Public bug reported: [Impact]
* After upstream Nautilus has reverted the following commit [1] related to upstream bug [2] the desktop icons extension lost it's ability to copy to/from nautilus. * This is related to the fact that before there was some metadata passed along in the clipboard along with text data. This was causing issues with compatibility with some applications that were not expecting any metadata (MIME type in this case) was glued to the text clipboard contents. Hence, it was reverted upstream [3]. * Fixing the root cause of this issue required changes to Nautilus [3], gnome-shell [4] and desktop-icons [5] [6]. Nautilus and gnome-shell parts are already implemented and present in Hirsute and Impish. [Test Plan] 1) Make sure desktop-icons extension is enabled. 2) Open nautilus window and copy any file from there by right-clicking and selecting "Copy" from the popup menu. 3) Right-click on desktop and select "Paste" from the context menu. Expected result: selected file is copied to the desktop. Actual result: "Paste" item is disabled in the menu. [Where problems could occur] * Mixing a version of nautilus without commit [3] and fixed version of desktop-icons may still lead to a scenario when copying will not work. * Any extension/application copying to desktop using the smuggled-in- text clipboard behavior should be expected to stop working. [Other Info] [1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/merge_requests/289 [2] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues/634 [3] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/merge_requests/573 [4] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/1321 [5] https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/ShellExtensions/desktop-icons/-/merge_requests/186 [6] https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/ShellExtensions/desktop-icons/-/merge_requests/195 ** Affects: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Status: New ** Affects: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu Hirsute) Importance: Medium Status: New ** Affects: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu Impish) Importance: Medium Status: New ** Also affects: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu Impish) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu Hirsute) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu Impish) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu Hirsute) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1948008 Title: Copying and pasting to/from Nautilus does not work Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package in Ubuntu: New Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons source package in Hirsute: New Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons source package in Impish: New Bug description: [Impact] * After upstream Nautilus has reverted the following commit [1] related to upstream bug [2] the desktop icons extension lost it's ability to copy to/from nautilus. * This is related to the fact that before there was some metadata passed along in the clipboard along with text data. This was causing issues with compatibility with some applications that were not expecting any metadata (MIME type in this case) was glued to the text clipboard contents. Hence, it was reverted upstream [3]. * Fixing the root cause of this issue required changes to Nautilus [3], gnome-shell [4] and desktop-icons [5] [6]. Nautilus and gnome- shell parts are already implemented and present in Hirsute and Impish. [Test Plan] 1) Make sure desktop-icons extension is enabled. 2) Open nautilus window and copy any file from there by right-clicking and selecting "Copy" from the popup menu. 3) Right-click on desktop and select "Paste" from the context menu. Expected result: selected file is copied to the desktop. Actual result: "Paste" item is disabled in the menu. [Where problems could occur] * Mixing a version of nautilus without commit [3] and fixed version of desktop-icons may still lead to a scenario when copying will not work. * Any extension/application copying to desktop using the smuggled-in- text clipboard behavior should be expected to stop working. [Other Info] [1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/merge_requests/289 [2] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues/634 [3] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/merge_requests/573 [4] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/1321 [5] https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/ShellExtensions/desktop-icons/-/merge_requests/186 [6] https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/ShellExtensions/desktop-icons/-/merge_requests/195 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons/+bug/1948008/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
