GNOME Shell Extensions subcategory is empty in GNOME Software

Where do you see that subcategory? Searching for extensions returns results here

On the homepage, click Add-ons, then click Shell Extensions.

From the journal:

gnome-software[15929]: failed to get apps for category apps: too many results returned

oh ok, you have a small arrow to display more categories, that's not obvious ... bug confirmed indeed

Valid bug, but I don't think we'll commit to fixing for the release.

I forwarded it upstream.

As it happens, I've been looking at this a bit already, hopefully should be fixed in a future 3.26 release. :D

I think this bug should not be classified as low importance bug, because it prevents users from installing GNOME Shell extensions.

The workaround is to just search for the extension you want instead of browsing all ~800 in a giant list.

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-software - 3.26.1-0ubuntu5

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gnome-software (3.26.1-0ubuntu5) bionic; urgency=medium

  [ Jeremy Bicha ]
  * Cherry-pick 0001-Don-t-error-out-for-over-500-results.patch:
    - Fix empty Addons > Shell Extensions category (LP: #1722809)

  [ Michael Biebl ]
  * Cherry-pick upstream fixes to make gnome-software build against fwupd 1.0.
    (Closes: #879006)

 -- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Sat, 28 Oct 2017 09:47:27 -0400

Thanks for uploading, but it'd have been good if you'd asked me beforehand (since I mentioned in team meetings I was working on related fixes) - I've got other improvements to Shell Extensions in Software pending. (I think this could have waited for the regular point release?)

Iain, I had to do an upload to 'bionic' anyway to finish the fwupd transition.

I didn't do an SRU for artful but forwarded this to Robert who was working on an SRU with some snap fixes. If we don't want to encourage users needing to install chrome-gnome-shell (and a Firefox addon), then I think this fix is important.

Hello AsciiWolf, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-software into artful-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/3.26.1-0ubuntu2.17.10.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-artful to verification-done-artful. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-artful. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

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SRU verification for Artful:
I have reproduced the problem with gnome-software 3.26.1-0ubuntu2 in artful and have verified that the version of gnome-software 3.26.1-0ubuntu2.17.10.1 in -proposed fixes the issue.

Marking as verification-done

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-software - 3.26.1-0ubuntu2.17.10.1

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gnome-software (3.26.1-0ubuntu2.17.10.1) artful; urgency=medium

  [ Robert Ancell ]
  * debian/patches/0001-snap-Don-t-crash-on-unknown-snap-types.patch:
    - Fix crash when broken snaps installed (LP: #1720442)
  * debian/patches/0001-snap-Protect-store-cache-with-a-lock.patch:
    - Fix crash due to multiple threads accessing a cache (LP: #1716633)
  * debian/patches/0001-snap-Don-t-attempt-to-refine-snaps-without-a-valid-n.patch:
    - Fix potential crash from invalid snaps
  * debian/patches/0001-snap-Remove-unused-variables.patch:
    - Trivial patch added to make above patches apply cleanly
  * debian/patches/0001-Add-a-cancellable-to-GsApp-objects.patch:
  * debian/patches/0001-Allow-to-cancel-app-ops-in-the-details-view-that-wer.patch:
    - Fix cancelling with multiple installs (LP: #1722183)
  * debian/control:
    - Add Vcs-Bzr link

  [ Jeremy Bicha ]
  * Cherry-pick 0001-Don-t-error-out-for-over-500-results.patch:
    - Fix empty Addons > Shell Extensions category (LP: #1722809)

 -- Robert Ancell <email address hidden> Wed, 15 Nov 2017 11:58:57 +1300

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