• xdg-desktop-portal-gnome

• xdg-desktop-portal-gtk: do we want to merge https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk/pull/350 ?

  • TODO: Make new release (mclasen)
  • Ship both, prefer gnome to gtk (to doublecheck: Matthias, Abderrahim)
• Topics: gtksourceview5, libmanette (for webkit), libsoup3, sysprof.
  • TODO: Drop gtksourceview5 and libsoup3 from 41
  • TODO: Check nothing has a dep on gtksourceview5 (Matthias)
• Defining what to deprecate in GNOME 42

  • clutter/cogl to gtk4/libadwaita in https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/Initiatives/-/issues/31

  • libcanberra (?)
  • librest (?)
  • zenity (?)
  • libsoup2 (might happen)
    • gstreamer still on libsoup2

    • eds too (cf. discussion in https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/-/issues/225 with eds maintainer)

    • TODO: Talk to libsoup folks (Michael)

• Defining a process to add / remove modules

  • Current process here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-build-meta/-/wikis/home#process-to-add-components-to-the-sdk

• Current rules to enter here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-build-meta/-/wikis/home#technical-conditions-to-enter-gnome-core

  • cf https://discourse.gnome.org/t/rfc-defining-a-policy-for-whats-a-gnome-project/5922/5

  • TODO: Felipe to consult the Board on whether the current process is acceptable (specifically regarding branding matters).

Release notes! https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Engagement/release-notes/-/issues/29

• trying to move off library.gnome.org, in theory no hurry (only dev not help got moved), might still work
• add runtime and gnomeos changes to notes

OpenQA instance: https://openqa.gnome.org

• Javier to add to release notes
• Javier to make openqa pipeline daily
• Try to publish in os.gnome.org after openqa test passes

TODO: Abderrahim to document https://wiki.gnome.org/ReleasePlanning/MakingARelease#Extra_steps_for_x.beta_release

• Plan to setup this soonish

• Long run: Configure BuildStream to use mirrors