Rilasciato MATE 1.18: Completata la migrazione alle GTK3+ e tanti miglioramenti generali

Dopo sei mesi di sviluppo il team di MATE ha annunciato il rilascio di MATE Desktop 1.18. Questa nuova release completa la migrazione alle GTK3+ e adotta nuove tecnologie per rimpiazzare alcune componenti deprecate.

Le principali novità di MATE Desktop 1.18 sono:

Per i più tecnici di voi di seguito trovate il changelog completo

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

mate-desktop 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Move to GTK+3 (require GTK+ >= 3.14), drop GTK+2 code and —with-gtk build option

• Drop mpaste tool (won’t work without the website anyway)

• Background: fix crossfade issues with recent GTK+ versions

• Background: fix more graphics issues to allow Caja to use background for directory windows

• Background: fix memleaks and other misc issues

• Color select: fix some GTK+ deprecations

• Schemas: some fixes and cleanups

• mate-about: update copyright year

• mate-about: fix URL centering

• Translations update

mate-user-guide 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Translations update

libmatekbd 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Move to GTK+3 (require GTK+ >= 3.14), drop GTK+2 code and —with-gtk build option

• Translations update

libmatemixer 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Translations update

libmateweather 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Move to GTK+3 (require GTK+ >= 3.14), drop GTK+2 code and —with-gtk build option

• Drop Python bindings and —enable-python build option (won’t work with GTK+3)

• Locations: add Dunedin, New Zealand

• Locations: add Yogyakarta, Indonesia

• Locations: move Indonesia under Asia region

• Locations: correct coordinates for Pune, India

• Translations update

mate-icon-theme 1.18.0

• Translations update

caja 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Build: require libmate-desktop >= 1.17.3

• Move to GTK+3 (require GTK+ >= 3.14), drop GTK+2 code and —with-gtk build option

• Port from libunique to GtkApplication

• Implement copy queue and pausing

• Add option for asking confirmation before moving files to trash

• Add support for back/forward mouse buttons for directory navigation

• Add notification when ejected drives are safe to unplug (and require libnotify at build time)

• Add —force-desktop command line option to make Caja always manage the desktop

• Add ability to get feedback from Orca when additional icons are selected/deselected

• Drop metadata converting tool

• Fix crossfade issues with recent GTK+ versions

• Fix more graphics issues to allow Caja to use background for directory windows

• Fix some more GTK+ deprecations and runtime warnings

• Schema: some fixes and cleanups

• Translations update

mate-polkit 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Fix some GTK+ deprecations

• Translations update

marco 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Move to GTK+3 (require GTK+ >= 3.14), drop GTK+2 code and —with-gtk build option

• Theme viewer: fix build for GTK+3 and fix some GTK+ deprecations

• Add ability to disable showing preselected window border on alt-tab

• Add ability to ignore applications when show-desktop is triggered

• Schema: make compositing on by default

• Workspaces: switch wrapping behavior for ‘classic’ and ‘toroidal’ modes (it was reversed somehow)

• Translations update

mate-settings-daemon 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Build: require XInput unconditionally

• Build: require libmatemixer >= 1.10, libxklavier >= 5.2, dconf >= 0.13

• Build: require libmatekbd and libmate-desktop >= 1.17

• Move to GTK+3 (require GTK+ >= 3.14), drop GTK+2 code and —with-gtk build option

• Add libinput support for mouse and touchpad

• Touchpad: add separate settings for handedness (left/right-handed) and motion acceleration/threshold

• Background: restore option to let Caja draw background with GTK+ 3.22

• Some fixes and cleanups

• Translations update

mate-session-manager 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Replace deprecated upower suspend/hibernate functions with ConsoleKit2 equivalents (and drop —enable-upower build option)

• Translations update

mate-menus 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Translations update

mate-panel 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Build: require libmate-menu >= 1.10 and dconf >= 0.13.4

• Build: require libmateweather and libmate-desktop >= 1.17

• Move to GTK+3 (require GTK+ >= 3.14), drop GTK+2 code and —with-gtk build option

• Launchers: add desktop actions support for additional launch options

• Menu applets: add support for Menulibre menu editor, and prefer it to Mozo if both are installed

• Notification area: add StatusNotifier support

• Fix lots of GTK+ deprecations and runtime warnings

• Don’t spam accessible name changes when it is translated

• Some code cleanups

• Translations update

mate-backgrounds 1.18.0

• Translations update

mate-notification-daemon 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Implement action icons support (e.g. playback control icons used by media players)

• Themes: fix some pie countdown issues

• Translations update

mate-control-center 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Build: require libmatekbd, libmate-desktop, marco, m-s-d >= 1.17

• Build: require XCursor and XInput unconditionally

• Move to GTK+3 (require GTK+ >= 3.14), drop GTK+2 code and —with-gtk build option

• Port from libunique to GtkApplication

• Rework font-viewer: add font browsing mode, support for TTC fonts, and make it appear in the menus

• Add libinput support for mouse and touchpad

• Mouse: add separate touchpad motion settings on touchpad tab

• Mouse: change tab label from General to Mouse

• Mouse: change natural scroll mnemonic from ‘a’ to ‘n’

• Fix lots of GTK+ deprecations

• Some more fixes and cleanups

• Translations update

mate-screensaver 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Build: require libmate-menu >= 1.10

