Roadmap

Some notes for the next releases. This is not a brainstorm page. Please use the forum or the IRC chat to ask for new features.

• Replace mate-doc-utils with itstools (#2)
• Create mate-session-applet as a replacement for indicator-applet-session
• Add window snapping to Marco (#21)
• Support ePub format in Atril (#13)
• Add undo functionality to sticky note applet (#17)
• Add support for GStreamer-1.0 (#9)
• Complete support for systemd-logind
• Allow rotation of mate-panel background (#42)
• Add the ability to disable volume/brightness osd (#13)
• Offer a preferences option to turn off generic icons in listview in Caja (#26)
• Caja: Improve trash management of removable devices
• Fix deprecations in non-core packages
• Add support for Metacity as window manager
• Add support for GTK3
• Add support for Wayland
• Add support for AccountsService

• Migrate libunique to GtkApplication
• File manager plugin system

Released on April 2, 2013. Announcement here. Old status page.

• Fix deprecations in core packages (Deprecated code)
• Caja improvements
  • Add support for freedesktop.org File Manager DBus Interface (#3)
  • Fix back vs parent directory selection (#19)
• Atril improvements
  • Add xps backend (5ad9169)
• Panel improvements
  • Add –run-dialog option
  • Window list: middle click button to close window (6d3058da)
• Control center improvements
  • Add option to enable compositing manager and fast alt-tab
  • Set metacity theme if compiz or metacity are running
  • Use same GNOME proxy settings in gsettings-desktop-schemas
• Window manager improvements
  • Add option to open new windows on the center of the screen
• Calc improvements
  • Update to newest non-Vala gcalctool
  • Add buttons to support inverse trig functions (#6)
• Add option(s) to show notifications only on one screen (#4)
• Themes improvement
  • Add GTK3 support for most themes
• Add support for mpris2 to mate-settings-daemon (#7, 9384398)
• Fix all incorrect FSF addresses
• Replace MateConf with GSettings
• Replace MateCorba with DBus
• Initial support for systemd-logind
• Replace MateVfs with GIO
• Replace libmatenotify with libnotify
• Remove libmateui (unused), libmatecanvas (unused), libmatecomponent and libmatecomponentui (replace with dbus)
• Remove libmate (mate-open replaced with gvfs-open, gsettings schemas moved to mate-desktop package)
• Support opening a remote terminal in mate-file-manager-open-terminal (#2)
• Move mixer applet to mate-media package (#22)
• Sync translations
• Update .desktop files to indicate MATE variants.

Released on July 30, 2012. Announcement here.

• Fix remaining applications in Mate-Extra
  • mate-character-map ported _perberos
  • mate-disk-utility removed _stefano-k
  • mate-policy-kit removed _Amanas
• Fix mate-keyring (#2) _stefano-k
• Add caja-dropbox package
• Caja improvements
  • Restore toggle button for button and text-based location bar (#2) _stefano-k
  • Add the ability to open bookmarks in the places side pane via the enter and space keys _Amanas
• mate-notification-daemon
  • New themes: coco, nodoka _stefano-k
  • Fix big icons issue (#3) _stefano-k
• Fix mate-indicator-applet (not all distros have the required dependencies)
  • Remove indicator-applet-session _Amanas
• Fork gnome-user-share (as mate-user-share) (#3) _Amanas
• Fork libwnck (as libmatewnck) _stefano-k
• Remove evolution dependency from caja-sendto and create a generic email plugin (#13) _stefano-k
• mate-media: remove unworking mate-sound-recorder _stefano-k
• mate-screensaver: add GDM support for user switch _stefano-k
• Add an option to marco to enable fast alt-tabbing when compositing is enabled (#4) _Amanas
• mate-icon-theme-faenza _{Rowen_Stipe}
• Translations sync with transifex _{stefano-k, Amanas}

Released on April 16, 2012. Announcement here.

• Fix all about windows with new MATE website _Amanas
• Fix some remaining applications in Mate-Extra
  • mate-menu-editor 78 _stefano-k
  • python-caja _stefano-k
• Port other missing applications
  • caja-gksu 76 _stefano-k
  • caja-image-converter _stefano-k
• Integration with freedesktop (#44353, commit) _nmarques
• Improve Caja stability
  • Import all useful patches from nautilus _stefano-k
• Improve mate-panel stability