Bug#1132301: transition: gnome-shell 50

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

Control: tags -1 confirmed

On 23/05/2026 19:13, Simon McVittie wrote:
> Control: tags -1 - moreinfo
> Control: forwarded -1 https://release.debian.org/transitions/html/gnome-shell-50.html
> 
> On Mon, 30 Mar 2026 at 11:23:28 +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:
>> We now have GNOME Shell 50 in experimental (I'm typing this email into
>> it) and I've just done the usual MBF asking extensions authors to
>> update. This will also be the GNOME release used in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
> 
> I've checked with the GNOME team and there are no known blockers. May we
> go ahead with the initial uploads?
> 
>> This time, the group of entangled packages is:
>>
>> * gdm3
>> * gnome-kiosk
>> * gnome-remote-desktop
>> * gnome-session
>> * gnome-shell
>> * mutter
>>
>> all of which are GNOME-team-maintained.
> 
> Also gnome-shell-extensions, as usual; and the maintainers of some
> third-party extensions will need to re-upload from experimental to
> unstable:
> 
> - gnome-shell-extension-easyscreencast
> - gnome-shell-frippery
> 
> A few extensions haven't yet been ported, and will need removing when
> the transition is otherwise ready, if not fixed by then:
> 
> - gnome-shell-extension-autohidetopbar
> - gnome-shell-extension-flypie (NMU pending in DELAYED/14)
> - gnome-shell-pomodoro

Go ahead.

Cheers,
Emilio