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has caused the Debian Bug report #696721,
regarding gnome-shell: Include an add to desktop option
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696721: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=696721
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: gnome-shell
Version: 3.4.2-4
Severity: wishlist
Dear Maintainer,
It would be good if it were possible to add an application to the desktop by
right clicking from within the activities overview, just as you can with add to
favourites. At the moment it seems very difficult to add program launchers to
the desktop from anywhere within gnome, and this would allow users who want
that functionality to do it in an easy and intuitive way. It would not have bad
side effects as it would not effect people who don't want it, and, since there
are only two options in that right-click menue at the moment, it would not
over-complicate the menu.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:
ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.12.1-3
ii gconf-service 3.2.5-1+build1
ii gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 0.6.21-7
ii gir1.2-atk-1.0 2.4.0-2
ii gir1.2-caribou-1.0 0.4.4-1
ii gir1.2-clutter-1.0 1.10.8-2
ii gir1.2-cogl-1.0 1.10.2-6
ii gir1.2-coglpango-1.0 1.10.2-6
ii gir1.2-folks-0.6 0.6.9-1+b1
ii gir1.2-freedesktop 1.32.1-1
ii gir1.2-gconf-2.0 3.2.5-1+build1
ii gir1.2-gcr-3 3.4.1-3
ii gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0 3.4.2-3
ii gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 2.26.1-1
ii gir1.2-gee-1.0 0.6.4-2
ii gir1.2-gkbd-3.0 3.4.0.2-1
ii gir1.2-glib-2.0 1.32.1-1
ii gir1.2-gmenu-3.0 3.4.2-5
ii gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0 3.4.2-1
ii gir1.2-gtk-3.0 3.4.2-4
ii gir1.2-json-1.0 0.14.2-1
ii gir1.2-mutter-3.0 3.4.1-5
ii gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 0.9.4.0-7
ii gir1.2-pango-1.0 1.30.0-1
ii gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-3
ii gir1.2-soup-2.4 2.38.1-2
ii gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12 0.18.2-2
ii gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2 0.4.0-1
ii gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0 0.9.17-1
ii gjs 1.32.0-4
ii gnome-bluetooth 3.4.2-1
ii gnome-icon-theme-symbolic 3.4.0-2
ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.4.2+git20121218.7c1322-1
ii gnome-shell-common 3.4.2-4
ii gnome-themes-standard 3.4.2-2.1
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.4.2-3
ii libatk1.0-0 2.4.0-2
ii libc6 2.13-37
ii libcairo-gobject2 1.12.2-2
ii libcairo2 1.12.2-2
ii libcanberra0 0.28-6
ii libclutter-1.0-0 1.10.8-2
ii libcogl-pango0 1.10.2-6
ii libcogl9 1.10.2-6
ii libcroco3 0.6.6-2
ii libdbus-1-3 1.6.8-1
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.100-1
ii libebook-1.2-13 3.4.4-1
ii libecal-1.2-11 3.4.4-1
ii libedataserver-1.2-16 3.4.4-1
ii libedataserverui-3.0-1 3.4.4-1
ii libffi5 3.0.10-3
ii libfolks25 0.6.9-1+b1
ii libgck-1-0 3.4.1-3
ii libgconf-2-4 3.2.5-1+build1
ii libgcr-3-1 3.4.1-3
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.26.1-1
ii libgee2 0.6.4-2
ii libgirepository-1.0-1 1.32.1-1
ii libgjs0b [libgjs0-libmozjs185-1.0] 1.32.0-4
ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 8.0.5-3
ii libglib2.0-0 2.33.12+really2.32.4-3
ii libgnome-keyring0 3.4.1-1
ii libgnome-menu-3-0 3.4.2-5
ii libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.36-1
ii libgtk-3-0 3.4.2-4
ii libical0 0.48-2
ii libjson-glib-1.0-0 0.14.2-1
ii libmozjs185-1.0 1.8.5-1.0.0+dfsg-4
ii libmutter0 3.4.1-5
ii libnm-glib4 0.9.4.0-7
ii libnm-util2 0.9.4.0-7
ii libnspr4 2:4.9.4-1
ii libnspr4-0d 2:4.9.4-1
ii libp11-kit0 0.12-3
ii libpango1.0-0 1.30.0-1
ii libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-3
ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-3
ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 2.0-6
ii libpulse0 2.0-6
ii libsoup2.4-1 2.38.1-2
ii libstartup-notification0 0.12-1
ii libtelepathy-glib0 0.18.2-2
ii libtelepathy-logger2 0.4.0-1
ii libx11-6 2:1.5.0-1
ii libxcomposite1 1:0.4.3-2
ii libxdamage1 1:1.1.3-2
ii libxext6 2:1.3.1-2
ii libxfixes3 1:5.0-4
ii libxi6 2:1.6.1-1
ii libxml2 2.8.0+dfsg1-7
ii python 2.7.3-3
ii telepathy-mission-control-5 1:5.12.3-1
Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends:
ii gkbd-capplet 3.4.0.2-1
ii gnome-contacts 3.4.1-1+b1
ii gnome-control-center 1:3.4.2+git20121016.29d7c0-1
ii gnome-session-fallback 3.4.2.1-3
ii gnome-user-guide 3.4.2-1+build1
ii unzip 6.0-8
gnome-shell suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
I'm closing this bug since GNOME no longer provides a desktop by
default where app shortcuts can be added to.
There is a GNOME Shell extension packaged in Debian,
gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng, that does provide this
functionality.
You could request that the extension further modify GNOME to add that
feature. It's better to do that directly with the extension developers
rather than in Debian:
https://gitlab.com/rastersoft/desktop-icons-ng/-/issues
Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha
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