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The GNOME Goals

The GNOME Goals

Setting small concrete goals that we should all try to achieve could definitely help with our work in integration and consistency. The goals may vary a lot, don't need to be ambitious, don't need to be about code. But they need to be achievable in a small timeframe. They are the GNOME goals.

Contact information

For information or help requests about the GNOME Goals, you can use:

the newcomers-list@gnome.org mailing list
the #newcomers IRC channel on irc.gnome.org

Current GNOME Goals

If you want to participate to one of these goals, don't forget to subscribe to the updates notification of the goal's wiki page. This will inform you of the progress every participant makes, but (more important) will notify you of potential changes in the guidelines. To subscribe to a page, just click the "Subscribe" link on the right or at the end of a wiki page.

Goal	Summary	Comments
/PortToGMenu	Ensure that all GNOME applications define a GMenu	User Experience
/PortToGtkApplication	Use `GtkApplication` class in your app	Under the hood
/RemoveMarkupInMessages	Remove markup in translatable messages	Translations
/PrintToFile	Have a sensible default filename for print output	Under the hood
/HighResolutionAppIcons	High Resolution App Icons	User Experience
/Python3Porting	Migrate to Python 3	Under the hood
/ShortcutWindows	Add shortcut windows	User Experience
/GettextMigration	Port applications to upstream gettext	Under the hood
/AddCodeCoverage	Add code coverage support with GCOV	Under the hood
/FlatpakManifests	Flatpak manifests	Nightly builds
/MesonPorting	Port modules to meson build system	Under the hood

Next goal candidates

Please add your comments to these goals proposals to have them the more accurate possible.

Goal	Summary	Category
/DistCheck	Ensure that every application will pass `make distcheck` without errors	Under the hood
/UpdateInfoFiles	Update/add AUTHORS, MAINTAINERS, THANKS, README, etc.	Miscellaneous
/UseTimeoutAddSeconds	Use g_timeout_add_seconds instead g_timeout_add for save the world!	Under the hood
/ValidateGtkBuilderFiles	Validate your `GtkBuilder` Files	Under the hood
/CorrectIconNames	Correct your icon names to follow the freedesktop spec	Under the hood
/HeaderBars	Port all remaining applications to `GtkHeaderBar`	User experience
/DBusActivatable	Port applications to D-Bus activation	Under the hood
/InstalledTests	Installed tests	Under the hood
/AppMenuRetirement	App menu retirement	User experience

You may want to add your ideas for new goals to the /Proposals page...

Fully completed GNOME Goals

Goal	Summary	Comments
/Webkit2Porting	Port applications to Webkit2	Under the hood
/GSettingsMigration	Migrate to GSettings / dconf	Under the hood
/DesktopFileKeywords	Add keywords to desktop files	User experience
/AddGObjectIntrospectionSupport	Add GObject Introspection Support to your library/app	Under the hood
/GearIcons	Port gear menu icons to use open-menu-symbolic icon	User experience
/LibsecretMigration	Migrate from libgnome-keyring to libsecret	Under the hood
/NotificationSource	Notification Sources	Under the hood
/PortToGstreamer1	Migrate GStreamer 1.0	GNOME modules complete
/XDGConfigFolders	Implement XDG config directory spec - clean the .hidden folder mess	GNOME modules complete
/NewDocumentationInfrastructure	Use the new documentation infrastructure	GNOME modules complete
/AboutDialog	Update about dialogs	Retired
/AppletsDbusMigration	Port your applet to new DBUS based panel	Retired
/AppIcon	Install theme-friendly icons	All patches applied
/ApplicationCategory	Correct the location an application appears in menus	All patches applied
/PoLinguas	Simplify the support of a new language for translators	All patches applied
/PoptGOption	Use Glib command line options support
/MsgctxtMigration	Migrate from using string context to msgctxt	Under the hood
/RemoveGnomeOpenGnomeHelp	Use gio for deprecated gnome-open and gnome-help	Under the hood
/GioPort	Porting from gnome-vfs to gio/gvfs	Under the hood
/DropLibsexy	Drop Libsexy library	Under the hood
/GtkPrintPort	Porting from libgnomeprint[ui] to `GtkPrint`	Under the hood
/AppDataGnomeSoftware	Add `AppData` info file for GNOME Software	Miscellaneous
GTK+3 related
/RemoveDeprecatedSymbols/Glib	Remove use of Glib deprecated symbols	Under the hood
/RemoveDeprecatedSymbols/GTK+	Remove use of GTK+ deprecated symbols	Under the hood
/CleanupGTKIncludes	Clean up GLib and GTK+ includes	Under the hood
/UseGseal	Use GSEAL macro to detect direct access to the object fields and replace them with a call to an accessor function	Under the hood
/PortGtkModules	Port GTK+ modules to GTK+3	Under the hood
/GDKtoCairo	Migrate from deprecated GDK to cairo apis	Under the hood
/RemoveLibGladeUseGtkBuilder	Use GtkBuilder instead of libglade	Under the hood
/GtkObjectRemoval	Remove `GtkObject` uses	Under the hood
/GTKRenderingCleanup	Adapt your module to GTK+3 Rendering Cleanup	Under the hood
General
/CorrectDesktopFiles	Use a correct Generic Name	Under the hood
/LauncherUsage	Make sure application launchers only appers in the shell for core utilities or applications	User Experience
/PythonIntrospectionPorting	Port your python application to the new introspection-based bindings	Under the hood
/HighContrastAppIcons	HighContrast app icons	Accessibility
/WikiMigration	Create wiki pages for all the GNOME applications and libraries	On the web

Deprecated / Superseded GnomeGoals

/NicerBuilds	Make building GNOME clearer and faster by using automake1.11 option and libtool >= 2.2	Under the hood	Superseded by /ModernAutotools
/ModernAutotools	Modernize your autotools configuration	Under the hood	Superseded by /MesonPorting