Release manager for the lightweight desktop environment XFCE, Simon Steinbeiss, published the anticipated schedule for the release of both the pre-release and final versions of XFCE version 4.14 in the project's mailing list. The development team will adhere to the traditional release model: first, three pre-releases will be made available, followed by a final stable build. The schedule looks like this:
May 19: 4.14-pre1
June 30: 4.14-pre2
July 28: 4.14-pre3 (if it is deemed unnecessary, then 4.14-final will be presented on this day)
August 11: 4.14-final
If we believe the brief task plan for the 4.14 release, everything is already ready: the environment has been fully rewritten in GTK3 with compatibility for old xfwm4 themes maintained, rendering through GdkGC has been replaced with cairo, and XInput2 support has been added.
Those interested in testing the current builds can run xfce 4.14 from a docker container.Feedback is welcome!
Källa: linux.org.ru
