Link to Debian Wishlist-Bug which I hereby send upstream: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=839716 Thanks, Maria! Package: plasma-widgets-workspace Version: 4:4.11.13-2 Severity: wishlist File: plasma-widgets Dear Maintainer, writing bug reports about bugs in Plasma widgets or addons is sometimes quite difficult as it is not clear to which package they belong to. Especially if you use a non-english language, you don't even know the official name of the widget/addon, so it is really hard work to find out where to write the bug report to. Even in the forums people sometimes can't help you, especially if your used language is much different than english therefore using completely different names. Fazit: Widgets should have an "About" Section containing at least information about the package they belong to. This would make reporting of bug alot easier. Thanks for your work and time! Maria -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable-debug APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'testing'), (100, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.5.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages plasma-widgets-workspace depends on: ii libc6 2.24-3 ii libkdecore5 4:4.14.23-1 ii libkdeui5 4:4.14.23-1 ii libkdewebkit5 4:4.14.23-1 ii libkio5 4:4.14.23-1 ii libkunitconversion4 4:4.14.23-1 ii libplasma3 4:4.14.23-1 ii libplasmaclock4abi4 4:4.11.13-2 ii libqt4-declarative 4:4.8.7+dfsg-9 ii libqt4-network 4:4.8.7+dfsg-9 ii libqt4-xml 4:4.8.7+dfsg-9 ii libqtcore4 4:4.8.7+dfsg-9 ii libqtgui4 4:4.8.7+dfsg-9 ii libqtwebkit4 2.3.4.dfsg-8.1 ii libstdc++6 6.1.1-11 ii libx11-6 2:1.6.3-1 ii libxcomposite1 1:0.4.4-1 ii libxdamage1 1:1.1.4-2+b1 ii libxfixes3 1:5.0.2-1 ii libxrender1 1:0.9.9-2 ii plasma-dataengines-workspace 4:4.11.13-2 plasma-widgets-workspace recommends no packages. plasma-widgets-workspace suggests no packages. -- no debconf information Maximiliano Curia wrote: ¡Hola Maria! El 2016-10-04 a las 11:24 +0200, Maria escribió: > Package: plasma-widgets-workspace Version: 4:4.11.13-2 Severity: wishlist File: plasma-widgets > Dear Maintainer, > writing bug reports about bugs in Plasma widgets or addons is sometimes quite difficult as it is not clear to which package they belong to. > Especially if you use a non-english language, you don't even know the official name of the widget/addon, so it is really hard work to find out where to write the bug report to. Even in the forums people sometimes can't help you, especially if your used language is much different than english therefore using completely different names. > Fazit: Widgets should have an "About" Section containing at least information about the package they belong to. This would make reporting of bug alot easier. I don't see how this could be feasible under the Debian scope, but it shouldn't be too hard to do this on the upstream side of things, reporting the corresponding group (plasma, apps, extragear) and component (kdeplasma-addons, etc) a particular plasmoid belongs to. The relation between the upstream component names and the Debian source package names should be similar enough, and are probably easy to find, although you'll need to know how to report to the source package directly. On the other hand, most kde applications have a Report Bug menu entry, that reports the issue upstream, which is the preferred report method for the not Debian specific issues, so it would make sense to add this "report bug" option to the plasmoids. Could you please send the feature request upstream? Happy hacking, -- "Fighting patents one by one will never eliminate the danger of software patents, any more than swatting mosquitoes will eliminate malaria." -- Richard M. Stallman Saludos /\/\ /\ >< `/ Reproducible: Always
It would already be very helpful if such an "About" section would show the shared object or qml file name. With that it would already be easier to identify the package that provides the file. If there are some unique translations used, one can try following page to get a hint to which package that belongs: https://l10n.kde.org/dictionary/search-translations.php
All applets do have an "About" page now, but they don't list the package/repo name or a bug URL. Adding a bug URL or even a "Submit a bug" button seems reasonable to me. This information could be pulled from the AppStream data.
*** Bug 414747 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Do applets have appstream data? I was not aware that we have a mapping of applet-> bugzilla component somewhere
Yes, they do, as they show up in Discover. They could all probably have the bug report URL of their parent package.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kcoreaddons/-/merge_requests/263
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/1176
Git commit 1b3267c81941ab591e117fc5be516fd8181e4c04 by Nate Graham. Committed on 24/09/2022 at 19:22. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. Add new bugReportUrl standard metadata property This allows the plugin to specify a URL at which bug reports can be filed. This is typically different from its website, which is why we need a new property to support it. Related: bug 204364 M +5 -0 src/lib/plugin/kpluginmetadata.cpp M +8 -0 src/lib/plugin/kpluginmetadata.h https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kcoreaddons/commit/1b3267c81941ab591e117fc5be516fd8181e4c04
Git commit 15384afc34d6ba11559253f9eb4162a5a86b8b48 by Nate Graham. Committed on 28/09/2022 at 18:59. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. Set bugReportUrl for all applets in this repo This way, their config/about pages will show the "Report a Bug" button. M +1 -0 applets/activitypager/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/icontasks/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/keyboardlayout/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/kicker/package/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/kickoff/package/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/kimpanel/package/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/margins-separator/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/minimizeall/package/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/pager/package/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/showActivityManager/package/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/showdesktop/package/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/taskmanager/package/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/trash/package/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/window-list/metadata.json M +1 -0 containments/desktop/package/metadata.json M +1 -0 containments/folder/metadata.json M +1 -0 containments/panel/metadata.json https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/commit/15384afc34d6ba11559253f9eb4162a5a86b8b48
Git commit 1621b62c8331ec1fd2cbea2986b236eae61f9fb4 by Nate Graham. Committed on 28/09/2022 at 19:45. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. AppletConfiguration: add "Report a Bug" button to config window When an applet's JSON metadata defines the bugReportUrl key, its Configuration page will now display a "Report a Bug" button that the user can click on to quickly and easily file a bug. This should make it easier for people to file targeted bug reports that are automatically filed to the right place so they don't need extra work by big triagers to move them. If the applet does not define the bugReportUrl key in its JSON metadata file, it doesn't get this button, and there are no visual changes. FIXED-IN: 5.27 M +100 -83 desktoppackage/contents/configuration/AboutPlugin.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/commit/1621b62c8331ec1fd2cbea2986b236eae61f9fb4
Git commit 56ef6cd21fe28a84c25e06b4677b27315dbf5579 by Nate Graham. Committed on 28/09/2022 at 21:28. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. Set bugReportUrl for all applets in this repo This way, their config/about pages will show the "Report a Bug" button. M +1 -0 applets/activitybar/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/analog-clock/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/appmenu/package/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/batterymonitor/package/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/calendar/package/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/clipboard/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/devicenotifier/package/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/digital-clock/package/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/icon/package/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/lock_logout/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/manage-inputmethod/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/mediacontroller/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/notifications/package/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/panelspacer/package/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/systemmonitor/coreusage/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/systemmonitor/cpu/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/systemmonitor/diskactivity/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/systemmonitor/diskusage/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/systemmonitor/memory/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/systemmonitor/net/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/systemmonitor/systemmonitor/package/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/systemtray/container/package/metadata.json M +1 -0 applets/systemtray/package/metadata.json https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/commit/56ef6cd21fe28a84c25e06b4677b27315dbf5579
Git commit f421f4d3fe1f879f7848f80239b3cc143827bdea by Nate Graham. Committed on 28/09/2022 at 21:51. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. Set BugReportURL for applet M +1 -0 applet/metadata.json https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/commit/f421f4d3fe1f879f7848f80239b3cc143827bdea