Bug 462077 - Link KDE Invent Repository in "About" Section
Summary: Link KDE Invent Repository in "About" Section
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: frameworks-kxmlgui
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdelibs bugs
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Depends on: 462525
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Reported: 2022-11-20 21:46 UTC by indecisiveautomator
Modified: 2022-12-02 00:02 UTC (History)
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Description indecisiveautomator 2022-11-20 21:46:19 UTC
SUMMARY
The KDE Invent GitLab is quite well structured, but as there are so many projects it can be difficult to know where each application falls in each of the groups.

I think it would be neat if KDE Apps' "About" section. Currently most (all?) KDE apps link to their respective kde.org pages, which most or all have a link to "Browse Source Code". However, a more direct link to the repository would go a long way imo. A direct link to the source would put it to the forefront of users who are looking for it, instead of relegating it to a link in a sidebar on the application page where it could get lost. Actually, I didn't even know there was a link on that page, and had to edit this report to include this tidbit because I missed it entirely in searching!

This feature request is a little bit "out there", but I think it would be a nice addition :) It may not benefit a lot of users, but for users who want to directly browse or maybe even contribute, it would be a nice gesture.

OBSERVED RESULT
KDE apps' "About" dialogs do not directly link to the GitLab repository.

EXPECTED RESULT
KDE apps should link directly to the GitLab repository, to encourage merge requests and collaborative development.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 6.0.9-zen1-1-zen
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.100.0
Qt Version: 5.15.7

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I'm not even close to being able to contribute to KDE yet, but one day I would like to, and making the GitLab links more accessible could go a long way :)
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-11-29 22:45:59 UTC
We unfortunately have a few About pages; moving this ug report to KXMLGui, where one fix will need to be implemented. Can you file another bug report against frameworks-kirigami and put "462077" in its "See also" field? Thanks!
Comment 2 indecisiveautomator 2022-11-30 13:49:49 UTC
Ah, I didn't realise it wasn't a standard thing across apps. It would be a big undertaking but having more "About" pages would be great, it would allow more transparency into the authors of applications as well as providing some nice polish around the Desktop Environment.

I will certainly file another bug report and attach this issue to it. Just to be sure, what exactly should I file as the issue? Pretty much the same as I have outlined here?
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2022-11-30 15:14:01 UTC
Yep!
Comment 4 indecisiveautomator 2022-11-30 17:12:30 UTC
I think I got it right: Bug 462449