• Build: require libmatekbd and libmate-desktop >= 1.17

• Move to GTK+3 (require GTK+ >= 3.14), drop GTK+2 code and —with-gtk build option

• Lock screen: load user’s background instead of system one

• Preferences: fix some GTK+ deprecations

• Translations update

mate-media 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Build: require libmatemixer >= 1.10 and libmate-desktop >= 1.17

• Move to GTK+3 (require GTK+ >= 3.14), drop GTK+2 code and —with-gtk build option

• Port from libunique to GApplication and GtkApplication

• Some cleanups

• Translations update

mate-power-manager 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Build: require xproto >= 7.0.15

• Build: require mate-panel >= 1.17

• Move to GTK+3 (require GTK+ >= 3.14), drop GTK+2 code and —with-gtk build option

• Replace deprecated upower suspend/hibernate functions with ConsoleKit2 equivalents

• Use manpages as is instead of generating them from sgml (and don’t require docbook2man for build anymore)

• Some more fixes and cleanups

• Translations update

mate-system-monitor 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Add pkexec support for using kill and renice on other users’ processes and try using it before trying gksu

• Fix some GTK+ deprecations

• Translations update

atril 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Build: require caja >= 1.17.1

• Move to GTK+3 (require GTK+ >= 3.14), drop GTK+2 code and —with-gtk build option

• [comics] add support for unarchiver (unar and lsar)

• [libview] increase page cache size to reduce number of page reloads

• Remove metadata migration code

• Force X11 backend

• Fix lots of GTK+ deprecations

• Fix some a11y issues

• Some more fixes and cleanups

• Translations update

caja-dropbox 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Build: require libcaja-extension 1.17.1 and GLib 2.36

caja-extensions 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Build: require caja >= 1.17.1 and libmate-desktop >= 1.17.0

• Move to GTK+3 (require GTK+ >= 3.14), drop GTK+2 code and —with-gtk build option

• Add xattr-tags extension to show xattr tags in a new column

• Translations update

engrampa 1.18.0

• check the rar/unrar version to work the new date style with all versions

• Fix: rar file listing now shows correct date with recent binary

• Fix: open the 7z first split volume after compress

• Fix typo in NEWS: engrampa instead engramp

• Fix: compress rar split into volumes

• Fix: compress 7z split into volumes

• build: remove option that disables deprecated stuff

• zip: added ear and war to the supported types list

• Update engrampa NEWS to use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting.

• Translations update

eom 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Build: require libmate-desktop >= 1.17

• Move to GTK+3 (require GTK+ >= 3.14), drop GTK+2 code and —with-gtk build option

• Drop Python bindings and —enable-python build option

• Port plugin system and plugins to libpeas

• Some code and docs cleanups

• Translations update

mate-applets 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Build: require libmateweather and mate-panel >= 1.17

• Move to GTK+3 (require GTK+ >= 3.14), drop GTK+2 code and —with-gtk build option

• Weather: fix temperature label placement

• Weather: show proper help section for each tab of prefs dialog

• Fix some GTK+ deprecations and runtime warnings

• Some code cleanups

• Translations update

mate-calc 1.18.0

• Add AppData.

mate-icon-theme-faenza 1.18.0

• Bump version

mate-indicator-applet 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Build: show new style indicator support status in summary

• Build: require mate-panel >= 1.17

• Move to GTK+3 (require GTK+ >= 3.14), drop GTK+2 code and —with-gtk build option

• Translations update

mate-netbook 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Build: require mate-panel >= 1.17

• Move to GTK+3 (require GTK+ >= 3.14), drop GTK+2 code and —with-gtk build option

• Translations update

mate-sensors-applet 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Build: require mate-panel >= 1.17

• Move to GTK+3 (require GTK+ >= 3.14), drop GTK+2 code and —with-gtk build option

• Fix some GTK+ deprecations

• Some more fixes and cleanups

• Translations update

mate-terminal 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Add ability to close tabs with middle mouse button

• Translations update

mate-user-share 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Build: require caja >= 1.17.1

• Move to GTK+3 (require GTK+ >= 3.14), drop GTK+2 code and —with-gtk build option

mate-utils 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Build: require mate-panel >= 1.17

• Move to GTK+3 (require GTK+ >= 3.14), drop GTK+2 code and —with-gtk build option

• Fix occasional distcheck breakage

• Some code cleanups

• Translations update

mozo 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Translations update

pluma 1.18.0

• NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting to make generating release announcements easier

• Move to GTK+3 (require GTK+ >= 3.14), drop GTK+2 code and —with-gtk build option

• Build: actually build GObject introspection data

• Build: remove —enable-deprecations option – it actually disabled all deprecated stuff

• Add ability to search/replace text using regular expressions

• Drop Python bindings and —enable-python build option

• Port plugin system and both C and Python plugins to libpeas

• Snippets plugin: stop exposing functions on Pluma message bus (doesn’t work with GObject introspection)

• Snippets plugin: fix snippet parts staying after Ctrl-Z

• Fix unexpected closing of the first tab with middle-click under the line numbers column

• Fix some runtime warnings in plugins

• Some more fixes and cleanups in code and docs

• Translations update

python-caja 1.18.0

• Translations update

• support GTK+3 only: require Caja 1.17.1 and pygobject-3.0

• drop ancient check for Python 2.5, not needed these days