Bug#1052108: transition: mutter/gnome-shell 46

[Simon McVittie]

On Fri, 19 Jul 2024 at 05:13:31 +0100, Sid T wrote:
> Note. The gnome-shell-extension-system-monitor (which is from [1]https://
> github.com/paradoxxxzero/gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet/issues/767) is kind
> of abandoned.
> 
> The original author (paradoxxxzero) was not responding much for a long time,
> and other dev contributions kept it alive. Since there was no response from the
> original author, development kind of moved to its fork at [2]https://
> extensions.gnome.org/extension/3010/system-monitor-next/. Though the fork was
> started by "mgalgs" (who was contributing to upstream as well) as a stop gap
> measure, the fork gained traction and more users started using it. So,
> atm "mgalgs" is actively maintaining the fork. I've been using it for months
> without any issues.
> 
> Though the original author (paradoxxxzero) made some initiative to revive his
> repo, it was too late. Refer [3]https://github.com/paradoxxxzero/
> gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet/issues/767#issuecomment-1819485628.

This is all useful information for #1052108, but at this point it's
too late to resolve that before starting the GNOME Shell 46 transition,
so the requested short-term action for this particular package is for
the release team to remove it from testing and move on.

If someone (perhaps you?) wants to resurrect the
gnome-shell-extension-system-monitor package by switching its upstream
to a more-maintained fork, that can still happen after the transition
goes through, as long as someone keeps it up-to-date with versions required
for the current GNOME Shell in the future.

Thanks,
    smcv