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
