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worldofpeace
username_0
###### Motivation for this change
Sometime last july r-ryantm sent prs to update mate to its unstable release.
Unfortunately those got merged and it went under the radar.
I noticed this in https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/50695

To prevent this from happening again the `mate` attribute has been blacklisted for [nixpkgs-update](https://github.com/ryantm/nixpkgs-update/commit/102a469d94b5b4efcfa7768b191ebcf2322c94f8).


This should undo that and also update other applications to their latest stable release.

Fixes #53758 #53943 


cc @romildo @username_2 
###### Things done

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mate updates and downgrades
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Mic92
username_1
cc @johannesloetzsch
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worldofpeace
username_0
So I've cleaned some things up and got `mozo` to function.

Also tested execution of pretty much everything in a vm with mate enabled.
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worldofpeace
username_0
@username_1 since this has left stable in a pretty poor shape, do you think we should backport this?
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lheckemann
username_2
Yes, I'm in favour of backporting.
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Mic92
username_1
@username_0 ok from my side.
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worldofpeace
username_0
This was a thought that I was also having.
I'm not sure where I can look to see if this would be a problem, but the best I could do is simulate this upgrade from within a vm and see if we have problems.
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worldofpeace
username_0
Though to begin a backport pr this needs to be merged first :smile:

Just need approval for f9b8f2cf4fecfa8f6a99e6365d435c8c81f783fb...e26d22c091f187d9551d658bc9398e0de02cec7f
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RedL0tus
username_3
Any updates on this? I'm currently using MATE and it seems MATE 1.21 isn't fully compatible with themes like arc or materia, downgrading to 1.20 would be great!
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worldofpeace
username_0
I just need a review for those range of commits, @username_4 mind giving them a look?
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jtojnar
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That looks fine to me.
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worldofpeace
username_0
Great, as I've already tested this in a vm and determined I looked good, I'm going for it :smile:
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worldofpeace
username_0
I'm going to assemble the backport now.
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RedL0tus
username_3
Thanks a lot!
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