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Xfce-4.16
Summary
A new release of Xfce desktop environment is expected (before the end of 2020). Xfce 4.16 is a stable release with proven components, provide features to both new and power users alike. This change proposal is submitted to sync fedora packages with the latest upstream release.
Owners
- Name: Mukundan Ragavan
- Email: nonamedotc@fedoraproject.org
- Name: Kevin Fenzi
- Email: kevin@scrye.com
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 34
- Last updated: 2020-12-22
- Tracker bug:
- Release notes tracker:
Detailed Description
This change migrates Xfce desktop environment (DE) to the latest version provided by upstream developers. This release brings, amongst others, the following features
- client-side decorations
- fractional scaling
- new status tray plugins
- Streamlined application chooser (i.e. merged mime type editor and default applications)
Benefit to Fedora
Other GTK-based DEs such as cinnamon and MATE have already migrated to using GTK-3 libraries. This change proposes to migrate the popular Xfce DE to the latest GTK-3 based versions upstream developers have released.
This change would result in fewer packages depending on the older GTK-2 libraries and move Xfce to use a modern toolkit.
Scope
- Proposal owners:
- Update core xfce packages to 4.14
- Rebuild plugins once core packages are build
- Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Release engineering:
- List of deliverables: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
Upgrade/compatibility impact
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
How To Test
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
User Experience
- A fresh install should have fully functional Xfce DE
- Upgrade from Fedora 33 or older should be mostly seamless
- Users will notice differences in certain instances (e.g. settings) because of implementation of client side decorations
- Default ALT+TAB behavior will likely be different.
No special configuration or hardware needed.
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)
- Blocks product? N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Documentation
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Release Notes
Fedora 34 ships with Xfce 4.16.
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