Backport fixes / new features from Gnome 45 to Gnome 44-42

[jtaala]

Given the advent of Gnome 45, extensions versions are no longer compatible between Gnome 45 and previous Gnome shell versions.

We're currently trying to maintain two branches that are being developed:

https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM/tree/develop
https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM/tree/gnome-44
This means that fixes / features need to be ported to the gnome-44 branch, and we also need to maintain two releases (on github and extensions.gnome.org).

This issue is to help track features/fixes that haven't been back ported to gnome-44 yet:

• Backport Windows change their horizontal position after consuming operation #684
• Backport docs: Clarify the fact that holding Super won't bring up the minimap #689
• Backport Add advanced settings tab in preferences (with other PaperWM settings) #705
• Backport Compatibility with Fullscreen Avoider #707
• Backport Fix / improve window behaviour: restore pre-fullscreen/pre-scratch window size/position; better manage windows that start fullscreen #741
• Backport FIX #747: regression when resizing consumed window group #748
• Backport Replace ClickOverlay enterMonitor reactive actor approach with much simpler implementation #751
• Backport FIX for #758: tiling window is unclickable sometimes after session unlock #760

[Lythenas]

I pinned the issue. I propose we keep this around (at least until we eventually decide to drop support for gnome 44) and just add to the list.

[jtaala]

Hey @Lythenas, Gnome 44 is now EOL (as of 2024-03-16), see https://release.gnome.org/calendar/.

I can't see myself working on these versions since Gnome 45+ is so different (ESM, etc.) from an extensions POV. I have reservations (even in principal) of continuing to support previous version of Gnome when Gnome foundation itself doesn't support them.

Anyways, I do note #814 however, which should be very straight forward and easily/cleanly back-portable, so can do it for that one - but other changes would likely require much more effort and could break things etc.).

Would keep those older branches around and would accept PRs etc., although I would have very limited ways of testing any such changes (I use an Arch based distro so am on the latest pretty quickly).

Jay.

[Lythenas]

I'm still on Gnome 42 on my work laptop (Ubuntu 22), on my personal I'm also on Arch. But I haven't found time or motivation to backport anything...

I'm not sure how much weight we should give the gnome calendar. E.g. Ubuntu LTS versions will still have a lot of users on older Gnome versions (such as me). See https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle

But I agree, I think it doesn't make sense for you to work on the old branches. I would definitively be willing to test PR for the gnome 42-44. And I will try to make time to backport some of the bugfixes (at least the ones that can't be worked around easily).

[Thesola10]

I really want to turn this into a Project, but it seems projects are organization-dependent. @smichel17 could you look into this?

[smichel17]

@Thesola10 I can create a project. I don't have permissions to add others to the org though, so you'll have to let me know what you want. If it's simple that could be text here, or if you want something more complicated you can create what you want on a different org and I can copy it.

[Lythenas]

I'm pretty sure projects can be created on repos. But it's possible that it's turned of on the repo or org level. Also no idea how to configure the permissions. But I would look into activating the project on the repo if that is possible.