Sander Sweers has released several updated packages for the MATE 1.8 series that addresses an assortment of bug fixes and minor updates. Some distributions have already incorporated these updates and the others will follow in due course. See below for the changes:

atril 1.8.1

Fixed crash when clicking empty canvas while loading
Fixed FTBFS when building with the clang compiler
Added keywords key to .desktop files

caja 1.8.2

Fixed text rendering on no background
Limit deep scount (folder contents and size) to one file system
Handle metadata key deletions
Propagate button-release event when ejecting

engrampa 1.8.1

Fixed opening files inside .rar files
Fixed possible errors with some password protected .rar files
Added keywords key to .desktop file
Updated several man pages
Do not set the selected app as the system default

eom 1.8.1

Fixed hyphen-as-minus-sign issues
Updated scrollbars when display is resized in “normal size” mode

marco 1.8.2

Fixed issues with maximized Java applications
Added _GTK_FRAME_EXTENTS hints for GTK3

mate-applets 1.8.1

Fixed file encoding
Added and updated several man pages
Updated policykit vendor URL

mate-control-center 1.8.3

Fixed typo in togglekeys-enable (a11y)
Fixed segfault with custom key bindings
Added support for metacity-2 themes in appearance capplet
Added several man pages
Added keywords key to .desktop files
Updated Marco WM name

mate-netbook 1.8.1

Fixed segfault on applet load
Added man page

mate-panel 1.8.1

Fixed “Add to Panel” context menu with multiple monitors

mate-power-manager 1.8.1

Fixed “levels is 0” warning if no kbd backlight present
Added support for upower-0.99 API
Added keywords key to .desktop file
Removed “battery recall” logic

mate-screen-saver 1.8.1

Fixed segfault in the absence of XRANDR

mate-settings-daemon 1.8.2

Replace googlemusicframe with nuvolaplayer
Updated schema to use toggle shell script

mate-system-tools 1.8.1

Fixed process liboobs errors in the callback function of mate-users-admin
Fixed possible segfault on exit for mate-users-admin

mate-terminal 1.8.1

Fixed opening new terminal in a tab
Added colon to PATHCHARS_CLASS for URL detection

mate-utils 1.8.1

Added keywords key to .desktop files
Fixed several man pages
Fixed gsearchtool format-security warning

python-caja 1.8.1

Now uses pkg-config for python detection and variables