*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1843588 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1843588
Thank you Mathew. I assumed it's the same package in later releases.
The reason behind splitting the bug was the fact that I believe these are 2
separate problems by coincidence having their root causes in similar portions
of code.
Bug #1843588 is focal specific and is about altered contents of clipboard and
fixing it requires fixing reverting the change in nautilus.
This one on the other hand is about not being able to copy from the
desktop to nautilus and vice versa. And fixing this should require
fixing:
For focal (beside fixing bug #1843588):
* gnome-shell
* gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons
For hirsute & impish:
* gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1948008
Title:
Copying and pasting to/from Nautilus does not work
Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons source package in Hirsute:
Won't Fix
Bug description:
[Impact]
* After upstream Nautilus has reverted the following commit [1]
related to upstream bug [2] the desktop icons extension lost it's
ability to copy to/from nautilus.
* This is related to the fact that before there was some metadata
passed along in the clipboard along with text data. This was causing
issues with compatibility with some applications that were not
expecting any metadata (MIME type in this case) was glued to the text
clipboard contents. Hence, it was reverted upstream [3].
* Fixing the root cause of this issue required changes to Nautilus
[3], gnome-shell [4] and desktop-icons [5] [6]. Nautilus and gnome-
shell parts are already implemented and present in Hirsute and Impish.
[Test Plan]
1) Make sure desktop-icons extension is enabled.
2) Open nautilus window and copy any file from there by right-clicking and
selecting "Copy" from the popup menu.
3) Right-click on desktop and select "Paste" from the context menu.
Expected result: selected file is copied to the desktop.
Actual result: "Paste" item is disabled in the menu.
[Where problems could occur]
* Mixing a version of nautilus without commit [3] and fixed version
of desktop-icons may still lead to a scenario when copying will not
work.
* Any extension/application copying to desktop using the smuggled-in-
text clipboard behavior should be expected to stop working.
[Other Info]
[1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/merge_requests/289
[2] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues/634
[3] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/merge_requests/573
[4] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/1321
[5]
https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/ShellExtensions/desktop-icons/-/merge_requests/186
[6]
https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/ShellExtensions/desktop-icons/-/merge_requests/195
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