https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/xfce-4.14
== Summary ==
Xfce desktop environment has version 4.13.x which is currently
available in Fedora. Significant work has been completed to migrate
the DE to GTK-3 completely. The obvious benefit to this migration is
the use of a modern and actively maintained toolkit.
Xfce 4.14 is a stable release with proven components, provide features
users. This change proposal is submitted to sync fedora packages with
the latest upstream releases.
== Owners ==
* Name: [[User:nonamedotc| Mukundan Ragavan]]
* Email: nonamedotc(a)fedoraproject.org
* Name: [[User:kevin| Kevin Fenzi]]
* Email: kevin(a)scrye.com
* Name: [[User:gerd| Gerd Pokorra]]
* Email: gerd(a)fedoraproject.org
== Detailed Description ==
This change migrates Xfce desktop environment (DE) to the latest
version provided by upstream developers. This is a near complete GTK-3
migration of the DE.
== Benefit to Fedora ==
Other GTK-based DEs such as cinnamon and MATE have already migrated to
using GTK-3 libraries. This change proposes to migrate the popular
Xfce DE to the latest GTK-3 based versions upstream developers have
released.
This change would result in fewer packages depending on the older
GTK-2 libraries and move Xfce to use a modern toolkit.
== Scope ==
* Proposal owners:
** Update core xfce packages to 4.14
** Rebuild plugins once core packages are build
* Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
== User Experience ==
* A fresh install should have fully functional Xfce DE
* Upgrade from Fedora 30 or older should show no visible changes to
the end users.
** GTK-3 applications will be better integrated
No special configuration or hardware needed.
== Documentation ==
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
== Release Notes ==
Fedora 31 ships with Xfce 4.14.
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