Hi Quentin,
> My bad, I didn't even chime directly into the conversation,
> although we exchanged internally a bit on IRC,
> but I agreed mostly with what Hiltjo said and and forgot about it.
It's okay, thanks for looking into it in the end!
> Also as webkitgtk made the switch to GTK4, the whole main process
> needs refactoring for interfacing with current GTK main loop handling.
> This is quite an intrusive change as it requires reviewing
> the main structure, but it also put intrusive dependencies into the
> user system, forcing to have full dbus integration and several other
> isolation libraries that it inconditionally relies upon.
> Try running epiphany without those, it'll just respawn
> crashing webprocess in a loop.
>
> So, reason on my part is time and motivation (a bit reluctant to impose
> those dependency changes).
I see, that's a hard choice. But well, have to make the switch
someday. Anything I can help with in this transition?
>> I'm not coming empty-handed, though. I'm ready to step up as Surf
>> (co-)maintainer and move it forward! Anyone willing to accept a former
>> Nyxt maintainer for this role?
>
> Well, switching maintainership like that is a bit of a stertch,
> but help on the transition would definitely be welcome.
Yes, that's a totally sane approach.
> I admit that your first patch-submission experience wasn't necessarily
> the fastest one, but if you're willing to put some work there,
> I'll definitely take the time to properly review and discuss!
That's the plan then! Await patch wave 😃 (Mostly going to leave the
main rewamp to you and focus on peripheral features so that I don't
obstruct the critical work.)
Best of love,
--
Artyom Bologov
https://aartaka.me
Received on Sat Apr 19 2025 - 19:35:56 CEST