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GNOME begins adopting teams structure for technical governance
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GNOME is slowly formalizing its technical governance by adopting a teams structure, following a proposal from Emmanuele Bassi at GUADEC 2025.
This shift will change how technical decisions are made and reviewed in a major open-source desktop project, affecting contributors and downstream users. The slow pace means the impact will be gradual, but formal structures could make governance more transparent and scalable.
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Emmanuele Bassi proposed improving GNOME's technical governance at GUADEC 2025.
GNOME is slowly working on creating more formal governance structures.
The project is adopting a teams structure as part of this evolution.
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