Bug 489153 - Discover should display the same warning about third party themes as the settings app
Summary: Discover should display the same warning about third party themes as the sett...
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Discover
Classification: Applications
Component: KNewStuff Backend (show other bugs)
Version: 6.0.5
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2024-06-25 02:10 UTC by tidal3179
Modified: 2024-06-25 22:45 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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screenshot of discover and the settings app side by side (827.52 KB, image/png)
2024-06-25 02:10 UTC, tidal3179
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screenshot of discover and plasma widgets (533.22 KB, image/png)
2024-06-25 22:45 UTC, tidal3179
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Description tidal3179 2024-06-25 02:10:38 UTC
Created attachment 170939 [details]
screenshot of discover and the settings app side by side

SUMMARY

When I install third party themes and the like from the settings app, I get a warning message telling me "User-created content shown here hasn't been tested by KDE or your distributor for functionality or quality". However if I open Discover and click on the plasma addons tab I don't get such a warning. I believe that if you're going to be displaying this warning from the settings app it should also be displayed on Discover when it comes to installing 3rd party themes.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Open theme section in settings app and click get new, the warning message appears
2.  Open Discover and click 'plasma addons' and any of the subsections, no warning message appears

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: opensuse tumbleweed 20240621 with KDE plasma
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.3.0
Qt Version: 6.7.1
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-06-25 15:18:06 UTC
Yeah.

Or we should finally delete the KNS backend's browsing capability, and just use it for updating.
Comment 2 tidal3179 2024-06-25 22:15:37 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Yeah.
> 
> Or we should finally delete the KNS backend's browsing capability, and just
> use it for updating.

I get the feeling that most users install new themes from the system settings instead of discover. Not to mention the fact that setting the policy "[KDE Action Restrictions][$i] ghns=false" in the /etc/xdg/kdeglobals file is only enforced when installing new themes from system settings. Even with this policy enabled I was still able to easily bypass it by downloading new themes from Discover.
Comment 3 tidal3179 2024-06-25 22:45:21 UTC
Created attachment 170980 [details]
screenshot of discover and plasma widgets