Letter From GNOME

2015 has been an exciting year for GNOME development, bringing an increased focus on developer experience. GNOME has driven developoment of the Flatpak project (formerly xdg-app), which will finally enable easy third-party distribution of applications. We've also seen substantial progress on GNOME Builder, an integrated development environment targeted specifically at creating GNOME applications.

GNOME has continued to hold successful hackfests that drive our developer platform forward. In 2015, we had hackfests for developer experience, web engines, GStreamer, and documentation. Hackfests continue to be one of the best uses of Foundation funds to support development efforts and build a strong community.

GUADEC 2015 was hosted in Gothenburg, Sweden, and GNOME.Asia 2015 was hosted in Depok, Indonesia. Starting with GNOME 3.18, we've started naming our releases after host cities for GUADEC and GNOME.Asia, in appreciation of the hard work of our volunteer organizers. In addition to GUADEC and GNOME.Asia, we also hosted the Boston Summit, the West Coast Summit, and GNOME Peru Fest. Thanks to the hundreds of volunteers who make these events happen. I look forward to seeing more events across the globe.

GNOME has continued to participate in the Google Summer of Code and the Outreachy program to bring new contributors into our community. Outreachy grew out of the Outreach Program for Women, originally administered by the GNOME Foundation. We transitioned Outreachy to the Software Freedom Conservancy, where it's better able to grow and reach new audiences.

GNOME has long been a driving force in the free software ecosystem. I look forward to seeing what our community delivers over the next year.

Happy hacking,

Shaun McCance

President

GNOME Foundation

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