Bug 399459

Summary:	Plasma widgets etc. do not work in Russia
Product:	[Applications] Discover	Reporter:	misha <mikivo>
Component:	KNewStuff Backend	Assignee:	Aleix Pol <aleixpol>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	andrew.crouthamel, leinir
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	investigated, triaged
Version First Reported In:	5.13.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description misha 2018-10-06 19:15:44 UTC

SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Use Russian VPN
2. Choose 'Plasma extensions'
3. Choose any option (say Wallpapers or Widgets)

OBSERVED RESULT
Infinite loading

EXPECTED RESULT
Options available for downloading

SOFTWARE VERSIONS
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.13.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.49.0
Qt Version: 5.11.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
It is a Roskomnadzor-related problem. This agency in Russia is supposed to ban illegal websites (weapon shops, child pornography etc). Unfortunately they are monkeys unable to do the job. Therefore, some random IPs are blocked including some IPs used by "store.kde.org". Frankly, I have no I idea how you could solve the problem. But, maybe, you will be able to do something about it. Sorry for the stupid report

Comment 1 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-10-07 04:53:55 UTC

Hi misha,

I'm sorry you are having a problem accessing some content. Unfortunately, the files you are referencing are hosted on store.kde.org, which is hosted by opendesktop.org. You could contact them to potentially get a Russian mirror set up. Beyond that, I don't think we can help you.