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Florian Müllner 91b7474d5a dbusServices/extensions: Proxy Extensions API 
Similar to the previously added org.freedesktop.Notifications proxy,
this exposes the org.gnome.Shell.Extensions API and forwards any
request to the real implementation in gnome-shell.

The motivation differs though: We want to be able to package the
extension app as flatpak and distribute it separately, but the
extension prefs dialog is hard to impossible to sandbox:

 - filenames need translating between host and sandbox, and we
   can only do that in some cases (serializing/deserializing
   extensions), but not others (extension settings that refer
   to files)

 - system extensions install their GSettings schemas in the system
   path; the best we can do there is assume a host prefix of /usr
   and set GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR in the flatpak (eeks)

 - extensions may rely on additional typelibs that are present on
   the host (for example because gnome-shell itself depends on
   them), but not inside the sandbox - unless we bundle all of
   gnome-shell's dependencies

 - if gjs/mozjs differ between host and sandbox, extensions must
   handle different runtimes for the extension and its prefs

And all those issues occur despite a very permissive sandbox (full
host filesystem access, full dconf access, full org.gnome.Shell
access (including Eval()!)).

This new service will give us an alternative place for handling
the preference dialog:

 - it runs outside of gnome-shell process, so can open windows

 - it runs on the host, so the extension's prefs get to run
   in the same namespace as the extension itself

That is, the service will provide portal-like functionality (albeit
not using the org.freedesktop.portal.* namespace, as extension
management is an inherently privileged operation).

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/1106
2020-03-23 15:39:12 +00:00
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.settings Clean out some eclipse artefacts 2019-02-13 04:39:26 +01:00
data extensionPrefs: Move desktop file and icons from top-level data 2020-03-19 14:27:35 +00:00
docs/reference docs: Fix interface prefix for D-Bus docs 2019-07-25 15:56:20 +02:00
js dbusServices/extensions: Proxy Extensions API 2020-03-23 15:39:12 +00:00
lint extensionPrefs: Initialize gettext 2020-03-19 20:53:40 +00:00
man man: Update project website 2018-01-07 21:39:18 +01:00
meson extensionPrefs: Add application icon 2020-02-03 19:03:19 +01:00
po extensionPrefs: Use template for preference dialog 2020-03-23 15:39:12 +00:00
src build: Add missing dependency to run-js-test 2020-03-21 02:58:17 +00:00
subprojects extensions-tool: Use OpenExtensionPrefs() method 2020-03-22 15:31:07 +01:00
test Add convert_xml test 2019-03-04 20:55:15 +00:00
tests Use paint and pick context to get framebuffer 2019-12-03 19:07:15 +00:00
tools build: Remove Canberra dependency 2019-01-09 23:09:18 +00:00
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.gitmodules submodules: Replace non-functional git.gnome.org URL by GNOME Gitlab URL 2018-09-25 08:41:30 +02:00
cldr2json.py Fix override for fr-CA 2019-03-04 20:55:15 +00:00
config.h.meson Add check_cloexec_fds debug command 2018-07-30 23:11:41 +00:00
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gnome-shell.doap doap: Add Georges Stavracas as a maintainer 2019-12-18 15:24:38 -03:00
HACKING.md docs: Conform to coding style in HACKING guide 2020-01-06 19:53:21 +01:00
meson_options.txt extensions-tool: Start import 2019-08-21 18:28:02 +02:00
meson.build build: Add configuration summaries 2020-03-21 20:44:43 +01:00
NEWS Bump version to 3.36.0 2020-03-07 23:30:33 +01:00
README.md README.md: Add contribution section 2019-02-13 20:37:39 +01:00
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README.md

GNOME Shell

GNOME Shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 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.

Contributing

To contribute, open merge requests at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell.

Commit messages should follow the GNOME commit message guidelines. We require an URL to either an issue or a merge request in each commit.

License

GNOME Shell is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. See the COPYING file for details.