Re: question for candidates

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Tue, 2014-05-20 at 17:08 -0400, Emily Gonyer wrote:
> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Andy Tai <atai 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.