Bug 471121 - KCM: Handle/show incompatible themes in a user-friendly way
Summary: KCM: Handle/show incompatible themes in a user-friendly way
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: kcm_desktoptheme (show other bugs)
Version: master
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR task
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords: qt6, usability
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Blocks: 474456
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Reported: 2023-06-16 16:23 UTC by Nate Graham
Modified: 2023-11-20 17:07 UTC (History)
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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!