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Extensions now must export a class that conforms to a particular interface both for the actual extension as well as for prefs: enable()/disable() methods for the former, fillPreferencesWindow() for the latter. This is quite similar to the previous method-based entry points, but it also gives us a more structured way of providing convenience API in form of base classes. Do that in form of Extension and ExtensionPreferences classes on top of a common ExtensionBase base class. getSettings(), initTranslations() and the gettext wrappers are now methods of the common base, while openPreferences() moves to the Extension class. Based on an original suggestion from Evan Welsh. Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2838>
GNOME Shell
GNOME Shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME desktop, like switching to windows and launching applications. GNOME Shell takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts to provide a visually attractive and easy to use experience.
For more information about GNOME Shell, including instructions on how to build GNOME Shell from source and how to get involved with the project, see the project wiki.
Bugs should be reported to the GNOME bug tracking system. Please refer to the Schedule wiki page to see the supported versions.
Contributing
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to each commit message. Try to always prefix commit subjects with a relevant
topic, such as panel: or status/network:, and it's always better to write
too much in the commit message body than too little.
Default branch
The default development branch is main. If you still have a local
checkout under the old name, use:
git checkout master
git branch -m master main
git fetch
git branch --unset-upstream
git branch -u origin/main
git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD refs/remotes/origin/main
License
GNOME Shell is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. See the COPYING file for details.