[MIR] chrome-gnome-shell
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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chrome-gnome-shell (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Availability
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Co-maintained with Debian GNOME. arch:all package
Rationale
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Users of gnome-shell expect that they will be able to install (and uninstall, enable, disable, and configure) GNOME Shell extensions by visiting https:/
gnome-shell in Ubuntu 16.04 - 17.04 recommends chrome-gnome-shell.
Workaround: It is possible to install and uninstall extensions in GNOME Software in Ubuntu 17.04+. It is possible to enable and disable extensions; uninstall extensions; and configure any extension preferences in gnome-tweak-tool (not currently installed by default in Ubuntu 17.10 but it was always installed by default by Ubuntu GNOME).
Security
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No known security issues
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Quality assurance
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- Please subscribe Ubuntu Desktop Bugs to this package.
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Dependencies
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All runtime dependencies are in main
Supports both python2 and python3 but Ubuntu's packages uses just python3
Standards compliance
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4.1.3, dh compat 11, dh7-style simple rules
Maintenance
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- Actively developed upstream
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- Debian packaging:
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And here's the source code for the extensions.
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Background Info
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Before Firefox 52, extensions.
The package name is because this package originally provided support for the Chrome browser, but now other browsers have adopted the WebExtensions API pioneered by Chrome.
Other Info
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chrome-gnome-shell has two parts, a system helper that's provided in this Ubuntu package and a WebExtension.
There is a banner when you first visit the site with a button to install the required WebExtension. The browser does not need to be restarted but the page needs to be refreshed.
It looks like chrome-gnome-shell has a background service that starts when you first start your browser. The service continues to run even after closing the browser.
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description: | updated |
affects: | gnome-shell (Ubuntu) → chrome-gnome-shell (Ubuntu) |
description: | updated |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.