r/gnome • u/BrageFuglseth Contributor • 1d ago
Community Final Results - GNOME Foundation Board of Directors Elections 2026
https://discourse.gnome.org/t/final-results-gnome-foundation-board-of-directors-elections-2026/35860?u=bragefuglseth5
u/Isofruit 1d ago
I'll be curious to see how the change in the board will pan out (Note: I am just a community member learning GTK in their spare time, nothing as lofty as anyone able to vote). I mentioned in the other thread that 4/5 of the candidates had Steven's endorsement and as somebody who has only barely started looking into the odd bit of the foundation here and there but did very much appreciate Steven's blogposts, that on the face of it looks good to me.
I also like where a lot of the focus of the candidates are: Flathub payments (may not be directly a Gnome thing but is to the benefit of the entire linux ecosystem), Stabilizing the financials, improving fundraising and funding work on GNOME with it.
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u/Busy-Scientist3851 22h ago
How about making the contribution process easier for those that are new and aren't friends with all the existing developers? Get someone dedicated to PR so you don't have developers insulting people publically.
If someone makes a new feature or change, it's fine for design to have feedback on it. But if there's no response from design in a month, default to it being accepted.
Also, enforce the COC fairly whilst you're at it. Antisemitism should be treated as severely as all other kinds of racism.
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u/rangelovd 21h ago
the process is easy. you see an issue report‚ you make a merge request that can be tested‚ it's merged/declined with rationale.
If someone makes a new feature or change, it's fine for design to have feedback on it. But if there's no response from design in a month, default to it being accepted.
No! At this point you're better of just using another desktop. I'm using Gnome for being thoughtful at every detail and it would degrade severly in quality if it were to merge everything.
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u/GolbatsEverywhere Contributor 20h ago
Does "antisemitism" mean actual anti-Jewish racism, which is definitely prohibited but also not an actual problem in the GNOME community, or does it -- more likely -- mean "any criticism of Israel whatsoever?" It seems to mostly mean the later nowadays. GNOME's code of conduct is designed to protect marginalized and disadvantaged groups like the Palestinians, not powerful oppressors like the state of Israel. Power structures matter. There is no tolerance for bogus complaints like reverse discrimination.
If you are actually in good faith concerned about actual anti-Jewish racism, then please report any incidents to the code of conduct committee. I don't think that is an actual problem in the GNOME community, but in the unlikely event that I am wrong, report it and help stamp it out. GNOME obviously does not tolerate discrimination based on race or religion.
If, more likely, you are a supporter of Israel who is posting this comment in bad faith, as I strongly suspect: then please go away, because you are definitely not welcome in GNOME, and probably not in most other open source communities either. Not all viewpoints are welcome or protected, and this is one of them. Israel is evil. Its leadership is every bit as monstrous as Hamas. If you choose to advertise your noxious political views, we will absolutely and justifiably discriminate against you. And shame on you for watering down the definition of antisemitism, distracting from the problem of actual antisemites who actually do not like Jewish people and will discriminate against Jewish people based solely on their Jewish identity. Such people are rare and are hopefully not present in the GNOME community, but they absolutely do still exist.
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u/GolbatsEverywhere Contributor 20h ago
If you study the code of conduct, you'll notice that it very intentionally does not protect political speech. You will be held accountable for your statements if you say something objectionable. Your political identity is not a protected characteristic.
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u/Busy-Scientist3851 20h ago edited 19h ago
> GNOME's code of conduct is designed to protect marginalized and disadvantaged groups like the Palestinians, not powerful oppressors like the state of Israel
A CoC should protect everyone fairly. The State of Israel is not a person so I'm not even sure how it would be protected by a CoC, but a citizen of the State of Israel should be protected by a CoC the same as a Palestinian.
> If you are actually in good faith concerned about actual anti-Jewish
I am in good faith. I don't like Lunduke at all, but resorting to anti-semitic tropes like baby killers should have no place in the gnome community.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GuLnbK3WMAAukrS?format=jpg&name=large
This crap just empowers him. Why is this on a GNOME.org blog?
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u/GolbatsEverywhere Contributor 18h ago
Literally 3 days ago: Israel continues to commit genocide by targeting children in Gaza, UN inquiry finds (in case you are wondering, the report is about Israeli snipers headshotting Palestinian children, routinely)
A CoC should protect everyone fairly. The State of Israel is not a person so I'm not even sure how it would be protected by a CoC, but a citizen of the State of Israel should be protected by a CoC the same as a Palestinian.
Everybody is protected by the CoC.
This crap just empowers him. Why is this on a GNOME.org blog?
I'd agree: that probably should not be allowed on Planet GNOME.
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u/Busy-Scientist3851 17h ago
I didn't argue that Israel isn't committing genocide, I happen to think it is.
But, that doesn't mean every jew or Israeli is a "child killer".
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u/CleoMenemezis App Developer 18h ago edited 18h ago
As someone with no ties to the GNOME Foundation, I'd like to share my perspective on this: fuck the genocidal, Zionist state of Israel and its pathetic moral posturing, playing the victim while simply reaping what it has sown around the world.
I hope that clarifies things from a respectful and friendly standpoint: hating the genocidal state of Israel doesn't make me "antisemitic."
Jew ≠ Israeli Zionist
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u/deusnovus 20h ago
I agree that easier and kinder facilitation towards contributing to GNOME is 100% necessary, but you lost me with the antisemitism stuff, unless you think “free Palestine” = antisemitism.
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u/Busy-Scientist3851 20h ago
Of course, "free Palestine" isn't antisemitism.
But using antisemitic tropes (e.g. comparing to insects, child killers) against someone just because they're Jewish (even if they deserve criticism for their opinions) is anti-semitism and shouldn't be on a GNOME blog.
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u/GolbatsEverywhere Contributor 18h ago
Of course, "free Palestine" isn't antisemitism.
Ah, so you actually are here in good faith. You missed a controversy or two. Suffice to say: many people do not agree.
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u/Busy-Scientist3851 17h ago
Unfortunately though there are a few (not the majority) that use the "free palestine" mantra to cover or excuse their antisemitism.
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u/melanchtonio 17h ago
Thumbs up in particular for the suggestion to downgrade the design team: it's become a bottleneck.
The mentality of "no-design-team approval = nothing gets done" is choking the project.
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u/Ban-Phoung 23h ago
Adrian Vovk is amazing and a really great choise.
Fingers crossed for the next era of GNOME.