#29 GNOME Software + apk, get your patches merged, pbsplash

We are happy to announce that Pablo joined the Trusted Contributors! He has been a driving force in getting GNOME Software working properly on Alpine and postmarketOS, and since he is joining us today, guess what we talk about in this episode! Besides that we get into getting your patches merged and the new postmarketOS splash screen that just landed in edge.

Featuring @ollieparanoid, @pabloyoyoista, @MartijnBraam, @calebccff (in order of appearance).

Referenced in this episode:

• New trusted contributor: @pabloyoyoista

  • Team members

• GNOME Software and apk

  • Pablo just wrote a big blog post about the experience:
    • GNOME Software and postmarketOS: a bumpy road
  • gnome-software-plugin-apk
  • apk-polkit-rs
  • alpine-appstream-downloader
  • pmbootstrap: install: make cached remote repositories available on first install
  • pmbootstrap: install: run alpine-appstream-downloader if available
  • Georges Stavracas: Profiling & optimizing GNOME Software

• Help wanted

  • gnome-software-plugin-apk#69 about porting to GNOME 44
  • apk-polkit-rs#15 about downloading packages before running upgrades
  • Other issues

• Get your patches merged

  • COMMITSTYLE.md: Alpine, postmarketOS
  • Alpine's .githooks

• pbsplash

  • git repo
  • demo video

Editing by: @MartijnBraam, Music by: The Passion HiFi