- Submitter:
- Simon McVittie
- Date:
- 2026-10-08 22:23:07 UTC
- Severity:
- normal
- Tags:
A new upstream major release of GNOME Shell is available in
experimental, and as usual, all GNOME Shell extensions will need updates
to be compatible with the new version.
Upstream provides a migration guide here:
<https://gjs.guide/extensions/upgrading/gnome-shell-50.html>
and there is some Debian-specific documentation here:
<https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gnome-shell/-/blob/debian/latest/debian/updating-extensions.md?ref_type=heads>
This particular extension seems to have (partial?) support for GNOME 51
in upstream git, but not in a release yet.
When the rest of the necessary packages are ready and the release team
gives the go-ahead to do the transition, bug reports like this one will
be raised to serious. If extensions aren't compatible with the new GNOME
Shell, they'll have to be removed from testing temporarily.
Thanks,
smcv
We'll be requesting approval from the Debian Release Team soon to do the GNOME Shell 51 transition. Therefore, I'm raising the severity of these bugs. Packages that aren't ready by the time GNOME Shell 51 is ready to migrate to Testing will be removed from Testing to complete the transition. Thank you, Jeremy Bícha
Hi Jermemy, the transition workflow asks to bump the severity to RC only after the transition has started [1] . Please respect the estabilished procedures and don't create a artifical pressure. Thanks. [1] https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ReleaseTeam/Transitions
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of gnome-shell-extension-blur-my-shell, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to 1148600@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Marcelo Jorge Vieira <metal@debian.org> (supplier of updated gnome-shell-extension-blur-my-shell package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org) Format: 1.8 Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:49:57 -0300 Source: gnome-shell-extension-blur-my-shell Architecture: source Version: 74-1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: medium Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org> Changed-By: Marcelo Jorge Vieira <metal@debian.org> Closes: 1148600 Changes: gnome-shell-extension-blur-my-shell (74-1) unstable; urgency=medium . * New upstream version 74 (Closes: #1148600) Checksums-Sha1: 2ee8d2f5a9b8b053e1d83f7493ce6b3bec1d9f5f 2285 gnome-shell-extension-blur-my-shell_74-1.dsc 03977ca2e71d98db7e303e954552970bd94fe3a4 379582 gnome-shell-extension-blur-my-shell_74.orig.tar.gz 70d266e67af496c7ee397c2603dbbf73d3e2a76e 2832 gnome-shell-extension-blur-my-shell_74-1.debian.tar.xz 3ae246456f62796700fb003e0a23e8c24aa680e2 8234 gnome-shell-extension-blur-my-shell_74-1_source.buildinfo Checksums-Sha256: 13b8290689356fee6daeddfc197bb29535e1a7f80ca0820ff71d3d6439f099b9 2285 gnome-shell-extension-blur-my-shell_74-1.dsc adbe533809ec1bc44eb01705e750b7694d26cfda5c24cd23958c7c98bf0beee9 379582 gnome-shell-extension-blur-my-shell_74.orig.tar.gz c97b18f51dd45b96b8b6ecdfec32cc1ed21170ab80ef074560ad4caff3651e7f 2832 gnome-shell-extension-blur-my-shell_74-1.debian.tar.xz 5b537eadf06dbd8f77b8991596d32fa3fea6c7e7c589ba080727f25938657070 8234 gnome-shell-extension-blur-my-shell_74-1_source.buildinfo Files: 24529348370fe8ad8f6e7e95b173d113 2285 gnome optional gnome-shell-extension-blur-my-shell_74-1.dsc f20babadb0880cd4d807660b49c49b32 379582 gnome optional gnome-shell-extension-blur-my-shell_74.orig.tar.gz 9ad450032ce7798f7ea38622c29864a4 2832 gnome optional gnome-shell-extension-blur-my-shell_74-1.debian.tar.xz fbc80e6ffd074e29a187e090443e5d7a 8234 gnome optional gnome-shell-extension-blur-my-shell_74-1_source.buildinfo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQJFBAEBCgAvFiEEX659A8zSLhyNqcUJW5JO4xAFXNMFAmrIEQkRHG1ldGFsQGRl Ymlhbi5vcmcACgkQW5JO4xAFXNN98A/9GJv5LMlMVX9rC2W3MFgLcllhpngcrP/7 A2Aso1xx7BlFLQFm2r1cZrIzYS0DI4ZwiVVxJIqb/kRSaTGI84ryil2oyK5Mi6bo DfabelIZvtebydfy7oj92+f8a5LsbLK2K8OIIYzdgtVCmLDW/phRu0bZENgewF8O 8+oXg1amYsfgjeSDS28eQGRdyz++oOCYcNVj6eEE1YAQCesQvMaQ8eZkHEiYst3m FgozJ2rn3HErEaLLOfkWZ7H9ai1qvmWjQMFGopltb99pIsEvAaNcvU39Iu+GMO2E ihReawXfhKZSK2SkYUs3qu5ibQAPOHm7xwCFEYh8qJo3oH7FmF3i7hPTtrXedP81 T2O4qvzBecdb8s+/pkMsb1T5A+6OjMLr5KZcLUnr/ImnYDgviS8R3HOEbMBAq27Y Qr1VeFGXNSl2Ix+a3+JuwtdROZ1RaCdgRFrcgMwZfNd8k5lE71Pqd7SlYbFT1GBB uL6KI4Vx74Q/3xa3w0AoK4iX2hIGleXjyCehiVoty3TWAo7cTP2cnetFYC4V1gyR dAJzz/npeWGqWjDmjHBeoVO9wE+zOgck/65KAWkhZiDWL0EncBwyWRHPWrosAJSH NrCu6/bpenp5GXK5LIV3dborddzAuS61aa99V9ykXMZl8Nw14mkvgdT00G8GJ19Q lPLKrBy9GWI= =UbAu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----