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Xfce412

Summary

Update Xfce to the new 4.12 release with a number of bugfixes and improvements.

Owner

Current status

  • Targeted release: Fedora 22
  • Last updated: 2015-03-01
  • Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

Upstream Release Date: 2015-02-28

This release will have a number of bugfixes and improvements, but no radical changes.

Benefit to Fedora

Xfce users will have the latest version, complete with bug fixes and enhancements.


Scope

  • Proposal owners: Update Xfce packages. Update Xfce spin with any needed adjustments.
  • Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Release engineering: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Upgrade/compatibility impact

Existing Xfce users should be able to upgrade from 4.10 to 4.12.

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

How To Test

Xfce desktop tests should be run. Livecd tests should be run on the Live media.

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

User Experience

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Dependencies

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Contingency Plan

  • Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No
  • Blocks product? product

Documentation

Xfce 4.12 release announcement: https://mail.xfce.org/pipermail/xfce/2015-February/034220.html

Detailed changelogs for each component: http://xfce.org/download/changelogs

Tour of new changes: http://xfce.org/about/tour

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Release Notes