Bug#1101943: incorrect version in metadata.json, breaks new version notification

[Jeremy Bícha]

On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM David Mandelberg <david at mandelberg.org> wrote:
> /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/dash-to-panel at jderose9.github.com/metadata.json
> says the version is 9999, not 68.
>
> It looks like the extension tracks the version in the dconf key
> /org/gnome/shell/extensions/dash-to-panel/extension-version, and
> whenever it changes, it shows a notification with a link to the release
> page on GitHub. To test, I reset the dconf key, then disabled and
> re-enabled the extension. Since the version in Debian is wrong, the link
> is broken:
> https://github.com/home-sweet-gnome/dash-to-panel/releases/tag/v9999

Thank you for reporting this bug and helping to make Debian better.

Generally, we do not want to see notifications for new upstream
releases for things that are packaged in Debian because it encourages
people to try to install software manually instead of by using the
Debian packages.

That means that if this feature were working, we would probably
disable it. Therefore, I think we will be closing this bug.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha