[Bug 1832407] Re: ubuntu-desktop should not hard depend on gnome-shell-extension-*

[Daniel van Vugt]

** Tags added: focal groovy

** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Summary changed:

-  ubuntu-desktop should not hard depend on gnome-shell-extension-*
+ Ubuntu's gnome-shell extensions can't be uninstalled (safely)

** Description changed:

- I like the Ubuntu themed GNOME desktop but I don't like dash-to-dock. 
- As the preinstalled extensions, especially gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock are not deactivable and not removable atomic (they are hard dependcies of gnome-desktop), the only way to remove them is to rename the extensions folder. This will also restore the dock with every update of the gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock package, as it creates this folder.
+ I like the Ubuntu themed GNOME desktop but I don't like dash-to-dock.
+ As the preinstalled extensions, especially gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock are not deactivable and not removable atomic (they are hard dependcies of ubuntu-desktop), the only way to remove them is to rename the extensions folder. This will also restore the dock with every update of the gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock package, as it creates this folder.
  
  Therfore, we should remove the hard dependcies.

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Title:
  Ubuntu's gnome-shell extensions can't be uninstalled (safely)

Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I like the Ubuntu themed GNOME desktop but I don't like dash-to-dock.
  As the preinstalled extensions, especially gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock are not deactivable and not removable atomic (they are hard dependcies of ubuntu-desktop), the only way to remove them is to rename the extensions folder. This will also restore the dock with every update of the gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock package, as it creates this folder.

  Therfore, we should remove the hard dependcies.

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