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 ====== Schedule for and Status of the Xfce 4.16 Development Cycle ====== ====== Schedule for and Status of the Xfce 4.16 Development Cycle ======
  
 +  * **[[#Schedule|Schedule]]**
 +  * **[[#libxfce4panel|libxfce4panel]]**
 +  * **[[#Roadmap / Planned Features|Roadmap / Planned Features]]**
 +  * **[[#Features that Affect the Entire Xfce Core|Features that Affect the Entire Xfce Core]]**
 +  * **[[#Modules|Modules]]**
 +  * **[[#Changes in Dependencies|Changes in Dependencies]]**
 +  * **[[#Other planned changes|Other planned changes]]**
 +
 +----
  
 ===== Schedule ===== ===== Schedule =====
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 | 2019-10-20 - April 2020 | Development Phase | Support Xfce | Supervise development, remind people of deadlines |  | | 2019-10-20 - April 2020 | Development Phase | Support Xfce | Supervise development, remind people of deadlines |  |
 | May | Release Phase | Wait patiently | Perform releases, remind people of deadlines | Perform releases of own components if desired | | May | Release Phase | Wait patiently | Perform releases, remind people of deadlines | Perform releases of own components if desired |
-| May - June | Xfce 4.16pre1 (Soft String Freeze) |  | Prepare release announcements, release Xfce 4.16pre1 | Make sure the latest development release is in good shape and uploaded. Try to avoid making string changes since this release will most likely skip pre3! | +| 2020-08-27 | [[releng/4.16/roadmap/xfce_4.16pre1|Xfce 4.16pre1]] (Soft String Freeze) |  | Prepare release announcements, release Xfce 4.16pre1 | Make sure the latest development release is in good shape and uploaded. Try to avoid making string changes since this release will most likely skip pre3! | 
-| June - July | Xfce 4.16pre2 (String + Code Freeze) |  | Prepare release announcements, release Xfce 4.16pre2 | Make sure that strings in the latest development release or in master are good | +| 2020-11-19 | [[releng/4.16/roadmap/xfce_4.16pre2|Xfce 4.16pre2]] (String + Code Freeze) |  | Prepare release announcements, release Xfce 4.16pre2 | Make sure that strings in the latest development release or in master are good | 
-| July | Xfce 4.16pre3 (Final Freeze) |  | This is an optional release (release team decides whether we need or skip it in favor of the final release) |  | +| <del>October \\ December</del> | <del>Xfce 4.16pre3 (Final Freeze)</del> |  | <del>This is an optional release (release team decides whether we need or skip it in favor of the final release)</del> |  | 
-| Around August | Xfce 4.16 (Final Release) | Celebrate | Prepare release announcements, release Xfce 4.16, branch for stable release, merge ELS branches into master | Make sure to upload a new release of own components before this deadline |+| December | Xfce 4.16 (Final Release) | Celebrate | Prepare release announcements, release Xfce 4.16, branch for stable release, merge ELS branches into master | Make sure to upload a new release of own components before this deadline |
  
 +----
  
-==== Roadmap / Planned Features ====+===== Roadmap / Planned Features =====
  
 === Features that Affect the Entire Xfce Core === === Features that Affect the Entire Xfce Core ===
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   * Drop support for Gtk2   * Drop support for Gtk2
   * Create a new icon set with application icons for Xfce that will be shipped as part of the components   * Create a new icon set with application icons for Xfce that will be shipped as part of the components
-  * Switch to rDNS naming for icons and desktop files+  * Switch to [[releng:4.16:icons rDNS naming for icons]] and desktop files
   * Replace certain general icons with their symbolic counterparts, e.g. "window-close" with "window-close-symbolic" (otherwise they look bad in Dark Mode apps or with dark themes)   * Replace certain general icons with their symbolic counterparts, e.g. "window-close" with "window-close-symbolic" (otherwise they look bad in Dark Mode apps or with dark themes)
   * [[https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16717|Migrate from exo-csource to xdt-csource]]: projects using exo-csource needs to be updated (need to call the new binary)   * [[https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16717|Migrate from exo-csource to xdt-csource]]: projects using exo-csource needs to be updated (need to call the new binary)
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 === Modules === === Modules ===
  
