linuxmint/Cinnamon — Issue #427: About installation/update and compatibility of applets and extensions
Author: moray33
Created: 2012-02-26 00:11:58+00:00
State: open

Today I've been thinking abour how to facilitate the user some things...

I think that have to edit the .json file of every extension and applet that you have installed or have to download them again is not actually handy for the user. And if the user is someone that doesn't know very much about computing (like a friend or relative that you've installed Cinnamon) find that your applets and extensions doesn't work after an update of Cinnamon can be a problem.

So I think that is needed a solution for this issue. Maybe Cinnamon souldn't disable and applet/extension if the number of the version is not included in the .json file, maybe the applets and extensions should be integrated in the Cinnamon package (like the removable drives, for example), maybe the applets and extensions should be in the repositories (Mint repository, PPA for Ubuntu, etc.) in order to updated them (with the compatibility updated) at the same time that Cinnamon... And there must be more possible solutions for sure, but these are the ones that I've thinked.

I hope we can find the best option to facilitate the use of Cinnamon with its applets and extensions for all the users!