On Tue, 2014-05-20 at 17:08 -0400, Emily Gonyer wrote: > > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Andy Tai <a...@gnu.org> wrote: > Hi, I would like to post this question to the candidates: > > > GNOME's core toolkit, gtk+, is used by numerous projects. > Currently gtk+ development seems to be driven mainly by the > GNOME desktop. However, gtk+ also play critical roles in > other free software projects, like MATE, XFCE, and the > Cinnamon desktop, and large applications like GIMP, Inkscape, > etc. > > > What are your views on the participation of the people of > these projects, as stake holders in the direction of gtk+, in > the GNOME Foundation? Should the GNOME Foundation encourage > (reach out to) these people to get them involved in the GNOME > Foundation so they also have a say and even contribute to gtk+ > so gtk+ can continue to serve their needs well, important for > the continuing successes of gtk+ in the free software world? > > > They are (or ought to be) just as involved in the development of GTK+ > as the developers of GNOME Shell are, and their opinions, wants, needs > etc ought to be valued. The GNOME project is not (or at least, should > not) be exclusively about GNOME Shell, but include anyone and everyone > who uses GNOME technologies. The sever fracturing of the community > which has taken place over the last 3-4 years is not healthy for our > community, nor for theirs. Everyone who is using GTK+ ought to be > included in ongoing discussions as to its development. They should be > invited to GUADEC and encouraged to submit talks, and become > foundation members.
As long as they contribute to GNOME or its direct eco-system (eg. contributing to MATE, Elementary, etc. isn't contributing to GNOME, contributing to GTK+, NetworkManager, PulseAudio or GStreamer is). > As a member of the board, I will do my best to engage with them and > encourage them to do so, while also doing my best to ensure that their > voices, thoughts, concerns, etc are heard, understood and thought of > in any and all changes going forwards. _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
