Fedora 34 Change: Xfce-4.16 (Self-Contained Change proposal)

[Ben Cotton]

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/xfce-4.16

== Summary ==
Xfce 4.16 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]]
* Email: [e-mail]

* Name: [[User:kevin| Kevin Fenzi]]
* Email: [e-mail]

== 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://xfce.org/about/news Xfce news]

== Benefit to Fedora ==

Updating Xfce to 4.16 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 4.16
** Rebuild plugins once core packages are build

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

* Release engineering: <!-- [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/7647 #7647]

* 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 ==
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 33 or older should be mostly seamless
** Users will notice differences in certain instances (e.g. settings)
because of implementation of client side decorations
** Default ALT+TAB behavior will likely be different.

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 34 ships with Xfce 4.16.