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Schedule for and Status of the Xfce 4.18 Development Cycle
Schedule
Read the Xfce Release Model to understand why this cycle is the way it is.
| Dates | Phase/Deadline | Everyone's Tasks | Release Team Tasks | Maintainer Tasks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03-2021 | Planning Phase | Elect the release team, discuss dependencies | ||
| Extended Planning Phase | May request dependency changes | |||
| Dependency Freeze | Update dependency info, inform community about the decisions made (dependencies, unguaranteed feature preview) | |||
| Development Phase | Support Xfce | Supervise development, remind people of deadlines | ||
| Release Phase | Wait patiently | Perform releases, remind people of deadlines | Perform releases of own components if desired | |
| Xfce 4.18pre1 (Soft String Freeze) | Prepare release announcements, release Xfce 4.18pre1 | 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! | ||
| Xfce 4.18pre2 (String + Code Freeze) | Prepare release announcements, release Xfce 4.18pre2 | Make sure that strings in the latest development release or in master are good | ||
| Xfce 4.18pre3 (Final Freeze) | This is an optional release (release team decides whether we need or skip it in favor of the final release) | |||
| Xfce 4.18 (Final Release) | Celebrate | Prepare release announcements, release Xfce 4.18, branch for stable release, merge ELS branches into master | Make sure to upload a new release of own components before this deadline |
Features that Affect the Entire Xfce Core
- Explore Wayland support in applications (where it is easily possible)
Modules
Please don't take the features listed on these pages as obligatory. Keep in mind that they may or may not make it into the 4.18 release, depending on the time the individual developers have.
| Module | Assignee | Status | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| exo | |||
| libxfce4ui | |||
| libxfce4util | |||
| thunar | |||
| xfce4-appfinder | |||
| xfce4-panel | Simon | 0% | |
| xfce4-session | |||
| xfce4-settings | |||
| xfconf | |||
| xfdesktop | |||
| xfwm4 | |||
| xfce4-power-manager | |||
| tumbler | |||
| garcon | |||
| thunar-volman | |||
| xfce4-dev-tools |
Dependencies
Changes in Dependencies
Other planned changes
- Port as many plugins as possible to xfconf
- Migrate more applications to CSD
- Create new icons for panel plugins and switch to rDNS naming
- Migrate to libgtop where it makes sense (e.g. xfce4-taskmanager)