| 8 Jun 2026 |
 winston | * now there's just evolution-data-server left which pulls in webkit2gtk-4.1 | 14:49:44 |
 hexa | bobby285271 Jan Tojnar what's the state of the gnome team? | 21:00:21 |
| hexa | https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/518768 removes two former members who haven't contributed for a long time | 21:00:38 |
| hexa | and the last gnome release felt a bit hectic | 21:00:49 |
| hexa | Redacted or Malformed Event | 21:00:55 |
| hexa | I think it would probably be time to onboard new people, too | 21:01:17 |
| winston | I'd love to join and help out 😄 | 21:13:32 |
| hexa | I guessed as much :p | 21:14:59 |
| winston | I gave GNOME with evolution-data-server-gtk4 a try, from what I can see Mail (Evolution)/Contacts/Calendar all work, with OAuth login (google) all work fine | 21:15:15 |
| winston | from what I can see GNOME OS has been using webkitgtk-6.0 for a while: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-build-meta/-/blob/master/elements/core-deps/evolution-data-server.bst#L25 | 21:17:57 |
| winston | I gave GNOME with evolution-data-server-gtk4 a try, from what I can see, Mail (Evolution)/Contacts/Calendar + OAuth login (google) all work fine | 21:24:22 |
| 9 Jun 2026 |
| hexa | uhhh, so I'm considering making pkexec opt-in during this release cycle … aka tomorrow, this week, next week … very soon | 20:27:35 |
| hexa | can someone find out what in gnome, if anything, requires pkexec? | 20:27:43 |
| hexa | like what does it use in its elevation prompts? | 20:28:19 |
 K900 | Uhhh polkit is already off by default no? | 20:33:21 |
| K900 | Well enabled with GNOME I think | 20:33:29 |
| K900 | And other DEs | 20:33:39 |
 Capypara | I asked how to become maintainer a few times in the past and never really got anywhere | 20:43:59 |
| Capypara | I still have no idea how GNOME updates are supposed to be done properly | 20:44:14 |
| Capypara | or who is currently even maintaining it | 20:44:27 |
| Capypara | In reply to @hexa:lossy.network
can someone find out what in gnome, if anything, requires pkexec? gnome-initial-setup and gnome-settings use/used it, with efforts to eventually get rid of it according to people I asked. I can have a closer look tomorrow if they still do. | 20:47:33 |
| Capypara | did a quick look through the Github mirror of all gnome projects. g-i-s still uses it and so does gnome-system-monitor actually. And gvfs for admin://. And more. | 20:51:09 |
| hexa | ok, so I just opt into pkexec for gnome tor the time being and mention these consumers | 21:04:54 |
| hexa | other DEs too | 21:05:21 |
| hexa | I'll make you do the change for Plasma, enjoy :p | 21:53:08 |
| hexa | https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/530106 | 22:01:24 |
| winston | gnome-remote-desktop also uses pkexec, but its broken atm: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/523122/changes#diff-c374f3bf676530fb1bff12bc0f6bae7249a91270c8fd922a3c3c95f24c75bd9a | 23:49:42 |
| winston | and gnome-system-monitor could be phased out for 51, replaced by Resources
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-51-Resources-Possible | 23:54:52 |
| hexa | I'll leave cleaning that up to you :) | 23:58:05 |
| 11 Jun 2026 |
|  dimothy joined the room. | 14:29:35 |
