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8 Mar 2026
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@capypara:matrix.orgCapyparaHi! I develop an app for the GNOME Platform. Since NixOS gets GNOME updates very late, I've been wondering if there are any other app devs using NixOS around here. How do you work with new GTK and Adwaita releases before they land in nixpkgs? 11:04:15
@capypara:matrix.orgCapyparalast time (with 49) I switched to Fedora for this, but I'd like to avoid using a VM or dual booting 11:05:50
@capypara:matrix.orgCapyparais there like a Flake for something? Or a guide on how to update GNOME in nixpkgs? I wouldn't mind just helping with the update, but last time I tried and couldn't figure out how. 11:06:32
@johnrtitor:matrix.orgAinz Ooal GownYou can point your nixpkgs input to gnome development branch11:08:05
@johnrtitor:matrix.orgAinz Ooal GownThe people who handle the update work on it for a while and then is merged to nixpkgs master11:08:34
@capypara:matrix.orgCapyparaOhhh okay I didn't realize that was a thing. Sorry then! 11:38:25
@capypara:matrix.orgCapyparaIt's also not a gigantic issue since GNOME app development happens via Flatpaks, but there's always some things you can't quite test the interactions of in pure sandbox environments11:39:49
@capypara:matrix.orgCapypara* It's also not a gigantic issue since GNOME app development happens primarily via Flatpaks, but there's always some things you can't quite test the interactions of in pure sandbox environments11:40:03
@capypara:matrix.orgCapypara(plus it's all a bit buggy and slow) 11:40:15
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@hustlerone:matrix.orghustleronei kinda don't cuz gtk4 abstracts it all away doesn't it?16:25:21
@hustlerone:matrix.orghustleroneoh i thought this was a gnome channel not a nixos channel my bad16:25:41
18 Mar 2026
@enzuru:unredacted.orgenzu.ruare there a set of steps for porting GNOME 50 to NixOS that people can see and help out with?17:47:34
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19 Mar 2026
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@niklaskorz:matrix.orgniklaskorz

repeating my question from #staging:nixos.org here:

Is anyone from the Gnome team already working on a Gnome 50 PR? There doesn't seem to be one yet, but I'd rather double check before giving it a try myself

09:17:58
@niklaskorz:matrix.orgniklaskorz

And if that is not the case and you are possibly willing to let me have a try at it, is the workflow described in nonemast still up to date?

Nixpkgs GNOME maintainers have the following workflow: When an alpha of a new GNOME release is published, they use update.nix script to automatically bump all GNOME packages in Nixpkgs on the gnome branch. After that, they walk through the commits, reading the release notes and modifying the package expressions as necessary. To have clean Git history where each commit points to a non-broken tree, maintainers push fixup/squash commits. Those are then periodically integrated by rebasing with auto-squashing.

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@qyliss:fairydust.spaceAlyssa RossI couldn't even find the gnome branch earlier09:46:02
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