enterstudio/roadmap-1

TODO list and current goals

Linux Mint 19

ff in live repo

need_update:

• minecraft-installer
• whatsapp-desktop
• spotify-client
• google-earth-pro-stable

artwork:

• grey-on-grey icons (many in cinnamon-settings)

• improve status icons: nm-signal-, volume-audio-, power icons

• remove humanity-icon-theme and ubuntu-mono

• mintwelcome icon

• .deb icon

• csd-power: linuxmint/cinnamon-settings-daemon#209

• blueberry won't launch in VM (Xfce): "bt-adapter -i" hangs and then segfaults

• intel-microcode is missing https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/+bug/1758689

• gist-paste still used in xapps/mintsystem

• update translations

• update installation guide translations

release upgrade tool:

• migrate to pkexec
• make sure timeshift config is in place
• make sure mdm isn't in use anymore
• suggestions:
  • Re-enable 3rd party repositories after upgrade. A backup of the APT sources gets stored in ./Upgrade-Backup/APT but the tutorial didn't cover this or what to do with it (probably best to just find what the 3rd party repositories were and re-enable them manually from instructions on their website). Important for things like Google Chrome.
  • mintupgrade replaces user modified configuration files in /etc without prompting, leaving .dpkg-old files behind. Perhaps cover this tidbit in the tutorial.

LMDE 3

• lightdm asks username to be typed

backports:

• flatpak/ostree/appstream?
• meson/debhelper/dh_autoreconf?

Linux Mint 19.1

help
    rtd dev guide
    rtd security guide

update installation slideshow
    internet: flash/java
    movies: DVD
    connected: refs to ICQ..

mate:
    consider brisk menu

mintwelcome:
    add firewall enablement to welcome app?

mintupdate:
    safeguard against package removals (for instance, don't let users perform updates which would remove sensitive packages).
    notice to reboot the computer when appropriate
    purge old kernels? https://github.com/Pjotr123/purge-old-kernels-2
    systray icon or infobar to notify user of new Mint versions
    remember sorting of updates
    have an option for update manager to initiate a timeshift backup prior to applying upgrades?

port mintstick to python3

mintreport:
    detect missing l10n packages and hint at mintlocale
    warn about root password if not set

artwork
    add dark variant support to Mint-Y (needs fixes in Caja)
    mint-y lack of borders without compositing
    gtk color variations
    cursor theme?
    sound theme?
    slightly taller/darker panel?
    generic menu icon?
    bump resolution of branded backgrounds

cinnamon
    enable recent by default, fix mem leak https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-desktop/commit/2015cc0f8a8fe46384225b0cf10df45f7d3d9315#diff-7ad95a88738c9b5cd253f469add87640
    muffin to render titlebars with GTK themes (i.e. drop support for metacity themes)
    investigate https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GNOME-Post-3.28-Perf-Work
    PR on network applet to use libnm/libnma (needs fixes in Debian Stretch)
    nemo
        video thumbnails are blurry
mate
    marco: add support for GTK dark variants

system
    plymouth: center text, hide "None" value

slick
    would be nice to show release number

xapps/cinnamon/nemo:
    don't ship icons with generic names in /usr/share/hicolor. All icons should be prefixed (cs-, xapp-, nemo-..etc..) so they don't conflict with other packages

Roadmap

desktop-search:
    local files
    web engines
    recent
    apps
    dictionary
    translations

mate:
    switch mozo for menulibre

mintreport:
    dmesg errors
    foreign packages if pinned by mint
    wrong lsb info..etc.
    slow boot sequence
    slow shutdown sequence

implement an alarm clock

cinnamon:
    CSD/Cinnamon should set GtkSettings' gtk-print-preview-command to "xreader-previewer -u -p %s %f" (test by launching xreader from terminal, ask for a print preview and see error trying to launch evince on stdout)
    cinnamon slow to start after boot --> delay execution of appsys/docinfo until the DE is loaded
    CSD: support mouse wheel speed? Evdev scrolling distance?
    menu keywords: looking for display in menu shows color first
    preferences > keyboard > custom shortcuts. Used with a Spanish keyboard layout. Recorded: crtl+number and ctrl+Shift+number (e.g. ctrl+1 and ctrl+shift+1 = ctrl+!) they are recorded correctly. When using the shortcut the command defined in the shift combination is triggered with just ctrl+number (i.e. ctrl+1). The complete combination triggers nothing (i.e. ctrl+shift+1 does nothing) and the comand defined in ctrl+number can never be used. This worked in 17.3.
    track/troubleshoot shutdown sequence (user should know what is happening when shutdown isn't immediate)
    track/troubleshoot vsync, compositing, unredirected windows and policy
    menu: consider adopting this layout (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/The-Panacea-Projects/Gnomenu/master/Screenshot.png), same as ours/mintmenu, only better.
    todo list applet/desklet
    calendar events applet/desklet
    multiple clocks https://github.com/simonwiles/cinnamon_applets
    network applet: airplane mode (quick way to rfkill all)
    nemo: retire computer:/// place (which is completely useless) or revamp it into something better
    alt-tab and panel use icon provided by appsys, ignoring icon set by the application itself (example: a python window using widow.set_icon_name())
    actions in panel launchers aren't translated if not present in .desktop file
    gnome-system-monitor moves out of place in Expo
    When using Cinnamon bar at top, and secondary monitor with higher height than the main display, some apps like KDE Apps (Krita, Kdenlive) or Wine Based Apps (teamviewer) will display menus from toolbar in the wrong place. Being more specific: The menus will be displayed in the position that they should be displayed at main monitor, however in this case the window is maximized in the secondary monitor.
    Is there any reason why there are two names for the same item, eg. "Trash" and "Rubbish Bin"? Would it be better to standardise on only one name?
    add gnome-screenshot to panel, right-click and select "Take screenshot of a selected area". This runs gnome-screenshot -a.. it should work but it doesn't. Is it because of the panel launcher capturing the click event or something?

make the GOA frontend an Xapp (it should be cross-DE), disable buggy/irrelevant services

xapps
    implement an app-sharing protocol to quickly move a document from one app to another

    gestures support:
        pinch:
            zoom document in pix
            zoom view in nemo

        swipe:
            previous/next document in pix

        scroll:
            sound-volume/seek in xplayer

        click:
            pause/resume in xplayer

        double-click:
            full-screen in xplayer
            full-screen in xviewer

    pix
        doesn't rotate videos when playing them
        vignettes should look better, and the same in all themes
        support prefer-dark-themes
        treeview in sidebar shows unecessary "(empty)" when dirs have no subdirs

    xreader
        xreader-previewer use full-color icons

artwork:
    Tray icons are black with mint-y themes.
    mint-x-icons: network status icons have a dark background in panel 33px and bigger (sound icon looks wrong in 41px and bigger).
    mint-y The maximize/restore window control button doesn’t change visually between in maximized and restored state (default theme and Mint-Y-Dark)

system:
    compiler optimization: consider optimizing compiled binaries for Cinnamon/Xapps

HiDPI support:
    upstream apps using GTK2: Gimp, Hexchat, Tomboy.

R&D

system
    consider enabling recommends

review logind.conf changes in:
    MATE
    Xfce

libindicator++?
    client-rendered icon/menu (ala libindicator)
    support all the features from GTK statusicon (tooltips, left/right clicks etc..)

network discovery:
    easy out-of-the-box interactions (messaging/presence/file-sharing) over the LAN

windows compatibility layer:
    seamless wine integration