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GNOME Developer Documentation
GNOME Developer Documentation

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  • Platform Introduction
    • Platform Components
      • Libraries
      • Services
    • Programming Languages
    • GNOME Builder
    • Flatpak
  • Guidelines
    • Programming Guidelines
      • C Coding Style
      • Managing Memory
      • The Importance of Writing Good Code
      • Optimizing GNOME Applications
      • Namespacing
      • Introspection
    • Accessibility
      • Coding Guidelines for Supporting Accessibility
      • Making Custom Components Accessible
    • Localization
      • Best Practices for Localization
    • Maintainer Guidelines
      • API Stability
      • Parallel Installability
      • Integrating with GNOME
    • Developer Documentation Style Guidelines
  • Tools
    • Valgrind
    • Massif
    • Sysprof
  • Tutorials
    • Beginners Tutorials
      • Getting Started
        • Adding A Content View
        • Loading Content From A File
        • Showing The Cursor Position
        • Saving The Content To A File
        • Add new keys to the settings schema
        • Use GSettings
        • Bind the settings to the window state properties
        • Notifying The User With Toasts
        • Forcing The Dark Color Scheme
      • UI components
        • Windows
        • Images
        • Labels
        • Buttons
        • Boxes
        • Stacks
        • Leaflets
        • Toggles
        • Check Boxes
        • Radio Buttons
        • Spin Buttons
        • Link Buttons
        • Switches
        • Menu Buttons
        • Entries
        • Password Entries
        • Messages
        • File Dialogs
        • Spinners
        • Level Bars
    • Application ID
    • Using GtkApplication
    • Saving and Loading Window State
    • Using Notifications
    • Themed Icons
    • Dealing With Deprecations
    • Actions
    • Menus
    • Writing a Search Provider
    • Pre- and Post-Conditions
    • Main Contexts
    • Using GLib Lists
    • Threading
    • Asynchronous Programming
    • Drag and Drop
    • Widget Templates
  • Specifications
    • GVariant Specification 1.0
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Maintainer Guidelines#

This article contains several guidelines and suggestions for maintainers of GNOME projects. The guidelines are also useful for developers of applications that wish to integrate with the GNOME platform.

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