On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 01:11:51 GMT, Alexander Zvegintsev <[email protected]> wrote:
> There is an issue displaying the xembed icons in the appIndicators area which > are not displayed correctly with certain Gnome Shell versions. > It was already fixed > [externally](https://gitlab.gnome.org/3v1n0/gnome-shell/-/commit/20a81d786697f40880e81d867453b1bad9524ec1). > > However this is still a blocker on systems that have not received this fix, > so this fix disables a SystemTray's support for Gnome Shell < 45 versions. > > Gnome Shell version detection has the following logic: > * execute `/usr/bin/gnome-shell --version` > * parse its output to extract the major version > * disable the SystemTray support if the version < 45 or parsing failed for > some reason > > > The numbering convention changed with the introduction of Gnome Shell 40. > The old numbering convention is also handled correctly(e.g. > [3.38.1](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/blob/d15f6c75b19be1e32ec24165f09b3e74afaf7395/NEWS#L1134)) > > This is a simplified fix to make it easier to backport it. > The improved solution will be to [receive the ShellVersion property via the > DBUS > API](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/73212/how-to-get-the-gnome-version/73225#73225) > > Testing looks good: > Oracle Linux 7.9, Gnome Shell 3.28.3 > Ubuntu 22.04, Gnome Shell 42.9 > Ubuntu 23.04, Gnome Shell 44.3 > Ubuntu 23.10, Gnome Shell 45.0 > Fedora 38, Gnome Shell 44.0 Marked as reviewed by jdv (Reviewer). ------------- PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17860#pullrequestreview-1881709937
