Ubuntu
gnome-shell package

Have AppIndicator support plugin by default

Bug #1477216 reported by Wise Melon on 2015-07-22

This bug affects 7 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	GNOME Shell	Invalid	Medium	gnome-bugs #652122
	gnome-shell (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Wishlist	Unassigned

Bug Description

I recently changed from the Unity to Gnome Shell, and I have noticed that unlike in Unity, to enable support for AppIndicator icons in Gnome Shell you have to install this plugin: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support/

But as support for AppIndicator is such an important feature in my opinion I think that this plugin should be installed by default and not have to be added by the user.

Revision history for this message

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2015-07-31:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Tim Lunn (darkxst) on 2015-12-06

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Wishlist

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Tim Lunn (darkxst) wrote on 2015-12-06:

We have generally avoided installing gnome-shell extensions by default, with the exception of the official upstream ones [1]. Extensions are problematic due to their lack of consistent maintenance, while a few are well maintained, some take a long time to get updated to new shell versions, and others just get abandoned. If the latter happens and we have them installed by default we are pretty much stuck maintaining them ourselves.

[1] https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell-extensions

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2015-12-06