Bug#888549: chrome-gnome-shell: Please don't use /etc/opt, it's not FHS-compliant

[Simon McVittie]

On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 at 00:46:27 +0100, Santiago Vila wrote:
> It has come to my attention (via Bug #888243) than this package uses /etc/opt.
> 
> The opt directories exist for "add-on" packages, i.e. those who are
> not provided by Debian.

chrome-gnome-shell uses /etc/opt to get itself loaded by Chrome, and for
no other reason. It's the inverse of how Chrome (which correctly uses
/{,etc/,var/}opt for its main content) has to put its .desktop file in
/usr/{local/,}share/applications, because FHS-compliant desktop
environments don't look for .desktop files in /opt.

Is there a way it can be loaded by Chrome without dropping integration
files into the directory Chrome is going to look in?

(chrome-gnome-shell is simultaneously an extension for Chrome, Chromium
and Firefox, so it installs appropriate integration files for all three
into /etc/opt/chrome, /etc/chromium and /usr/lib/mozilla respectively.)

    smcv