F38 proposal: Xfce-4.18 (Self-Contained Change proposal)

[Ben Cotton]

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/xfce-4.18

This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes
process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive
community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved
by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.

== Summary ==
Xfce 4.18 is a stable release with proven components, provide features
to both new and power users alike. This change proposal is submitted
to sync fedora packages with the latest upstream release.

== Owners ==
* Name: [[User:nonamedotc| Mukundan Ragavan]], [[User:kevin| Kevin Fenzi]]
* Email: nonamedotc(a)fedoraproject.org, kevin(a)scrye.com


== Current status ==
[[Category:ChangeReadyForWrangler]]
[[Category:SelfContainedChange]]

* Targeted release: [[Releases/38 | Fedora 38 ]]
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== Detailed Description ==

This change migrates Xfce desktop environment (DE) to the latest
version provided by upstream developers. This release brings, amongst
others, the following features
* client-side decorations
* fractional scaling
* new status tray plugins
* Streamlined application chooser (i.e. merged "mime type editor" and
"default applications")

Full feature list can be viewed at
[https://mail.xfce.org/pipermail/xfce-announce/2022-December/001208.html]
and [https://www.xfce.org/about/tour418]

== Benefit to Fedora ==

Updating Xfce to 4.18 will provide Fedora Xfce users stable but latest
versions of upstream software. We will also be able to provide timely
bug fixes.

== Scope ==
* Proposal owners:
** Update core xfce packages to 4.18
** Rebuild plugins once core packages are build

* Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

* Release engineering: [https://pagure.io/releng/issues] (a check of
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** List of deliverables: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

* Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

* Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
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N/A (not a System Wide Change)

== How To Test ==

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

== User Experience ==

* A fresh install should have fully functional Xfce DE
* Upgrade from Fedora 37 or older should be mostly seamless

No special configuration or hardware needed.

== Dependencies ==
N/A (not a System Wide Change)

== Contingency Plan ==

* Contingency mechanism: (What to do?  Who will do it?) N/A (not a
System Wide Change)

* Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

* Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change)

* Blocks product? N/A (not a System Wide Change)

== Documentation ==
N/A (not a System Wide Change)

== Release Notes ==

Fedora 38 ships with Xfce 4.18.

-- 
Ben Cotton
He / Him / His
Fedora Program Manager
Red Hat
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