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

Jeremy Bícha jeremy.bicha at canonical.com
Thu Apr 10 23:48:11 BST 2025


I thought about this more and changed my mind a bit. I think the
version field should be correct since it is correct for most other
packaged GNOME Shell extensions.

Here is a (reversed) example of how it could be done:
https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/shell-extensions/gnome-shell-extension-dashtodock/-/commit/9e216da5

However, it is best practice in Debian to disable new version
notifications so if this extension will suddenly start prompting about
an outdated extension version, we would need to disable that.

https://github.com/home-sweet-gnome/dash-to-panel/commit/223d0152

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha



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