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=== Important bug fixes and enhancements ===

 *Enhancements
=== Enhancements and bug fixes ===

'' As Xenial Xerus (16.04) is intended to be the next LTS, enhancements and bug fixes include those seen in intervening releases.''

 * '''Enhancements'''
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 *Bug Fixes  * '''Bug Fixes'''
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   * some
   * fixed
   * bugs

   * (Bug:1547807) Need to click in empty space for right click options to work
   * (Bug:1523164) Double quadruple clicking folder results behaviour
   * (Bug:1514018) Catfish calculates end date in custom range incorrectly
   * (Bug:1508918) Deleting multiple files from search results
   * (Bug:1507765) Catfish fails to update database
   * (Bug:1495098) Obsoleted thumbnails directory
   * (Bug:1482919) Catfish will lock up if 'locate' is not installed
   * (Bug:1461072) Can not drag and drop multiple files
   * (Bug:1447045) Close window with (standard) CTRL-Q
   * (Bug:1442559) Catfish does not find files whose size exceeds 2GB
   * (Bug:1372165) Catfish Opens Previous Directory on Search List
   * (Bug:1300158) [feature request] add a "search" button

DRAFT RELEASE NOTE

Release Notes Base

NOTE:

This is the milestone Release. Xubuntu milestone Releases are NOT recommended for:

  • Regular users who are not aware of pre-release issues
  • Anyone who needs a stable system
  • Anyone uncomfortable running a possibly frequently broken system
  • Anyone in a production environment with data or workflows that need to be reliable

Xubuntu milestone Releases are recommended for:

  • Regular users who want to help us test by finding, reporting, and/or fixing bugs


Enhancements and bug fixes

As Xenial Xerus (16.04) is intended to be the next LTS, enhancements and bug fixes include those seen in intervening releases.

  • Enhancements

    • New Xfce Power Manager plugin is added to the panel
    • Items in the alt-tab dialog can now be clicked with the mouse
    • Change from gksudo to pkexec, pkexec policy files included for thunar and mousepad
    • New/Updated Xubuntu Light/Dark colorschemes in Mousepad, Terminal
    • Mousepad colorscheme set to Xubuntu Light by default
    • Better appearance for QT applications out of the box (default to GTK theme)
    • Xfce4 Panel Switch for backup and restoration of panels. Included are 5 preset panel layouts.
    • LibreOffice Calc and Writer are now included. These applications replace Gnumeric and Abiword respectively.

    • A new theme for LibreOffice, libreoffice-style-elementary is also included.

    • Greybird accessibility icons for window manager.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Catfish

      • (1547807) Need to click in empty space for right click options to work

      • (1523164) Double quadruple clicking folder results behaviour

      • (1514018) Catfish calculates end date in custom range incorrectly

      • (1508918) Deleting multiple files from search results

      • (1507765) Catfish fails to update database

      • (1495098) Obsoleted thumbnails directory

      • (1482919) Catfish will lock up if 'locate' is not installed

      • (1461072) Can not drag and drop multiple files

      • (1447045) Close window with (standard) CTRL-Q

      • (1442559) Catfish does not find files whose size exceeds 2GB

      • (1372165) Catfish Opens Previous Directory on Search List

      • (1300158) [feature request] add a "search" button

    • Mousepad

      • foo
    • Mugshot

      • foo
    • xfce4-power-manager

      • foo
    • Menulibre

      • foo
    • Thunar

      • foo
    • Parole

      • foo


Known issues

The existence of a bug in these notes does not imply they will affect everyone. Some appear in specific circumstances

Installer Issues

(966480) The prompt asking for media removal is not shown at the end of the installation -VirtualBox

(990744) Ubuntu installer says: The creation of swap space in partition failed

(1447038) Shutdown/Restart of live session guest does not work in Virtualbox, and VMWare. This bug continues to affect virtual machines - once the guest has finished and appears to hang press Enter - this should remove the iso, shutdown and restart the guest.

(1537865) Installer does not show Terminal output

(1547302) "Check disc for defects" boot option displays no text some flavors

General Issues

(792085) Automatic remount of safely removed usb 3.0 drive

(1359689) cryptsetup password prompt not shown

(1530323) The input box for editing a Wired connection static IP address doesn't appear correctly

(1549529) The keyboard is still installed as US-English even if another language is selected during the installation


Xubuntu Specific Issues

grab blueprint bugs

  • Reported during Milestone Testing

(1402036) Mugshot authentication failed

(1510889) Doesn’t resume from suspend on Virtual Machine after locking

(1513590) Unable to delete items in menulibre

(1515184) Crash when selecting a category in a new entry - Menulibre

(1516237) Mugshot crashes when trying to capture image

(1533206) Blueman-applet crash on login

(1549732) Duplicate Imagemagick entries on menu, none work

  • Reported outside Milestone testing

(1529469) State of "Hide from menus" is not saved upon application restart


Changelogs

  • Edit Changelog entries for Major

Major application versions

Other application versions

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