I have checked the mate packages, and discovered that a bunch of these were still trailing in a 1.10 version :
ii mate-core 1.10.0+1 all MATE Desktop Environment (essential components, dummy package) ii mate-desktop-environment 1.10.0+1 all MATE Desktop Environment (metapackage) ii mate-desktop-environment-core 1.10.0+1 all MATE Desktop Environment (essential components, metapackage) ii mate-desktop-environment-extra 1.10.0+1 all MATE Desktop Environment (extra components, dummy package) ii mate-desktop-environment-extras 1.10.0+1 all MATE Desktop Environment (extra components, metapackage) ii mate-screensaver 1.10.2-1 amd64 MATE screen saver and locker ii mate-screensaver-common 1.10.2-1 all MATE screen saver and locker (common files) ii mate-session-manager 1.10.2-4 amd64 Session manager of the MATE desktop environment So I have issued a new update/upgrade session, that pulls all remaining packages in 1.12. And this has solved the issue, the missing menus is now back and fully functionnal. I think that more of using a debian testing as an end-user system, which is finally what it as aimed to (for desktop environment as least), the issue is that not all packages are delivered with a consistent version on the same day. There should be a locking mechanism that would prevent functionnaly linked packages being downloadable before all core packages are in a consistent version However, this case can be closed as a non-bug. Thanks for your patience. Jacques Le 10/01/2016 17:20, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : > On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 04:43:04PM +0000, Jacques Michelet wrote: >> - I am not running Mint, I am running Debian testing >> $ cat /etc/issue >> Debian GNU/Linux stretch/sid \n \l > Can you verify that all MATE packages installed are at 1.12 upstream > versions? It's quite likely that testing users end up with a mix > of different versions of MATE packages since different packages > migrate at different times from unstable. > > This is why I think it's generally a bad idea to use Debian testing or > unstable on a production machine unless you know what you're doing and > can fix issues yourself. We are actually receiving several bug reports > with issues which are to be expected during the development release > and will just sort out themselves with consecutive package updates. > > In any case, you can verify the installed packages with: > > glaubitz@ikarus:~$ dpkg -l mate\* |grep ^ii > ii mate-applets 1.12.1-1 amd64 Various > applets for the MATE panel > ii mate-applets-common 1.12.1-1 all Various > applets for the MATE panel (common files) > ii mate-backgrounds 1.12.0-1 all Set of > backgrounds packaged with the MATE Desktop Environment > ii mate-control-center 1.12.1-1 amd64 utilities > to configure the MATE desktop > ii mate-control-center-common 1.12.1-1 all utilities > to configure the MATE desktop (common files) > ii mate-desktop 1.12.1-1 amd64 Library > with common API for various MATE modules > ii mate-desktop-common 1.12.1-1 all Library > with common API for various MATE modules (common files) > ii mate-desktop-environment 1.12.0+1 all MATE > Desktop Environment (metapackage) > ii mate-desktop-environment-core 1.12.0+1 all MATE > Desktop Environment (essential components, metapackage) > ii mate-icon-theme 1.12.0-1 all MATE > Desktop icon theme > ii mate-icon-theme-faenza 1.12.0+dfsg1-1 all MATE Faenza > Desktop icon theme > ii mate-media 1.12.1-1 amd64 MATE media > utilities > ii mate-media-common 1.12.1-1 all MATE media > utilities (common files) > ii mate-menus 1.12.0-1 amd64 > implementation of the freedesktop menu specification for MATE > ii mate-notification-daemon 1.12.1-1 amd64 daemon to > display passive popup notifications > ii mate-notification-daemon-common 1.12.1-1 all daemon to > display passive popup notifications (common files) > ii mate-panel 1.12.1-1 amd64 launcher > and docking facility for MATE > ii mate-panel-common 1.12.1-1 all launcher > and docking facility for MATE (common files) > ii mate-polkit:amd64 1.12.0-1 amd64 MATE > authentication agent for PolicyKit-1 > ii mate-polkit-common 1.12.0-1 amd64 MATE > authentication agent for PolicyKit-1 (common files) > ii mate-power-manager 1.12.1-1 amd64 power > management tool for the MATE desktop > ii mate-power-manager-common 1.12.1-1 all power > management tool for the MATE desktop (common files) > ii mate-screensaver 1.12.0-1 amd64 MATE screen > saver and locker > ii mate-screensaver-common 1.12.0-1 all MATE screen > saver and locker (common files) > ii mate-session-manager 1.12.1-2 amd64 Session > manager of the MATE desktop environment > ii mate-settings-daemon 1.12.1-1 amd64 daemon > handling the MATE session settings > ii mate-settings-daemon-common 1.12.1-1 all daemon > handling the MATE session settings (common files) > ii mate-system-monitor 1.12.1-1 amd64 Process > viewer and system resource monitor for MATE > ii mate-system-monitor-common 1.12.1-1 all Process > viewer and system resource monitor for MATE (common files) > ii mate-terminal 1.12.1-1 amd64 MATE > terminal emulator application > ii mate-terminal-common 1.12.1-1 all MATE > terminal emulator application (common files) > ii mate-themes 1.12.2+gtk3.18-1 all Official > themes for the MATE desktop > ii mate-user-guide 1.12.0-1 all User > documentation for MATE Desktop Environment > ii mate-utils 1.12.0-1 amd64 MATE > desktop utilities > ii mate-utils-common 1.12.0-1 all MATE > desktop utilities (common files) > glaubitz@ikarus:~$ > > Cheers, > Adrian >
