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Getting started packaging a GNOME extension



Hello there!

I have not used IRC for some years, so please forgive me for asking this question via email in the meantime.

I would like to use this emoji picker gnome shell extension (https://github.com/maoschanz/emoji-selector-for-gnome), but I would also like to stick to packages in Debian main; therefore, I would like to package this extension. I used to package Perl modules, but I am not familiar with the conventions or practices surrounding GNOME extensions, and it has been some time since I've contributed to Debian, so I would need to brush up on the latest practices.

I did come across the shell-extensions subproject in salsa: https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/shell-extensions

I'm on salsa as "jawnsy" and will check in on IRC #debian-gnome to say hello at some point!

Can someone please share a good link for getting started learning about how to package a GNOME shell extension, or perhaps a good example of packaging for a simple shell extension that I could use as a basis for this work?

Best,

Jonathan

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