forgot to update control file and some dconf syntax changed a lot, I had to patch the patch...
I hope I didn't mess up things, in case please send me an email and I'll fix it up G.
diff -Nru desktopnova-0.8.1/debian/changelog desktopnova-0.8.1/debian/changelog --- desktopnova-0.8.1/debian/changelog 2018-05-16 08:49:31.000000000 +0200 +++ desktopnova-0.8.1/debian/changelog 2019-09-23 15:51:39.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +desktopnova (0.8.1-1.2) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Add proposed patch to make it work with gnome-shell (LP: #780079, Closes: + #651313) + * Add libdconf-dev dependency, needed to find libs + + -- Gianfranco Costamagna <locutusofb...@debian.org> Mon, 23 Sep 2019 15:51:39 +0200 + desktopnova (0.8.1-1.1) unstable; urgency=low * Non-maintainer upload. diff -Nru desktopnova-0.8.1/debian/control desktopnova-0.8.1/debian/control --- desktopnova-0.8.1/debian/control 2018-05-16 08:49:31.000000000 +0200 +++ desktopnova-0.8.1/debian/control 2019-09-23 15:51:39.000000000 +0200 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Section: misc Priority: optional Maintainer: Stefan Haller <hali...@googlemail.com> -Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), cmake, libglib2.0-dev, libgconf2-dev, libgtk2.0-dev, intltool, libxml2-dev, libdbus-glib-1-dev, libxfconf-0-dev, python-minimal +Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), cmake, libglib2.0-dev, libgconf2-dev, libdconf-dev, libgtk2.0-dev, intltool, libxml2-dev, libdbus-glib-1-dev, libxfconf-0-dev, python-minimal Standards-Version: 3.9.2 Homepage: http://launchpad.net/desktopnova diff -Nru desktopnova-0.8.1/debian/patches/gnome-shell.patch desktopnova-0.8.1/debian/patches/gnome-shell.patch --- desktopnova-0.8.1/debian/patches/gnome-shell.patch 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ desktopnova-0.8.1/debian/patches/gnome-shell.patch 2019-09-23 15:51:39.000000000 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,156 @@ +Description: Adding Gnome-Shell support + A patch that adds a module for gnome-shell to change the background. + This patch uses the dconf library to change the wallpaper. + . +Author: Eric Gach +Reported by: Andrea Capriotti <capri...@debian.org> +Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/651313 + +--- a/CMakeLists.txt 2011-03-20 14:05:02 +0000 ++++ b/CMakeLists.txt 2011-05-09 18:39:01 +0000 +@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ + + SET(GETTEXT_PACKAGE "desktopnova") + SET(GETTEXT_PACKAGE_MODULE_GNOME "desktopnova-module-gnome") ++SET(GETTEXT_PACKAGE_MODULE_GNOME_SHELL "desktopnova-module-gnome-shell") + SET(GETTEXT_PACKAGE_MODULE_XFCE "desktopnova-module-xfce") + SET(GETTEXT_PACKAGE_TRAY "desktopnova-tray") + +@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ + SET(DIRS_PKGLIBDIR "lib/desktopnova" CACHE STRING "Directory for modules") + + SET(VERSION_MODULE_GNOME "0.2") ++SET(VERSION_MODULE_GNOME_SHELL "0.1") + SET(VERSION_MODULE_XFCE "0.1") + SET(VERSION_MODULE_XFCE_XFCONF "0.2") + +@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ + SET(ENABLE_DBUS 1 CACHE BOOL "Define whether dbus should be supported (dbus is required in order to use desktopnova-tray).") + SET(ENABLE_TRAY 1 CACHE BOOL "Define whether desktopnova-tray should be compiled (requires dbus-support).") + SET(ENABLE_MODULE_GNOME 1 CACHE BOOL "Define whether the gnome module should be compiled.") ++SET(ENABLE_MODULE_GNOME_SHELL 1 CACHE BOOL "Define whether the gnome-shell module should be compiled.") + SET(ENABLE_MODULE_XFCE 1 CACHE BOOL "Define whether the old xfce module (supports XFCE < 4.6) should be compiled.") + SET(ENABLE_MODULE_XFCE_XFCONF 1 CACHE BOOL "Define whether the new xfce module (supports XFCE >= 4.6) should be compiled.") + +@@ -83,6 +86,9 @@ + IF(ENABLE_DBUS) + PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DBUS REQUIRED dbus-glib-1) + ENDIF(ENABLE_DBUS) ++IF(ENABLE_MODULE_GNOME_SHELL) ++ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DCONF REQUIRED dconf) ++ENDIF(ENABLE_MODULE_GNOME_SHELL) + + SET(TEMP_PRINT_DEBUG 0) + IF(NOT RELEASE_BUILD) + +=== modified file 