Re: question for candidates

[Marina Zhurakhinskaya <marinaz redhat com>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Tai" <atai gnu org>
> To: "GNOME Foundation" <foundation-list gnome org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 2:56:16 PM
> Subject: question for candidates
>
> 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?

GTK+ was one of the main themes of the Developer Experience Hackfest last month. The work done was covered in 
many blog posts and resulted in the GTK+ roadmap.

https://wiki.gnome.org/Hackfests/DeveloperExperience2014
https://wiki.gnome.org/Hackfests/DeveloperExperience2014/GtkRoadmap

Beyond that, Matthias Clasen has been writing regular blog posts about the new features.

http://blogs.gnome.org/mclasen/

The roadmap has a long list of work to be done, and offers an opportunity to help and to provide feedback. 
GNOME 3 desktop and applications' needs, which are reflected in the roadmap, should be a primary 
consideration for GTK+ development, because this is our product. It's great if we are also able to provide an 
attractive technology to other projects, but it seems that right now we don't have enough people working on 
GTK+ to satisfy both goals and need participation of these other projects to help create anything that is 
custom to their needs. It would be great to hear from people who participated in the hackfest about any 
interaction with projects that use GTK+ so far and to reach out to these groups.
 
Thanks,
Marina

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