Review "Shell Easy Uninstaller" version 1

Review of "Shell Easy Uninstaller" version 1

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Shell Easy Uninstaller

by leandrosantiago

Add an uninstall option to the right-click menu of applications in the App Grid and Dash.

Extension Homepage: https://github.com/lsantiagoba/shell-easy-uninstaller

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Shexli (experimental) warning 1

Shexli found 1 issue that may need reviewer attention.

EGO-X-002 warning

extensions should not use synchronous subprocess APIs in shell code

Shell code should avoid synchronous subprocess APIs like `GLib.spawn_command_line_sync()` and `GLib.spawn_sync()`.

Complete Examples

DebAptHandler.js:13

GLib.spawn_command_line_sync(`dpkg -S "${desktopFile}"`)

All Versions

Version	Status
3	Active
2	Rejected
1	Active

Previous Reviews on this Version

fmuellner active May 4, 2026

You should fix the shexli warning. IIRC, `dpkg` may take some time to run, and spawning the command synchronously implies freezing the entire desktop until the process exits. Approving because it is only in a fallback path, but please fix this in the next update.