Debian and other distros patch Konversation to change the default IRC network and channel https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-kde/kde-extras/konversation.git/tree/debian/patches/debian_channel.diff Since patches are evil it would be nice if Konversation had a config file by default which could be easily patched. (You can see this patch is incorrect as it doesn't change the network name.) Also the default channel might be better as a user support channel such as #kde Reproducible: Always
I don't get this request. The C++ code only runs when there's no config file. You can override it with a config file.
I'd suggest if distros want it for user support they just have a "Help Chat" link that runs konversation with --server --port and --channel in the exec line of the .desktop file.