Bug 486552

Summary:	applications-blacklistrc ignored since Plasma 6
Product:	[Plasma] plasma-mobile	Reporter:	Plata <plata.hill>
Component:	Shell	Assignee:	Plasma Mobile Bugs <plasma-mobile-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	carl, espidev
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Plata 2024-05-04 09:36:08 UTC

SUMMARY
I'm using this blacklist https://github.com/plata/ublue-surface/blob/main/config/files/usr/etc/xdg/applications-blacklistrc to hide certain apps in Folio/Halcyon. After updating to Plasma 6, the blacklisted apps are shown.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create/edit     /usr/etc/xdg/applications-blacklistrc
2. Check Folio/Halcyon

OBSERVED RESULT
Apps are shown.

EXPECTED RESULT
Apps are not shown.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux: Fedora 40 (Kinoite)
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.1.0
Qt Version: 6.7.0

Comment 1 Devin Lin 2024-05-06 00:38:22 UTC

In Plasma 6, Plasma Mobile writes the default entry in .config/applications-blacklistrc which has a higher priority than /usr/etc/xdg/applications-blacklistrc

Try writing the value to .config/applications-blacklistrc

Comment 2 Plata 2024-05-09 09:52:18 UTC

If I understand correctly, the defaults are set in https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-mobile/-/blob/master/envmanager/config.h, right? I see that the applications-blacklistrc has been removed from Plasma Phone Settings in https://invent.kde.org/plasma-mobile/plasma-phone-settings/-/commit/c6a19738bd9800811a124e18e58a383b85db3c01 but the commit does not provide any further details.

What's the correct way to influence the default from a distribution's perspective? Can I add my applications-blacklistrc to /etc/skel?