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I’ve never actually done it, because the only extension I use is Blur My Shell, and the dev is so quick at updating that extension that even when I immediately update to a beta release it’s already marked as compatible, but here it is:
gsettings set org.gnome.shell disable-extension-version-validation true
And if you want to revert back to normal and have extensions be validated again:
Do we have an extension apocalipse again, or is it a “bump supported version” type update?
The 2nd. And even then, you can just turn off version checking and extensions generally just work.
I can confirm. Updated on my laptop and every extension works so far.
Didn’t know that’s possible. How?
I’ve never actually done it, because the only extension I use is Blur My Shell, and the dev is so quick at updating that extension that even when I immediately update to a beta release it’s already marked as compatible, but here it is:
gsettings set org.gnome.shell disable-extension-version-validation true
And if you want to revert back to normal and have extensions be validated again:
gsettings reset org.gnome.shell disable-extension-version-validation
I don’t know if there’s a GUI way to do it in one of the extension management platforms, I’ve never really looked
2nd