Update chrome-gnome-shell to version 9 in all supported releases
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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chrome-gnome-shell (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Ken VanDine | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
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Undecided
|
Ken VanDine | ||
Yakkety |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Ken VanDine | ||
Zesty |
Fix Released
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Undecided
|
Ken VanDine | ||
Artful |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Ken VanDine |
Bug Description
Impact
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gnome-shell provides a browser plugin so that users can manage GNOME Shell extensions by visiting https:/
This extension will stop working in Firefox once users upgrade to Firefox 54. Firefox 54 is scheduled for upstream release June 13, 2017 and 54 Beta has been available since April 19th.
Test Case
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- In Ubuntu GNOME, install the updated chrome-gnome-shell
- Open Firefox and browse to https:/
- In the list of extensions, turn on the "Applications Menu". The Activities button in the top left of the screen should now read Applications and show a menu of installed apps when clicked.
- Turn off the "Applications Menu". The Applications button should revert to being a simple Activities button.
* Repeat the above test with chromium-browser
* Repeat the above test with Firefox 54 Beta
https:/
Regression Potential
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If there is a problem with this update, users might not be able to easily install new extensions. A workaround is to install extensions with GNOME Software (click the Addons button on the main page) but that only works in Ubuntu 17.04+.
Users can also activate/deactivate and remove extensions with Tweak Tool, installed by default in Ubuntu GNOME.
Other Info
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chrome-gnome-shell 9 is available in artful. We want to make version 9 available in -updates for 16.10, 16.04 and 17.04 to ensure no regressions when updating to Firefox 54.
https:/
There are actually two parts to chrome-gnome-shell: a system helper and a browser addon. The chrome-gnome-shell package provides the system helper. You should be promoted to install the browser add on yoru first visit to https:/
Related branches
Changed in chrome-gnome-shell (Ubuntu Artful): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in chrome-gnome-shell (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
assignee: | nobody → Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) |
Changed in chrome-gnome-shell (Ubuntu Yakkety): | |
assignee: | nobody → Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) |
Changed in chrome-gnome-shell (Ubuntu Zesty): | |
assignee: | nobody → Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) |
Changed in chrome-gnome-shell (Ubuntu Artful): | |
assignee: | nobody → Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) |
description: | updated |
tags: |
added: verification-done-zesty verification-failed-xenial verification-failed-yakkety removed: verification-needed |
tags: |
added: verification-done-xenial verification-done-yakkety removed: verification-done |
Hello Ken, or anyone else affected,
Accepted chrome-gnome-shell into yakkety-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https:/ /launchpad. net/ubuntu/ +source/ chrome- gnome-shell/ 9-0ubuntu1~ ubuntu16. 10 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/Testing/ EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.
If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification- failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.
Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/QATeam/ PerformingSRUVe rification . Thank you in advance!