xfce 4.13 - stability and downstream packaging

[Simon Steinbeiß]

Hi again,

> Hi Simon, Thanks a lot for replying. I see that a great majority of core
> libraries are being switched over to 4.13 - which is very encouraging to
> me personally.

Yes it's true, we're mostly holding back on Xfwm4 because we had mixed experiences with it. For some it worked better, for some it wasn't really usable at all. Hopefully the next 4.13 release will change this.

> Since you mentioned xfconf specifically, is that a special
> consideration? As far as I can tell, I was able to upgrade from 4.12.x
> to 4.13 without needing manual intervention in my test systems. I could
> be mistaken.

There are mostly rebuilds needed, but for more insight it'd be better to chat up somebody with actual packaging experience, e.g. Sean (in CC:).

Cheers
Simon