On Fri, Jan 08, 2016 at 10:59:37PM -0600, Peter Q. wrote:
hi there I'm currently testing mate desktop on epel 7, I don't find issue yet. I'm sure than your issue is mix of packages testing and stable packages.
probably you're right. I did find some more 1.12 stuff lurking in dark corners, removed those and reinstalled to no obvious benefit, but after a while all the desktop bits reappeared.