MATE 1.14 Released

Well, it's just few days after my blog post and now MATE Desktop 1.14 is officially released. As few hours ago, all the tarballs have been published on their public space.

As mentioned before, i will not build MATE 1.14 binary packages for Slackware 14.2 for now, BUT i will provide a separate branch for those who wanted to test MATE 1.14 on top of current machine soon after i have tested this new version.

Please note that in 1.14, i will have to provide at minimum a mix build of GTK+2/3 since some packages have been ported to GTK+3 only and more will follow in the next MATE 1.16 release. There are some features that can't be implemented unless all MATE components have been migrated to GTK+3. High DPI is one of them. Meanwhile, GTK+3 build still left some issues to tackle, so not all components are migrated for this cycle.

Here are the complete ChangeLog for 1.14 (taken from the announcement):

mate-common

• Remove references to obsolete MATE components

mate-desktop

• Drop MateConf migration script and ancient mate-conf-import tool
• Fix deprecated usage of GtkHBox and GtkVBox in GTK+3 build

libmatekbd

• Drop MateConf migration script
• Reduce introspection build warnings
• Fix some GTK+3 deprecations
• Assorted fixes and cleanups

libmatemixer

• Require PulseAudio 2.0 or newer
• Improve error checking in many places
• Fix PulseAudio volume limits
• Some other PulseAudio fixes
• Some fixes and improvements in alsa and oss backends
• Assorted fixes and cleanups

libmateweather

• Drop obsolete build flags
• Small fix in schema

mate-icon-theme

• Add system-config-keyboard icons

Caja

• Drop MateConf migration script
• Allow closing tabs on middle-click
• List Python extensions separately in extensions list
• GTK+3: add several style classes to simplify theming
• GTK+3: fix desktop flash issue
• GTK+3: a lot of deprecation fixes
• Assorted fixes and cleanups

mate-polkit

• GTK+3: fix several deprecations

Marco

• Drop MateConf migration script
• Fix visual glitches appearing after unmaximizing Chromium window
• Correct description of compositing-fast-alt-tab GSettings key (mention that it disables thumbnails)
• Bump libmarco-private’s sover for GTK+3 build
• GTK+3: re-add ability to show alt-tab thumbnails when compositor is enabled
• GTK+3: fix several deprecations

mate-settings-daemon

• Drop MateConf migration script
• media-keys: add setting to enable/disable OSD
• touchpad: support edge and two-finger scrolling independently (use separate GSettings keys for them)
• xsettings: add settings for cursor theme and size
• GTK+3: several deprecation fixes
• Assorted fixes and cleanups

mate-session-manager

• Drop MateConf migration script
• GTK+3: fix some deprecations
• Assorted fixes and cleanups

mate-menus

• Move mate-preferences-categories.menu out of mate-control-center.

This file can be packaged separately so users can decide whether they want categories in the preferences menu or not.

mate-panel

• Drop MateConf migration script
• Add separate “Delete” button in reload applet dialog, and make “Don’t Reload” button do what it says (it won’t delete applet permanently now)
• Make max number of bookmarks in menu (before submenu is created) configurable via GSettings key
• Make icon size of menu items configurable via GSettings key
• Change default menubar icon size to 22px
• Drop “Ubuntu hacks” (--enable-ubuntu build option) as Ubuntu dropped that stuff long ago
• GTK+3: add several style classes
• GTK+3: add several css names for 3.20
• GTK+3: fix rendering of custom backgrounds with 3.18 and newer
• GTK+3: fix a lot of deprecations
• Assorted fixes and cleanups

mate-themes

• Full support for GTK 3.20.
• Client Side Decorated applications render correctly in all themes.
• Assorted improvements and refinements for all themes

mate-notification-daemon

• Drop MateConf migration script
• GTK+3: explicitly wrap notification text at 50 characters
• GTK+3: stop reversing fg/bg colors in slider theme (use colors from current GTK+ theme as is)
• GTK+3: some more fixes for slider theme
• GTK+3: some deprecation fixes

mate-control-center

• Drop MateConf migration script
• Drop “Ubuntu hacks” (--enable-ubuntu build option) as Ubuntu dropped that stuff long ago
• Move mate-preferences-categories.menu to mate-menus
• Touchpad settings: support edge and two-finger scrolling independently
• Window properties: make all three window focus modes selectable
• GTK+3: fix theme previews in mate-appearance-properties
• GTK+3: fix several deprecations
• Assorted fixes and cleanups

