Source: gnome-session Version: 43.0-1 I propose that Debian enable 2 GNOME Shell extensions by default: - gnome-shell-extension-appindicator - gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng
Justification ---------------- Both those extensions fill gaps in our default desktop. For people that use desktop icons or app status icons, these extensions are very useful. For people that don't, the extensions can be basically ignored. Ubuntu includes these 2 extensions by default plus a variation of Dash to Dock. Google has an internal distro for their developers that enables Dash to Panel and appindicators. As of a few months ago, they were considering adding Desktop Icons NG also. I am expecting GNOME Classic, as early as GNOME 44, to re-enable desktop icons by default and the Desktop Icons NG extension to be moved upstream to the gnome-shell-extensions project. There has been discussion about GNOME eventually enabling some sort of app status icon feature by default, but work on the spec and implementation appears stalled. I think a discussion of adding Dash to Dock or Dash to Panel by default should be discussed in a separate bug. Implementation --------------------- I suggest that we adapt similar work done by Ubuntu to add a GNOME Shell mode and corresponding gnome-session files. A GNOME Shell mode allows enabling specific extensions by default and also allows enabling a few other customizations. GNOME itself uses a GNOME Shell mode for GNOME Classic and the GNOME Initial Setup new user mode. Ubuntu and Pop!_OS use GNOME Shell modes too. The session identifies itself with the environment variable XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=debian:GNOME gsettings overrides can be set for just this debian session or for GNOME sessions in general. For an example, see https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-settings/tree/debian/ubuntu-settings.gsettings-override#n67 If anyone prefers the upstream experience, they can install the binary package 'gnome-session' which I'm proposing we no longer install by default. This will need changes to our packaging for gnome-shell and gnome-session. Later, we'll also need to patch gdm3 to prefer the new Debian session instead of GNOME. Thank you, Jeremy Bicha
