Control: reassign gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus 15-2
On Wed, 14 Sep 2016 01:20:14 +0200 bi...@debian.org wrote: > Source: gnome-shell-extension-top-icon-plus > Version: 15-2 > Severity: serious > User: pkg-gnome-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org > Usertags: gnome-shell-3-22 > > Hi, > > your package gnome-shell-extension-top-icon-plus declares a strictly > versioned dependency on gnome-shell. We've uploaded gnome-shell > 3.21.92 to unstable, which makes gnome-shell-extension-top-icon-plus > uninstallable. > > In the past, it was necessary to explicitly declare supported > gnome-shell versions in metadata.json. This was lifted in gnome-shell > 3.21.92 [1]. > > "Nowadays, the user interface has mostly stabilized with most changes > happening under the hood. As a result, extensions written for > previous versions of GNOME Shell are very much expected to keep > working on updates, if it wasn't for the version check that requires > a version bump in the extension metadata. There has been a setting to > disable that check for a while, but it's existence isn't widely known > (hence the common perception that "everything breaks on updates"). > While there is still some risk that an out-of-date extension can be > enabled without error, but fails spectacularly later (where we cannot > catch the exception), it is reasonably small by now when compared to > the ~95% of extensions that can be "unbroken", so swap the default > value to disable version checks by default." > > As a result, you could drop the gnome-shell << XXX version limitation > altogether. The Debian release cycle is pretty long though, so we > don't know yet if the gnome-shell version in Buster will actually be > compatible with your extension today. We will release Stretch with > GNOME Shell 3.22, so my recommendation would be to use gnome-shell > (<< 3.23) as upper limt. > > Modifications for metadata.json are no longer required. > > Regards, Michael > > [1] https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell/commit/?id=5e0e3e -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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