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.

• Migrate all remaining packages to GTK+3 and require version 3.14
• Complete migration from libunique to GtkApplication
• eom: port plugin system and plugins to libpeas (#71)
• mate-applets: make command applet run commands asynchronously (#163)
• mate-control-center: add libinput support (#133)
• mate-panel: make vertical panel usable (#157)
• mate-sensors-applet: add ability to hide temperature units (#22)
• mate-settings-daemon: add libinput support (#160)
• mate-system-monitor: add pkexec support (#85)
• pluma: port plugin system and plugins to libpeas (#147)

• atril: use distro-packaged synctex library
• caja: add option to drag a tab to create a new window (#454)
• caja: add option to turn off generic icons in listview (#26)
• caja: add option to show thumbnails in listview (#153)
• caja: make folder color work in list view (#410)
• engrampa: add libarchive support (#52)
• mate-applets: add mount point or device blacklist for drivemount applet (#24)
• mate-applets: option to show several cores and processors in one cpufreq applet instance (#50)
• mate-applets: make cpufreq applet work with intel_pstate driver (#173)
• mate-control-center: cache thumbnails for desktop backgrounds in appearance properties
• mate-menus: option to enable/disable preferences categories (#35)
• mate-session-manager: in properties dialog, show running apps that can/will be saved on exit (#113)
• mozo: move to GI package of mate-menus
• pluma: add plugin to show (and maybe change) line endings type (#50)
• Update caja integration with tracker search engine tracker dev documentation - Nautilus git log
• Add support for AccountsService
• Complete support for systemd-logind
• Migrate from dbus-glib to GDBus
• Move all help/guide translations to Transifex
• Add support for Wayland
• Add support for HiDPI
• Consider dropping libmatekbd for libgnomekbd
• Consider dropping libmateweather for libgweather

Released on September 21, 2016. Announcement here. Old status page.

• engrampa: move to GTK+3 (#140)
• mate-notification-daemon: move to GTK+3 (#102)
• mate-polkit: move to GTK+3 (#28)
• mate-session-manager: move to GTK+3 (#121)
• mate-terminal: move to GTK+3 (#118)

Released on April 8, 2016. Announcement here. Old status page.

• caja: allow managing each python extension separately (#521, python-caja #24)
• mate-control-center: make all three window focus modes selectable (marco #140)
• mate-control-center: move mate-preferences-categories.menu to mate-menus (#207)
• mate-panel: ability to change icon sizes for menubar and menu items (#406)
• mate-settings-daemon: add the ability to disable volume/brightness osd (#13)
• mate-system-monitor: move to GTK+3 (#74)
• mate-system-monitor: run gksu binary instead of loading libgksu2.so (which is GTK+2 only) (#81)
• mate-terminal: support VTE 2.91 API in GTK+3 build (#66)
• mate-themes: compatibility with GTK+ 3.20 for all themes (#101)
• mozo: move to GTK+3
• Merge mate-netspeed into mate-applets (mate-applets #167)
• Drop MateConf migration scripts

Released on November 5, 2015. Announcement here. Old status page.

• atril: use distro-packaged MathJax library (#158)
• marco: pointer window placement (#123)
• mate-utils: add timestamp to screenshot filename (#115)
• Switch to org.gnome.SessionManager name on DBus
• Move user guide to separate project
• Add option to toggle GTK+3 overlay scrolling
• Improve touchpad support

Released on June 11, 2015. Announcement here. Old status page.

• atril: Support ePub format (#13) (GSOC 2014)
• caja: Extension management system (GSOC 2014)
• mate-control-center: Add option to configure titlebar buttons layout
• Drop GStreamer for alsa (was Add support for GStreamer-1.0) (#9) (GSOC 2014)
• Replace mate-calc with galculator
• Replace mate-dialogs with zenity
• Drop mate-system-tools

Released on March 4, 2014. Announcement here. Old status page.

• caja: Add option to use IEC units instead of SI units
• caja: Add “Open parent location” option in context menu in search view
• engrampa: Show always the “extract to” action in caja extension
• eom: Add shuffle mode in slideshow
• eom: Migration to lcms2 (#25)
• marco: Add window snapping (#21)
• mate-applets: Add undo functionality to sticky note applet (#17)
• mate-applets: New command applet
• mate-control-center: Add support for Metacity as window manager
• mate-control-center: Add support for 'artist' tag in xml backgrounds files
• mate-desktop: Add user guide
• mate-desktop: Add mpaste tool
• mate-media: Middle click on applet toggles mute state
• mate-screensaver: Show date and time in lock dialog
• Replace mate-doc-utils with yelp-tools (#2)
• Drop libmatekeyring/mate-keyring for libsecret/gnome-keyring
• Drop libmatewnck for libwnck
• Drop mucharmap for gucharmap commit
• Move caja extensions to caja-extensions package
• Drop mate-bluetooth for blueman (adding support for Bluez5)

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