmenu/issues/149
    mintmenu: https://github.com/linuxmint/mintmenu/issues/145

	people are led to believe the community website is the place for support:
		change the order in FF bookmarks -> place Community at the end, after Forums/Blog.
		place an info message in the sidebar (or headerbar), and on the registration page to explain the forums are the place to be.

	gthumb tries to launch gnome-control-center when applying a background

	hexchat: add notifications, hide in/out messages, by default

    Ready:
        mintsources: add-apt-repository now supports --remove

17.3
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Cinnamon point releases

MATE updates:
	http://pastebin.ca/3374335

release management:
	screenshots
	videos of each desktops
update listing on website from mintinstall
upgrade LO to 5.0.4

mate:
	make transitional packages for:
		mate-dialogs -> zenity
		mate-calc -> gcaltool
		mate-system-tools -> gnome-system-tools
	MATE/Xfce: provide QT5 override in /etc/X11/Xsession.d to make it use GTK style
	alt-tab thumbs cost perf..
	caja: clicking on home [compact view] in sidebar then on filesystem [icon view], back and forth, eventually dir names disappear
	md5sum action

lmde:
	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)
	Add va-driver-all to the list of installed packages (fixes black bands with Intel GPUs).
	upgrade path:
		/etc/plymouth/plymouthd.conf -->  [Daemon]  Theme=mint-logo
		logind.conf
	history and completion in bashrc
	install libhal1-flash by default
	consider activating http://backports.debian.org/changes/jessie-backports.html
	backport blueman 2.0.1

website:
	switch sensitive parts to https (md5 in particular)
	Update tapatalk API on forums.
	handle utf-8 on spices, see comments on http://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/171

PIA:
	command to set up connection
	ca.crt
	tutorial
	support for openvpn

Linux Mint 18.1

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

libindicator++?

xed
    sublime-like search bar