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 ^ Module ^ Assignee ^ Status ^ Progress ^ ^ Module ^ Assignee ^ Status ^ Progress ^
 | [[releng:4.16:roadmap:exo]]  | Sean, Andre | | 70% | | [[releng:4.16:roadmap:exo]]  | Sean, Andre | | 70% |
-| [[releng:4.16:roadmap:libxfce4ui]] | Simon | In Progress | 80% |+| [[releng:4.16:roadmap:libxfce4ui]] | Simon | Done | 100% |
 | [[releng:4.16:roadmap:libxfce4util]] | - | Done |  | | [[releng:4.16:roadmap:libxfce4util]] | - | Done |  |
 | [[releng:4.16:roadmap:thunar]] | Andre, Alex | In Progress | 50% | | [[releng:4.16:roadmap:thunar]] | Andre, Alex | In Progress | 50% |
 | [[releng:4.16:roadmap:xfce4-appfinder]] | | | | | [[releng:4.16:roadmap:xfce4-appfinder]] | | | |
-| [[releng:4.16:roadmap:xfce4-panel]] | Simon | In Progress | 50% | +| [[releng:4.16:roadmap:xfce4-panel]] | Simon | In Progress | 85% | 
-| [[releng:4.16:roadmap:xfce4-session]] | Simon | In Progress | 70% | +| [[releng:4.16:roadmap:xfce4-session]] | Simon | In Progress | 80% | 
-| [[releng:4.16:roadmap:xfce4-settings]] | Simon, Sean | In Progress | 70% |+| [[releng:4.16:roadmap:xfce4-settings]] | Simon, Sean | In Progress | 80% |
 | [[releng:4.16:roadmap:xfconf]] | Ali | | 90% | | [[releng:4.16:roadmap:xfconf]] | Ali | | 90% |
 | [[releng:4.16:roadmap:xfdesktop]] | | | | | [[releng:4.16:roadmap:xfdesktop]] | | | |
-| [[releng:4.16:roadmap:xfwm4]] | Olivier? | | 10% | +| [[releng:4.16:roadmap:xfwm4]] | Olivier | | 10% | 
-| [[releng:4.16:roadmap:xfce4-power-manager]] | Simon, Fabian? | In Progress | 50% |+| [[releng:4.16:roadmap:xfce4-power-manager]] | Simon | In Progress | 85% |
 | [[releng:4.16:roadmap:tumbler]] | | | | | [[releng:4.16:roadmap:tumbler]] | | | |
-| [[releng:4.16:roadmap:garcon]] | Simon | In Progress | 80% |+| [[releng:4.16:roadmap:garcon]] | Simon | Done | 100% |
 | [[releng:4.16:roadmap:thunar-volman]] | | | | | [[releng:4.16:roadmap:thunar-volman]] | | | |
 +| [[releng:4.16:roadmap:xfce4-dev-tools]] | Skunnyk | | 99% |
  
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 +----
 +
 +=== Dependencies ===
 +
 +  * pkgconfig
 +  * automake
 +  * autoconf
 +  * libtool
 +  * gtk+-3.0 >= 3.22
 +    * Same version for gdk-3.0.
 +  * glib-2.0 >= 2.50
 +    * Same version for gmodule-2.0, gobject-2.0, gthread-2.0, gio-2.0 and gdbus
 +  * gdk-pixbuf-2.0 >= 2.30
 +  * cairo >= 1.12
 +  * vte3 >= 0.38
 +  * libwnck3
 +  * upower-0.99
 +  * consolekit / systemd
  
 === Changes in Dependencies === === Changes in Dependencies ===
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   * Drop optional Gtk2 dependency   * Drop optional Gtk2 dependency
   * New dependency on libgtop (system information in libxfce4ui/xfce4-about)   * New dependency on libgtop (system information in libxfce4ui/xfce4-about)
 +  * glib-2.0 minimum 2.42 --> 2.50
  
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 === Other planned changes === === Other planned changes ===
  
-  * Migrate our Git setup to a self-hosted GitLab instance: DONE +  * Migrate our Git setup to a self-hosted GitLab instance: **DONE** 
-  * Enable basic GitLab CI setup: DONE +  * Enable basic GitLab CI setup: **DONE** 
-  * Migrate Bugzilla to GitLab: DONE+  * Migrate Bugzilla to GitLab: **DONE** 
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