The gnome-extensions tool code is really independent from the rest of the
code base, and could be used either as part of the gnome-shell build or as
stand-alone project (for example for the extension-ci docker image).
We can actually support both cases by moving the code to a subproject.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/877
Make gjs to compute the GType name for registered GObject-derived
classes using the file basename and the first directory name, so that we
can avoid name clashing, and ensure that no extension will break the
shell by registering a name that is already used (by the shell or by any
other extension).
This requires gjs commit 02568304 [1] that will be part of release 3.35.2,
so bump the required version as gjs does post-release version bumps.
[1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gjs/merge_requests/337https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/790
Extensions are uploaded to extensions.gnome.org as zip files that
not only contain the extension sources, but also compiled GSettings
schemas and message catalogues. To make this more convenient, add
a corresponding command for creating an archive suitable for up-
loading.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/1234
While we don't actually require a more recent version at build time,
we do need the latest stable version at runtime. There's no strong
reason for making that differentiation, so bump the requirement.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/1006
The browser plugin is crashy and broken; there are dozens of bugs filed
against it on Bugzilla and nobody is looking at them. Chrome and Firefox
have both dropped support for NPAPI plugins. Epiphany still has support,
but it's hidden behind a gsetting and all the UI to enable it has been
removed, so very few users would be able to figure out how to enable.
I've even previously considered blacklisting this plugin in the past due
to all the crashes.
Since this plugin has not actually worked in any browsers for a long
time now, time to delete it.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=766776
While the new per-desktop overrides in GIO are easier to use for
both developers and users, it is still inconvenient for everyone
who changed the defaults using the old overrides hack to lose
their settings. Address this by running a small script on startup
that migrates existing settings.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=786496
Depending on hardware and recorded volume level, turning up the speakers
to the maximum volume may not be enough and the user will want to amplify
the volume above 100%. Currently this requires opening the sound Settings
panel which gets cumbersome when required repeatedly.
To support this case better, allow raising the sound volume above 100%
directly from the system menu if the feature is enabled via the
`allow-volume-above-100-percent` key in `org.gnome.desktop.sound`.
Add a debug command (to be executed manually via Alt+F2) to check
that all of gnome-shell's file descriptors have the CLOEXEC flag set.
This is important so that internal file descriptors do not get passed
to apps when they are launched.
It prints a warning message for every fd that does not have the flag set.
fdwalk() is used from the standard library if available (it is not
available in glibc), otherwise we use the same implementation as glib
has internally.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/132
