Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 11:12:05 GMT From: Lorenzo Salvadore <salvadore@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 056887ea28 - main - Status/2023Q4/gnome-contributions.adoc: Add report Message-ID: <202401091112.409BC5vf005284@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by salvadore: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=056887ea28cd2874fbc56e07d061e89aebdbdac7 commit 056887ea28cd2874fbc56e07d061e89aebdbdac7 Author: Olivier Duchateau <duchateau.olivier@gmail.com> AuthorDate: 2024-01-09 10:31:15 +0000 Commit: Lorenzo Salvadore <salvadore@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2024-01-09 10:34:12 +0000 Status/2023Q4/gnome-contributions.adoc: Add report Note: The author of this report is not a member of the gnome@ FreeBSD team. Reviewed by: status (Pau Amma <pauamma@gundo.com>) Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D43247 --- .../gnome-contributions.adoc | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2023-10-2023-12/gnome-contributions.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2023-10-2023-12/gnome-contributions.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a9b359098e --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2023-10-2023-12/gnome-contributions.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +=== State of GNOME 44 + +Links: + +link:https://www.gnome.org/[GNOME] URL: link:https://www.gnome.org/[] + +link:https://codeberg.org/olivierd/freebsd-ports-gnome[Development repository] URL: link:https://codeberg.org/olivierd/freebsd-ports-gnome[] + +Contact: FreeBSD GNOME Team <gnome@FreeBSD.org> +Contact: Olivier Duchateau <duchateau.olivier@gmail.com> + +GNOME is a full desktop environment which is mainly based on GLib, GTK3/GTK4, and libadwaita. +It provides two window managers or compositors: package:x11-wm/mutter[] and package:x11-wm/metacity[]. + +Currently in the ports collection, package:x11/gnome-shell[] is not supported by upstream anymore. +As it is a lot of work, in order to have GNOME 44 available for users, I decided to split this update, because it impacts several ports. + +As a maintainer of package:x11/budgie[] and Pantheon desktop (a window manager based on package:x11-wm/mutter[], developped for link:https://elementary.io/[elementary OS]) I need more recent versions of some GNOME libraries. + +Firstly I worked on WebKitGTK. The 4.0 "legacy" API is almost not used by GNOME's libraries. +The bare minimum is the 4.1 API. +I created [.filename]#webkit.mk# for the [.filename]#Mk/Uses# framework, in order to _flavorize_ package:www/webkit2-gtk3[]. +There is an link:https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=275914[ongoing effort], but currently it is too unstable. +Often applications such as Epiphany, mail clients (Geary, Evolution), or the online accounts panel in package:sysutils/gnome-control-center dump core. + +Nonetheless, remainder of desktop is usable and the latest release (44.7) of GNOME Shell is functional. +I have begun sending my first patches for review (as well as those in Bugzilla). + +* link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D43183[D43183] +* link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D43230[D43230] +* link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D43244[D43244] +* link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D40489[D40489] + +I have also ported the link:https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeFlashback[GNOME Flashback] session module. +It depends on package:x11-wm/metacity[] and package:x11-toolkits/libwnck3[]. + +I also maintain a link:https://codeberg.org/olivierd/freebsd-ports-gnome/wiki[documentation], and we can link:https://codeberg.org/olivierd/freebsd-ports-gnome/src/branch/screenshots[see] various desktops available. + +GNOME 45 is almost finished, except for GNOME Shell extensions. +For this release I will focus on Wayland support (link:https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=258042[bug #258042] and link:https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=271836[bug #271836]). + +Tests and patches are welcomed, especially for WebKitGTK. + +Next months I plan to work on: + +* Allowing selecting a session in display manager (gdm), it is regression with our patches. +* Fixing sharing network (VNC, SSH) panel in package:sysutils[gnome-control-center] and backport for link:https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=275900[bug #275900]. +* Continuing to update applications and libraries for GNOME 45.
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