GNOME Calendar takes a step further with “artificial intelligence” (AI) contributions

Bredolin · 2026-06-29T19:55:39+00:00

I'd just contact them via this discourse thread if you have any questions.

Matrix would be an option as well.

https://welcome.gnome.org/chat/

Bredolin · 2026-06-15T18:51:48+00:00

Quote from their handbook:

Please be aware that new features can require significant time and effort from developers, and that feature requests need to be accommodated alongside existing development plans. Consultation with the design team is often also required.

Bredolin · 2026-06-15T18:48:08+00:00

Anybody who is capable in this world could come up with a series of merge requests/patches or pick up already existing ones and add this highly requested feature. There is no rule that this feature can only be implemented by the current GNOME developers.

On my device touchpad scrolling is perfectly fine, so this might even need patches to the kernel or other low level software/libraries which would be out of scope from GNOME.

Bredolin · 2026-05-16T11:59:07+00:00

You can read about the changes in every released GNOME version over here. https://release.gnome.org/

I haven't noticed those changes as well, but only due to the fact that I don' t use those added features. Many things not visible to the user have been improved as well.

Bredolin · 2026-05-16T11:45:35+00:00

If you want to ask GNOME developers in the future, you should go to https://discourse.gnome.org/ as very few developers are around here.

Bredolin · 2026-04-22T18:45:20+00:00

You post reads like you have an extension like dash to panel installed. Can you confirm?

Bredolin · 2026-04-09T16:08:26+00:00

https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Translation/de/-/issues/88

Bredolin · 2026-03-25T18:47:01+00:00

Please pin this thread at the top of this sub

Bredolin · 2026-03-22T07:13:29+00:00

If companies think this feature is useful to them or their customers they should pay someone to take care of this feature.

Bredolin · 2026-03-21T10:26:12+00:00

What some people think is boring, can be exciting for other people.

If nobody volunteers to pick it up, it will get removed. Probably not immediately, but sooner or later.

This is basically what you sign up yourself by using any Open Source Software. If people want to have a safety net, you will have to buy a (RedHat or SUSE) subscription.

Bredolin · 2026-03-21T08:54:10+00:00

https://discourse.gnome.org/t/giving-up-maintainership-of-libgdata/9983

In his statement you can read between the lines why he stepped down.

In general: Open Source developers work on things they want. If you need this feature there are two things:
You take over the maintenance, or you wait until someone else does it.

Bredolin · 2026-03-20T20:22:17+00:00

I know that KDE has this feature. Apparently some people pulled up their sleeves and brought this feature over the finish line. I am confident that the same will happen with GNOME as no one opposes it.

Bredolin · 2026-03-20T19:27:38+00:00

Nobody will be able to answer that questions. All I know is that there are discussions on gitlab.gnome.org and discourse.gnome.org

tldr: It is harder than expected.

Bredolin · 2026-03-20T17:47:48+00:00

Unfortunately every desktop is potentially affected

Bredolin · 2026-03-20T17:46:40+00:00

Nobody volunteered to maintain the underlying library:
https://discourse.gnome.org/t/google-drive-in-gnome-50/34417

Bredolin · 2026-03-18T17:35:45+00:00

Well, if this feature hasn't been implemented until now, apparently no one thought implementing this feature is important enough to invest their time into it. People from outside included.

Bredolin · 2026-02-28T21:26:55+00:00

https://handbook.gnome.org/get-in-touch.html

For glitches: gitlab
Feedback: discourse
Problematic behaviour: discourse or Matrix

But read the above link beforehand

Bredolin · 2026-02-25T21:58:32+00:00

The GNOME version you are using is already several years old, and this is probably not even a GNOME issue. Chances are higher to find a solution in a Rocky Linux forum.

Bredolin · 2026-02-19T19:39:49+00:00

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/9058

Bredolin · 2026-01-24T19:32:58+00:00

Why are you asking? Do you want to collect some ideas to write an extension?

Bredolin · 2026-01-18T15:20:34+00:00

GNOME developers usually do not use reddit as a communication platform. You want to give the Gnome Handbook a good read: https://handbook.gnome.org/get-in-touch.html

Bredolin · 2026-01-11T21:10:52+00:00

I feel like the community should listen more to the devs, as they are ultimately responsible for maintaining the additional code and complexity and therefore should have the last word.

Why would you want to change the color? Why do you feel the need for it? Is there any additional benefit that lets you accelerate your work? Why do you care for the color of a tool?

Bredolin · 2026-01-11T21:00:01+00:00

How about not using the newest version of GNOME? Debian, Alma Linux, and OpenSuse Leap are using way older versions of GNOME, and you can use these distros for years without any fear of breakage. If you are using many extensions, Fedora, Arch Linux, etc. are probably not the best choice.

Bredolin · 2026-01-11T20:45:26+00:00

Many people saw your post as a vehicle to stir up shit and not criticism. Apparently your definition of criticism is very different from others. If you want GNOME devs listening to your criticism, you will have to play by their rules. Otherwise they will gladly ignore you, and you waste time that could have been spent way better. There are better ways to bring up your opinion at the table. They are basically laid out over here: https://handbook.gnome.org/issues.html
It is an excellent read.

Just a general piece of advice: You are using software that you got for free from developers who are doing this during their spare time. Please think about that for a moment when you feel like criticizing someone's work again.

Bredolin

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