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Linux Mint looks to fork more GNOME Apps because of libAdwaita
(blog.linuxmint.com)
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this post was submitted on 03 May 2024
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No, it's theming their own project to look however they want it to.
Gnome looks amazing. It's objectively the most consistent and polished DE out there, and IMO the best looking one.
Lmao is this what you think? There's a secret cabal of Gnome developers who think that by making the Libadwaita theme and using it in their own Gnome apps, it will kill other DEs? Can you actually hear yourself?
That conspiracy theory doesn't even make sense. Care to tell us your opinions on the moon landing? I imagine they'll be quite funny.
Who said anything about a conspiracy? I'm just saying they may be acting selfishly and it couldn't hurt to speak to other parties who they know use their code, to discuss how it will impact them.
You did. To quote your assertion:
You're asserting that the Gnome team is secretly working together (i.e. conspiring) with the explicit aim of enforcing DEs to look like Gnome (idk how they could force that but whatever), or to stop making their DEs altogether (similarly, I can't see the logic there. Unless you believe that only Gnome devs are skilled enough to make Linux programs and other DEs just have to take what Gnome makes. But that's an absurd suggestion).
It's not a conspiracy. All I was saying is that by breaking backwards compatibility downstream either has to comply or find another way.
As another commentor has mentioned, gnome did actually inform downstream a good while back but downstream did not engage, so gnome obviously proceeded with their own project how they saw fit. Which is the right way of course.
Downstream should have tried to engage and perhaps found a good work around but sadly didn't.
So they'll have to work it out now by themselves.