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https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Gnome40
== Summary ==
Fedora 34 will include the latest upstream GNOME release, GNOME 40
== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:kalev| Kalev Lember]], [[User:mclasen| Matthias Clasen]]
* Email: klember(a)redhat.com, mclasen(a)redhat.com
* Product: Fedora Workstation
* Responsible WG: Workstation WG
== Detailed Description ==
As usual, Fedora 34 will include the latest available upstream GNOME
release. This time, the GNOME release includes
some noteworthy changes, and the purpose of this change proposal is to
draw attention to them.
* GNOME is changing its versioning scheme, and the coming GNOME 40
release is the first one with following the new scheme
* GNOME 40 includes GTK 4, which is a new stable release of GTK. With
the release of GTK 4, upstream GTK considers GTK 2 to be end-of-life
* The GNOME shell overview is being redesigned for GNOME 40
== Feedback ==
This upstream issue
[[https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Design/os-mockups/-/issues/80]]
tracks ongoing work on finalizing
the GNOME shell redesign, and incorporates a lot of upstream feedback.
== Benefit to Fedora ==
Fedora stays in sync with upstream and gets the latest features and bug fixes.
== Scope ==
* Proposal owners:
** Complete the GNOME shell redesign work upstream
** Adapt GNOME welcome tour to new design
** Update GNOME packages to GNOME 40 releases as they appear
* Other developers: N/A
* Release engineering: [https://pagure.io/releng/issues #Releng issue number]
* Policies and guidelines: N/A
* Trademark approval: N/A
* Alignment with Objectives: N/A
== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
Upgrading from GNOME 3.38 to GNOME 40 should be seamless for users.
== How To Test ==
Install Workstation, make sure that the desktop and all apps are
usable. Participate in GNOME 40 test day (TBD).
We are continuously keeping GNOME in Rawhide (and Branched once it's
branched from Rawhide) up to date as upstream releases development
snapshots, leading up to the final GNOME 40 release. Everybody can
participate in the testing by installing Fedora development releases
on personal desktop computers and reporting regressions.
For issues that are not Fedora-specific, the best place to report
issues and reach developers is usually at
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME
== User Experience ==
The most noticable user experience change will be when interacting
with the GNOME shell overview, which has been
rearranged to be more spatially coherent and engaging, while still
providing the same basic features: search,
windows, workspaces and applications.
One noteworthy change is that GNOME shell will start in the overview
after login. The GNOME welcome tour that
was introduced in Fedora 33 will be adapted to work in this scenario.
== Dependencies ==
N/A
== Contingency Plan ==
GNOME 40 will be released in March 2021 and fits well into Fedora 34
schedule. In case of issues with individual modules that aren't either
released in time or aren't deemed suitable for Fedora 34, we'll
continue using the GNOME 3.38 versions of these modules.
If the GNOME shell redesign cannot be successfully completed upstream,
we either follow what upstream releases in GNOME 40
or carry the redesign as downstream patch, pending a decision in the
working group.
* Contingency mechanism: The Workstation WG evaluates the GNOME 40
prerelease first before beta freeze and reverts individual changes as
needed, and then does another evaluation before the final freeze.
* Contingency deadline: beta freeze
* Blocks release? Yes
* Blocks product? Workstation
== Documentation ==
The new GNOME versioning
[https://discourse.gnome.org/t/new-gnome-versioning-scheme/4235
scheme]
Upstream blog posts about GTK 4:
[https://blog.gtk.org/2020/12/16/gtk-4-0/]
Upstream blog posts about the GNOME shell redesign:
[https://blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2020/09/23/gnome-shell-user-research-go...],
[https://blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2020/12/18/gnome-shell-ux-plans-for-gno...],
[https://blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2021/01/07/a-shell-ux-update/]
We are considering writing a Fedora magazine article around the same
time that the GNOME shell redesign becomes available
in rawhide.
== Release Notes ==
TBD
--
Ben Cotton
He / Him / His
Senior Program Manager, Fedora & CentOS Stream
Red Hat
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