Why is the state of the file manager linked to the state of the DE?
this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2024
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Because that's how the GNOME project architected their dependencies on their shared components and releases. It's a simpler way to do things than having independent releases. It also provides stability from straight from upstream. Why is the state of the file manager linked to the state of Debian? The same reasons.
The concurrent release of all Gnome components at the same time is one of the reasons Gnome is the preferred DE on commercial distros, as it makes planning and releasing new versions easier. All components are designed to work with each other and what doesn't make it in the release comes half a year later. Also, Nautilus (Gnome File Manager) is deeply integrated into the desktop.
I don't really understand what is different from how it already works now.
You can now launch any installed app from the file manager.
Cool, still will use FSearch, the Linux equivalent of Everything Search on Windows. FSearch + Thunar FM is a deadly combo on Linux.
How about you fix your drag and drop before you implement new things guys
Patience young one, Wayland just implemented that protocol, it'll be here soon
How about contribute somehow?
I'm a doctor dude. You don't want me to contribute. I can only donate
Donations are contributions as well. However once free and open source projects does not have employees, what you want may or may not be done. It all depends on how important contributors think this issue is
What you can do is to hire a freelancer to program it for you, so surely you get what you want
'surely you get ...' ---- not necessarily; contributions that satisfy feature requests are unlikely to be welcomed with open arms if they don't already fit the core maintainers' overall strategy. Some projects are very flexible about this; but Gnome is notoriously not.
... and even if the commissioned feature patch remains private, it might break on the next update, which would be a waste.
Cool! I donate too
It's been working pretty well for me on GNOME 45 via Fedora 39, much fewer issues compared to GNOME 44