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eduncan911

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Registered: 2015-05-02

Posts: 93

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[REQUEST] gnome-shell-google-chrome-connector

Finally, someone fixed it and posted the code on Github a few weeks ago:

https://github.com/nE0sIghT/chrome-gnome-shell/

This, in combination with the Gnome Extension in the Chrome Web Store, allows you to:

* open https://extensions.gnome.org/ in Chrome
* have Gnome check for what Extensions you have installed (and manage them)
* install extensions directly from the webpage
* check for updates of extensions
* see conflicts

...and I am sure a few more.  We used to have this back in 2014, but it was broken with a Chrome base change and hasn't been resolved until now.

AUR package name
I searched the existing AUR and packages and it seems this is the best name:

gnome-shell-google-chrome-connector
gnome-shell-chrome-connector <- remove "google"?

As it aligns with other gnome-shell-* AUR packages, as well as calling it what it is: google chrome connector.

Setup
Very easy to setup, just a git repo.  Dependencies are stated on the README.

Two options for setup:

* manually copy the python tools
* use the Makefile.

NOTE: He is ever evolving this module very quickly (6 releases in just 3 weeks, currently on version 6).  So there are two options here for an Arch package:

1) AUR package named "gnome-shell-google-chrome-connector", that is versioned.  You must be willing to track progress on a weekly/monthly basis and keep updating this package until he's done.

2) Just make a git version: gnome-shell-google-chrome-connector-git.  That way, we always have latest at the time of install.

The developer seems to be following proper branching techniques and branching for all features and testing in the branch.  once done/stable, he merges it into Master.

Me doing it

It would be a fun to finally package up a package myself.  If I have the time, I'll do the git version.  But, feel free to do it first if you want to.  I won't have time until I am done with these contracts I am on right now.

Last edited by eduncan911 (2016-01-26 18:36:31)

josephg

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2009-09-28

Posts: 118

Re: [REQUEST] gnome-shell-google-chrome-connector

See chrome-gnome-shell-git in AUR.

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