What happened to mate?

[Tijl Coosemans]

On Tue, 16 Sep 2014 19:48:42 -0700 David Benfell <benfell at parts-unknown.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 07:24:27PM -0700, David Benfell wrote:
>> So, ummm, I'm a little mystified. How does one start mate nowadays?
> 
> I found the mate-session-manager port, which gave me mate-session
> back. But I'm missing key features.
> 
> The entire window management bit seems to be missing. I don't have
> title bars to grab windows and move them around. I cannot minimize or
> maximize windows.
> 
> It seems like everything else is present. The background appears and
> all the autostart jobs start up.
> 
> So I'm still missing a piece.

Install at least x11/mate-base.  It contains the minimum requirements.
If you want all applications install x11/mate.