Xfce 4.14pre2 released!
As scheduled, the team has released the second pre-release for Xfce 4.14, which is due later this summer, yesterday evening. As this release was mostly focused on bugfixing there are not that many...
View ArticleXfce 4.14pre3 released!
The final pre-release before Xfce 4.14 stable is out since two days ago so here goes a quick look at the most notable bugfixes. While this release was optional, we decided to give ourselves a little...
View ArticleXfce 4.14 released! (Yeah, like a week ago ;))
So finally – here goes the official post for the Xfce 4.14 release… Why is the release manager late to the party with his blog post? The explanation is simple: We prioritized sticking to the schedule...
View ArticleXfce 4.16 development phase starting
As promised we’ll try to stick to a tighter schedule this time, so without further ado: the development phase towards Xfce 4.16 has officially started! This means that we have a list of features we...
View ArticleXfce 4.14 Maintenance and 4.15 Updates
Xfce 4.14 Maintenance As promised we’re trying to be much better at doing maintenance releases for Xfce 4.14. In part, we had a hard time doing maintenance for Xfce 4.12 because with all the porting...
View ArticleXfce switches to GitLab
GitLab is here! Starting today, May 1, we’re switching from our cgit/gitolite setup to GitLab. Our old server, git.xfce.org, is now a ready-only in-sync mirror (so you can still pull code). Our new...
View ArticleGitLab CI is up and running
As announced less than two weeks ago, the next steps in our GitLab migration are following. While we originally planned that the migration from Bugzilla to GitLab issues would be the next step we...
View ArticleWhy Bountysource? Why?
TL;DR No more Xfce bugs on Bountysource.com (no support for GitLab) All remaining bug bounties returned to original backers Xfce Team account on Bountysource remains intact for now (including all...
View ArticleBountysource update
I quickly wanted to share an update to my previous post our leaving Bountysource behind (at least as platform for individual bug bounties). Bountysource support has informed us that “All bounties on...
View ArticlePost 4.16 fatigue and what’s next
After we successfully released Xfce 4.16 as an early Christmas gift to all users last year I personally fell into the typical “post release fatigue” (PRF). On the one hand I was exhausted, on the other...
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