Initially, extensions were loaded after they shell had fully created
the session and all objects, but this didn't allow extensions easy
ways to monkey patch prototypes, as most functions had already been
bound. Remove the historical vestigal function, and just merge the
two together.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677586
A large amount of extensions have something like this in them:
function init() {}
Since we have encouraged extension authors to try and not make any
changes in init, it feels weird and strange to have to create an
initialization function that does nothing. From now on, don't require
it.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677586
This allows us to move to a file-monitor based approach in the future.
Since we need signals, we convert the current set of functions to an
object we attach signals too, leading to the new ExtensionFinder object.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677586
loadExtension() fails if the extension object is already created,
but the installation dialog was creating a dummy object in the
downloading state. Since nothing requires that (and the object is
not in the correct format anyway), just kill it.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=671134
The "extension" object is what I previously called the "helper" object.
It contains the extension importer object as well as the metadata object.
Things that were previously added on to the metadata (state, path, dir, etc.)
are now part of this new "extension" object.
With the new importer changes brought on by the extension prefs tool,
extensions are left without a way to import submodules at the global scope,
which would make them rely on techniques like:
var MySubModule;
function init(meta) {
MySubModule = meta.importer.mySubModule;
}
That is, there's now a lot more meaningless boilerplate that nobody wants
to write and nobody wants to reivew.
Let's solve this with a few clever hacks.
Allow extensions to get their current extension object with:
let extension = imports.misc.extensionUtils.getCurrentExtension();
As such, extensions can now get their own extension object before the
'init' method is called, so they can import submodules or do other things
at the module scope:
const MySubModule = extension.imports.mySubModule;
const dataPath = GLib.build_filenamev([extension.path, 'awesome-data.json']);
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=668429
ExtensionUtils is a new module that has a lot of miscellaneous things related
to loading extensions and the extension system put into a place that does not
depend on Shell or St.
Note that this will break extensions that have with multiple files by replacing
the old uuid-based importer with an object directly on the meta object.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=668429
If an extension fails to import, we will pass the error object
to logExtensionError, which fails to pass it onto DBus as an
error object is not a string. To fix, convert the error object
to a string before passing it to logExtensionError.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=668429
When installing an extension at runtime, we accidentally swapped the 'type'
and 'enabled' parameters. While this doesn't directly affect anything right
now, as everything works coincidentally, future patches that look at the
'type' parameter to decide what to do would get the wrong answer.
When two extensions monkey-patch the same area, enable() and disable() may
behave badly and completely wreck things. To solve this, when disabling
an extension, "rebase" the extension list so that monkey patches should be
added and removed in order.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=661815
Rather than loading and enabling all extensions at Shell init time, save some
time and gain some basic security by not loading extensions if they're
not enabled.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=661815
js2-mode is no longer developed and we recommend js-mode these days,
so switch the modelines to specify that, and make them consistent
across all files.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660358
Pop up a dialog when trying to install an extension so that users are aware
they are installing one. This is a security precaution in the case that an XSS
exploit has been found on the website, which could cause someone to inject a
<script> tag and silently install an extension.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=658612
libsoup won't check for a valid cert by default, so copy some logic from
glib-networking to check against the system cert list. Additionally, allow a
fallback for developers, ~/.local/share/extensions.gnome.org.crt, for easy
local development of the website.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=658870
For those who like their system pure, this provides the ability to purge a
pesky extension and its precious place on your disk space, and in your
"Local Extension" list.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=658612
Conflicts:
js/ui/extensionSystem.js
This adds a new DBus method: InstallExtensionRemote(uuid : s, url : s)
Pass it the UUID of an extension and the URL of a manifest file: the same as a
metadata.json, but with a special key, '__installer', which is an HTTP location
that points to an zip file containing the extension. The Shell will download
and use it to install the extension. In the future, the manifest file may be
used to automatically detect and install updates.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=654770
The two similar keys were hard to manipulate to have specific effects, so just
remove one. Now there is an *explicit* whitelist: all extensions must be in the
'enabled-extensions' for them to be loaded.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=654770
Extension developers may be confused about why their extensions aren't working:
the LookingGlass isn't a very obvious place, or even which errors are theirs.
To remedy this, save all errors per-UUID which allows them to be retrieved
later.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=654770
