Meeting Aug 5, 2025 at 08:41 CDT
Summary
Michael Catanzaro proposed filtering Flatpaks to control which
applications are exposed to users, with the long-term aim of making
Flathub the primary source for applications. Matthias Clasen
highlighted that the gnome-control-center package was becoming
orphaned, and Felipe Borges volunteered to maintain it. Matthias Clasen
also discussed the GNOME 49 beta, noting the new donation notification
feature.
Details
Flatpak Changes and Fedora's Strategy
Michael Catanzaro discussed a proposal to filter flatpaks to avoid
exposing all flatpaks to users by default. He explained that the
long-term goal is to enable the entire Flathub, eventually ceasing to
ship RPM applications and Fedora flatpaks, making Flathub the primary
source for applications. Michael Catanzaro noted that FESCo had started
discussing this, but no conclusion was reached, and he expressed
concern that the discussion was not progressing as he would like.
Control Center Package Maintainership
Matthias Clasen brought up that the gnome-control-center package might
become orphaned due to unresponsive maintainers. Michael Catanzaro
confirmed that it was about to be orphaned and that it needed new
maintainers. Felipe Borges volunteered to maintain the package, which
Matthias Clasen supported, noting that Felipe Borges is also the
upstream maintainer.
GNOME 49 Beta and Donation Notifications
Matthias Clasen raised the impending GNOME 49 beta release and the
associated changes, including a new donation notification that caused
some breakage in OpenQA tests. Felipe Borges explained that the
notification was implemented before the string freeze to allow for
translations, with the understanding that its behavior could be
adjusted later. Felipe Borges also mentioned ongoing discussions about
pulling notification campaigns from the internet and the privacy
considerations involved, with a potential setting to disable these
checks.
Donation Notification Frequency and Future Campaigns
Jens-Ulrik Petersen inquired about the frequency of the donation
notification, and Felipe Borges clarified that it currently appears
every six months. Felipe Borges also stated that the plan is to enable
control over the frequency for strategic campaigns tied to calendar
dates, such as holidays. Matthias Clasen brought up the possibility of
other entities wanting to use this banner for their own campaigns, and
Felipe Borges responded that replacing the server side for such
purposes would be easy.
GNOME 49 Beta Modernization and Dependencies
Matthias Clasen discussed the ongoing gnome-session modernization and
systemd dependencies rolling into GNOME 49 beta, noting that some
aspects might be broken initially as these changes land. He explained
that some modules, like Orca, need to transition from old auto-starting
mechanisms to systemd services, which could lead to some short-term
fallout in Rawhide. Matthias Clasen expressed hope that issues would be
resolved by the Release Candidate phase.
Suggested next steps
Felipe Borges will pick up the control center package.
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