Bug 471121

Summary: KCM: Handle/show incompatible themes in a user-friendly way
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: Nate Graham <nate>
Component: kcm_desktopthemeAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: task CC: notmart
Priority: NOR Keywords: qt6, usability
Version First Reported In: master   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Bug Blocks: 474456    

Description Nate Graham 2023-06-16 16:23:31 UTC 
Because Plasma 5 themes need to be ported to work with Plasma 6, we need to show incompatible themes in the KCM separately, rather than intermixed, where users will try to use them and they won't work. If we don't do something like this, we'll get a *lot* of bug reports from frustrated users whose themes don't work and they can't figure out why.

Idea: a separate "incompatible themes" section in the grid view where they can live, with a little explanatory text saying that these themes need to be ported to Plasma 6 before they'll work.
Comment 1 Marco Martin 2023-11-20 12:32:17 UTC 
I don't think it's an issue: theme format didn't change between 5 and 6,
also, plasma6 (only for themes) still supports desktop files as metadata even
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2023-11-20 17:07:47 UTC 
Ok, good news!