mate-screensaver

• Drop MateConf migration script
• GTK+3: fix several deprecations
• Assorted fixes and cleanups

mate-media

• GTK+3: add css name GvcMixerDialog for 3.20
• GTK+3: fix several deprecations

mate-power-manager

• Drop MateConf migration script
• Fix possible crash when an Xorg function call fails
• GTK+3: fix deprecations in brightness applet
• Assorted fixes and cleanups

mate-system-monitor

• Move to GTK+3, drop GTK+2 code and --with-gtk build option
• Set minimum required GTK+ version to 3.14, drop some deprecated code
• Run gksu binary instead of loading libgksu2.so (which is GTK+2 only)
• Drop MateConf migration script
• Main window: save maximized state in gsettings on exit and load it on startup
• Disks: add saving and loading width and visibility of columns
• Process properties: show cgroups
• Process properties: show N/A when cgroups or selinux isn’t set
• Process table: show running state when CPU time changes
• Change graph grid line colors and pattern
• Draw the background of graphs explicitly to avoid issues with GTK+ 3.20
• Fix incorrect icons for some known apps like marco or vino
• Assorted fixes and cleanups

Atril

• Drop MateConf migration script
• Update copyrights, mention MATE team in Caja extension
• Use org.gnome.SessionManager DBus name to inhibit screensaver
• GTK+3: add atril-window style class to top level
• GTK+3: add css name EggToolbarEditor for 3.20
• Assorted fixes and cleanups

caja-extensions

• Drop MateConf migration scripts
• GTK+3: some deprecation fixes
• Assorted fixes and cleanups

Engrampa

• Drop MateConf migration script
• Fix random crash in “open with” dialog
• 7z: avoid problems with ‘?’ char in filenames
• 7z: correct checking for p7zip 15.09+
• rar: avoid “No files to extract” message when disabling overwriting existing files
• tar: allow changing contents of .txz files (like it’s allowed for .tar.xz files)
• unar: avoid problems with ‘?’ char in filenames

Eye of MATE

• Drop MateConf migration script
• Use org.gnome.SessionManager DBus name to inhibit screensaver
• Auto-reload unmodified images when their file is changed
• GTK+3: add eom-window style class at top level
• GTK+3: add css name EggToolbarEditor for 3.20
• GTK+3: fix SVG rendering
• GTK+3: fix several deprecations
• Assorted more fixes and cleanups

mate-applets

• Drop MateConf migration scripts
• Drop null_applet which isn’t even buildable these days
• Re-license command and timer applets under GPL-2+
• Merge netspeed applet from mate-netspeed project (and discontinue that project)
• GTK+3: fix cpufreq applet rendering
• GTK+3: fix setting fg/bg colors and font type in stickynotes applet
• GTK+3: fix several deprecations
• Assorted fixes and cleanups

mate-netbook

• Drop MateConf migration script
• GTK+3: fix some deprecations
• Assorted fixes and cleanups

mate-netspeed

• Has been merged into the mate-applets package.

mate-sensors-applet

• Assorted fixes and cleanups

mate-terminal

• Support VTE 2.91 API in GTK+3 build
• Compile dingu regexes with MULTILINE option
• Fix incorrect ordering of COLS and ROWS in command-line option description and in the manpage
• GTK+3: add style class mate-terminal
• GTK+3: fix window sizes for 3.20
• GTK+3: fix several deprecations
• Assorted fixes and cleanups

mate-user-share

• Drop MateConf migration script
• Don’t translate Keywords field in .desktop files
• GTK+3: fix some deprecations

mate-utils

• Drop MateConf migration scripts
• Disable effects and delay options in mate-screenshot UI when launched with -ai command line argument
• Use hyphens instead of colons in screenshot filenames by default
• GTK+3: fix a lot of deprecations and some UI issues
• Don’t use -Werror flag in build
• Assorted fixes and cleanups

Mozo

• Ported to GTK+3 and GObject Introspection, dropped old PyGTK related code.

Pluma

• Drop MateConf migration script
• Implement middle-click tab closing
• Add a new Configure dialog for the Spell Check plugin
• Make switch-c tool in external tools work
• Fixed potential shell-code injection
• GTK+3: add style classes pluma-window and pluma-print-preview
• GTK+3: fix several deprecations
• Assorted fixes and cleanups

caja-dropbox

• Minor cleanups

Congrats to MATE Developers for this release!!!