Debian Bug report logs - #1100856
gnome-shell: System app folder missing for upgrades

Package: src:gnome-shell; Maintainer for src:gnome-shell is Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>;

Reported by: Jeremy Bícha <jeremy.bicha@canonical.com>

Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:57:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed-upstream, trixie

Found in version gnome-shell/48~rc-2

Forwarded to https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/8266

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>:
Bug#1100856; Package src:gnome-shell. (Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:57:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Jeremy Bícha <jeremy.bicha@canonical.com>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>. (Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:57:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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Source: gnome-shell
Version: 48~rc-2
Forwarded: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/8266

See the upstream bug report

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha

Changed Bug title to 'gnome-shell: System app folder missing for upgrades' from 'gnome-shell: System app folder missing even for new installs'. Request was from Jeremy Bícha <jeremy.bicha@canonical.com> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:13:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>:
Bug#1100856; Package src:gnome-shell. (Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:55:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Jeremy Bícha <jeremy.bicha@canonical.com>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>. (Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:55:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Message #12 received at 1100856@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

Control: tags -1 trixie

The System app folder in GNOME Shell's Activities Overview does not
show for people who have upgraded from Debian 12 to Debian 13
"trixie". More specifically, if a user has logged in even once to
GNOME Shell before GNOME 48, they won't see the System app folder.

I believe this also happened for the Utilities folder years ago.

This also makes it awkward for us to customize these folders as
pointed in debian/changelog for gnome-shell  48.2-2

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha

Added tag(s) trixie. Request was from Jeremy Bícha <jeremy.bicha@canonical.com> to 1100856-submit@bugs.debian.org. (Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:55:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Added tag(s) fixed-upstream. Request was from debian-bts-link@lists.debian.org to control@bugs.debian.org. (Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:05:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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Debian Bug report logs - #1100856 gnome-shell: System app folder missing for upgrades

Debian Bug report logs - #1100856
gnome-shell: System app folder missing for upgrades