Bug#858096: [mate-panel?] Mate panel unstable, notification area icons disappear without warning

[michael (C0bb3r)]

On 14/11/17 21:18, Mike Gabriel wrote:
> Control: close -1
> Control: fixed -1 1.18.4-1
>
> On  Mi 24 Mai 2017 06:24:24 CEST, michael (C0bb3r) wrote:
>
>> On 22/05/17 09:48, Stefano Rivera wrote:
>>> Control: severity -1 normal
>>>
>>>> I have been doing some more on this issue, even though it appears 
>>>> no one
>>>> else is interested, and have found that it happens when the panel 
>>>> properties
>>>>> background is changed from "None (use system theme" to "Solid 
>>>>> colour" and
>>>> the style is adjusted to make the panel transparent. If the panel 
>>>> is left
>>>> Opaque the icons stay as they should but any transparency causes 
>>>> the icons
>>>> to disappear.
>>> Yep. I can reproduce that. And I don't think it qualifies as an RC bug,
>>> it is easily worked around.
>>>
>>> SR
>>>
>> Yes it is easily worked around but the user doesn't have any options 
>> but to leave the panel alone. The problem with this is an option is 
>> given to change the panel and when that option doesn't work it is a 
>> useless option that shouldn't be there. The option, as it is, stops 
>> the panel from working as it should therefore I believe it is an RC bug.
>
> I received feedback from upstream and they think that this issue 
> should be gone since 1.18.x of MATE panel.
>
> If you still see the issue with recent MATE 1.18.x from Debian 
> unstable, please reopen. Thanks!
>
> light+love,
> Mike
This is a problem in MATE 1.16 as was reported as such. Even though it 
was reported after the freeze date it must have been there before the 
freeze date and as such it should really be fixed, via backports or 
patching or some other method. Until this is fixed Debian Stretch MATE 
users are unable to customise their panels in the way the panels are 
designed to be customised.
Cheers.
Michael.