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