Re: Re: Gnome 3 Extensions/Themes Website?

[kaddy080 gmail com]

In saying all that, is Gnome planning on releasing "Official" extensions or implementing their own extensions to give Gnome 3 more usability in future?
Or do users have to rely on 3rd party extensions now and in the near future to give Gnome 3 some usability?

On , John Stowers <john stowers lists gmail com> wrote:
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> > In terms of themes - the reason that themes belong on the extension
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> > website is:
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> >  - They are using unsupported APIs
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> >  - They are hacks of the GNOME Shell experience and need messaging
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> >    as such
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> >  - They need to be automatically disabled when they are out of sync
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> >    with the GNOME Shell.
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> > Can we declare that GNOME Shell doesn't have themes, and prevent people
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> > from posting screenshots of GNOME Shell with a modified theme or with a
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> > modified top panel? I don't see how to achieve that other than some
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> > draconian enforcement of the GNOME trademark that would be inconsistent
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> > with the principles of the GNOME project.
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> I think https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=650971 is a pretty
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> good first attempt at preventing people from theming gnome-shell.
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> TBH I don't see a real difference, perhaps only of degree, in extensions
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> vs. themes both wrt. API compatibility and protecting the brand.
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> T> hat out of the way, I think a pragmatic approach (option 2) is
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> sensible, starting an arms race with extension authors is not going to
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> end well (technology and PR wise) so a sanctioned distribution system
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> where there is some measure of quality control is sensible compromise.
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> John
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