diff --git a/MATE-1.8-CHANGES.TXT b/MATE-1.8-CHANGES.TXT
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-New Packages in MATE 1.8:
-gssdp
-gupnp
-caja-extensions
-yelp-tools
-yelp-xsl
-pygtksourceview
-pangox-compat
-pygobject3
-gnome-main-menu
-mate-screensaver (moved from testing/)
-
-Renamed Packages in MATE 1.8:
-mate-file-manager -> caja
-mate-window-manager -> marco
-mate-document-viewer -> atril
-mate-image-viewer -> eom
-mate-file-archiver -> engrampa
-mate-menu-editor -> mozo
-mate-text-editor -> pluma
-
-Packages removed in MATE 1.8:
-mate-file-manager-gksu            \
-mate-file-manager-image-converter  \  merged into caja-extensions
-mate-file-manager-open-terminal    /
-mate-file-manager-sendto          /
-mate-keyring (replaced by gnome-keyring - available on Slackware)
-libmatekeyring (replaced by libsecret - available on Slackware)
-mate-doc-utils (replaced by yelp-tools)
-libmatewnck (replaced by libwnck - available on Slackware)
-mate-character-map (replaced by gucharmap - available on Slackware)
-mate-bluetooth (in broken state)
-
-Note:
-To enable side-by-side tiling via command line, run this command:
-
-$ dconf write org/mate/marco/general/side-by-side-tiling true
-
-or you can enable it via System > MATE Control Center > Windows > Enable
-side by side tiling
diff --git a/MATE-1.8-DEPS.TXT b/MATE-1.8-DEPS.TXT
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-This is a list of dependencies for the packages in the /extra directory.
-
-1.  extra/mate-applets require deps/pygobject3, deps/libgtop, and
-    deps/gtksourceview
-
-2.  extra/caja-extensions requires deps/gssdp and deps/gupnp
-
-3.  extra/mate-netspeed and extra/mate-utils both require extra/libgtop.
-
-4.  extra/mate-text-editor requires extra/gtksourceview.
-
-5.  extra/mate-system-monitor requires deps/libsigc++, deps/glibmm,
-    deps/cairomm, deps/pangomm, deps/atkmm, deps/mm-common, and deps/gtkmm.
-
-6.  extra/mate-system-tools requires deps/perl-xml-twig,
-    deps/perl-net-dbus, deps/system-tools-backends, and deps/liboobs.
-
-7.  extra/pluma requires both deps/gtksourceview and deps/pygtksourceview