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See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it anymore. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in. ** Tags removed: focal ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu Focal) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix ** Changed in: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu Focal) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1948008 Title: Copying and pasting files between desktop and Nautilus does not work Status in Gnome Shell Extension Desktop Icons Ng: Fix Released Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gnome-shell source package in Focal: Won't Fix Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons source package in Focal: Won't Fix Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng source package in Focal: Invalid Status in gnome-shell source package in Hirsute: Fix Released Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons source package in Hirsute: Invalid Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng source package in Hirsute: Won't Fix Status in gnome-shell source package in Impish: Fix Released Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons source package in Impish: Invalid Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng source package in Impish: 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng/+bug/1948008/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