'config.h.cmake' +--- a/config.h.cmake 2009-10-15 17:16:08 +0000 ++++ b/config.h.cmake 2011-05-09 18:41:10 +0000 +@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ + + #define VERSION "${VERSION}" + #define VERSION_MODULE_GNOME "${VERSION_MODULE_GNOME}" ++#define VERSION_MODULE_GNOME_SHELL "${VERSION_MODULE_GNOME_SHELL}" + #define VERSION_MODULE_XFCE "${VERSION_MODULE_XFCE}" + #define VERSION_MODULE_XFCE_XFCONF "${VERSION_MODULE_XFCE_XFCONF}" + + #define GETTEXT_PACKAGE "${GETTEXT_PACKAGE}" + #define GETTEXT_PACKAGE_MODULE_GNOME "${GETTEXT_PACKAGE_MODULE_GNOME}" ++#define GETTEXT_PACKAGE_MODULE_GNOME_SHELL "${GETTEXT_PACKAGE_MODULE_GNOME_SHELL}" + #define GETTEXT_PACKAGE_MODULE_XFCE "${GETTEXT_PACKAGE_MODULE_XFCE}" + #define GETTEXT_PACKAGE_TRAY "${GETTEXT_PACKAGE_TRAY}" + + +=== modified file 'src/modules/CMakeLists.txt' +--- a/src/modules/CMakeLists.txt 2010-03-14 14:18:42 +0000 ++++ b/src/modules/CMakeLists.txt 2011-05-09 18:40:10 +0000 +@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ + SET(TARGETS ${TARGETS} desktopnova-module-gnome) + ENDIF(ENABLE_MODULE_GNOME) + ++IF(ENABLE_MODULE_GNOME_SHELL) ++ ADD_LIBRARY(desktopnova-module-gnome-shell MODULE module_gnome_shell.c) ++ SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(desktopnova-module-gnome-shell ++ PROPERTIES PREFIX "" ++ OUTPUT_NAME module_gnome_shell) ++ TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(desktopnova-module-gnome-shell ${DCONF_LIBRARIES}) ++ SET(TARGETS ${TARGETS} desktopnova-module-gnome-shell) ++ENDIF(ENABLE_MODULE_GNOME_SHELL) ++ + IF(ENABLE_MODULE_XFCE) + ADD_LIBRARY(desktopnova-module-xfce MODULE module_xfce.c) + SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(desktopnova-module-xfce + +=== added file 'src/modules/module_gnome_shell.c' +--- a/src/modules/module_gnome_shell.c 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 ++++ b/src/modules/module_gnome_shell.c 2011-05-09 18:56:50 +0000 +@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ ++#include <config.h> ++#include <libintl.h> ++#include <dconf/client/dconf-client.h> ++#include <glib.h> ++ ++#define _(message) dgettext(GETTEXT_PACKAGE_MODULE_GNOME_SHELL, message) ++void module_dconf_watch(DConfClient *client, const gchar *path, const gchar * const *items, gint n_items, const gchar *tag, gpointer user_data); ++void module_free_user_data(gpointer user_data); ++ ++void module_init() ++{ ++ bindtextdomain(GETTEXT_PACKAGE_MODULE_GNOME_SHELL, LOCALEDIR); ++} ++ ++const gchar * module_get_gw_version() ++{ ++ return VERSION; ++} ++ ++const gchar * module_get_version() ++{ ++ return VERSION_MODULE_GNOME_SHELL; ++} ++ ++const gchar * module_get_name() ++{ ++ return _("Gnome Shell"); ++} ++ ++const gchar * module_get_description() ++{ ++ return _("This module enables support for gnome-shell using dconf."); ++} ++ ++const gchar * module_get_author() ++{ ++ return "Eric Gach <e...@php-oop.net>"; ++} ++ ++const gchar * module_get_homepage() ++{ ++ return "http://launchpad.net/desktopnova";; ++} ++ ++void module_change_wallpaper(const gchar * filename) ++{ ++ DConfClient *client = dconf_client_new(); ++ if (dconf_client_is_writable(client, "/org/gnome/desktop/background/picture-uri")) { ++ GVariant *gfilename = g_variant_new("s", g_filename_to_uri(filename, NULL, NULL)); ++ if (dconf_client_write_sync(client, "/org/gnome/desktop/background/picture-uri", gfilename, NULL, NULL, NULL) == FALSE) { ++ g_critical("gnome-shell-module: Failed to set background to \"%s\"", filename); ++ } ++ g_variant_unref(gfilename); ++ } ++ g_object_unref(client); ++} ++ ++void module_dconf_watch(DConfClient *client, const gchar *path, const gchar * const *items, gint n_items, const gchar *tag, gpointer user_data) ++{ ++ return; ++} ++ ++void module_free_user_data(gpointer user_data) ++{ ++ return; ++} ++ ++#undef _ + diff -Nru desktopnova-0.8.1/debian/patches/series desktopnova-0.8.1/debian/patches/series --- desktopnova-0.8.1/debian/patches/series 2018-05-16 08:49:31.000000000 +0200 +++ desktopnova-0.8.1/debian/patches/series 2019-09-23 15:45:47.000000000 +0200 @@ -1 +1,2 @@ depend-on-generated-files.patch +gnome-shell.patch
