Disabled use of AppStream for plasma-desktop on stable branches

Hi, There is an issue when using an old AppStream version (older than 0.12) with plasma-desktop. It would sometimes crash. Since it's an optional feature and not central to plasma's usability overall, we decided to just bump the version, understanding that lacking the feature is better than

Re: appstream in Plasma

2016-06-13 14:54 GMT+02:00 Jonathan Riddell : > I've submitted a review for a plasma-desktop metadata file. > https://phabricator.kde.org/D1844 > But I was surprised to see the metadata format doesn't support many > types. Shouldn't something like Plasma widgets be a good

Re: appstream in Plasma

Klumpp <matth...@tenstral.net> wrote: > 2016-04-07 15:08 GMT+02:00 Jonathan Riddell <j...@jriddell.org>: >> Martin's thread on metadata got me wondering about if we should have >> appstream files in Plasma. It would be nice to have plasma-desktop in >> software inst

Re: appstream in Plasma

2016-04-10 0:06 GMT+02:00 Thomas Pfeiffer : > On Samstag, 9. April 2016 20:32:24 CEST Martin Graesslin wrote: > >> If using a framework requires a workspace component being installed, >> something is seriously broken in our workflows. We have worked a lot on >> making our

Re: appstream in Plasma

On Samstag, 9. April 2016 20:32:24 CEST Martin Graesslin wrote: > If using a framework requires a workspace component being installed, > something is seriously broken in our workflows. We have worked a lot on > making our apps not depend on Plasma, let's not accept a status where that > doesn't

Re: appstream in Plasma

On Saturday, April 9, 2016 3:48:33 PM CEST Alexander Potashev wrote: > Martin, > > Please find my comments below. > > 2016-04-08 8:55 GMT+03:00 Martin Graesslin : > > On Thursday, April 7, 2016 11:28:17 PM CEST Alexander Potashev wrote: > >> What if > >> > >> 1. I don't use

Re: appstream in Plasma

Martin, Please find my comments below. 2016-04-08 8:55 GMT+03:00 Martin Graesslin : > On Thursday, April 7, 2016 11:28:17 PM CEST Alexander Potashev wrote: >> What if >> 1. I don't use a desktop environment, but I need a way to setup >> localization for KDE applications? > >

Re: appstream in Plasma

On Donnerstag, 7. April 2016 17:35:48 CEST Matthias Klumpp wrote: > 2016-04-07 15:08 GMT+02:00 Jonathan Riddell <j...@jriddell.org>: > > Martin's thread on metadata got me wondering about if we should have > > appstream files in Plasma. It would be nice to have plasma-de

Re: appstream in Plasma

On Donnerstag, 7. April 2016 21:11:39 CEST Kai Uwe Broulik wrote: > > In the case of the systemd KCM, you could declare that to be an addon to > > Systemsettings... > I like that idea. There's many handy 3rd party kcms hardly anybody knows > about. I could imagine searching for system settings in

Re: appstream in Plasma

On Thursday, April 7, 2016 11:28:17 PM CEST Alexander Potashev wrote: > Martin, > > Thanks for your reply. Please see my comments below. > > 2016-04-07 17:24 GMT+03:00 Martin Graesslin : > > On Thursday, April 7, 2016 4:37:14 PM CEST Alexander Potashev wrote: > >> 2016-04-07

Re: appstream in Plasma

Martin, Thanks for your reply. Please see my comments below. 2016-04-07 17:24 GMT+03:00 Martin Graesslin : > On Thursday, April 7, 2016 4:37:14 PM CEST Alexander Potashev wrote: >> 2016-04-07 16:14 GMT+03:00 Martin Graesslin : >> > system settings is a

Re: appstream in Plasma

> In the case of the systemd KCM, you could declare that to be an addon to > Systemsettings... I like that idea. There's many handy 3rd party kcms hardly anybody knows about. I could imagine searching for system settings in the application manager and then finding various configuration UI

Re: appstream in Plasma

2016-04-07 19:47 GMT+02:00 Martin Gräßlin : > Am 2016-04-07 18:01, schrieb Scarlett Clark: >> >> FWIW some distros like Kubuntu (neon?) use systemsettings for all of >> our system settings. So having separate places for all other settings >> is very poor user experience. > >

Re: appstream in Plasma

ell <j...@jriddell.org>: Martin's thread on metadata got me wondering about if we should have appstream files in Plasma. It would be nice to have plasma-desktop in software installers for people who run another desktop and want to install it. There's also applications like system settings

Re: appstream in Plasma

, Scarlett On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 8:35 AM, Matthias Klumpp <matth...@tenstral.net> wrote: > 2016-04-07 15:08 GMT+02:00 Jonathan Riddell <j...@jriddell.org>: > > Martin's thread on metadata got me wondering about if we should have > > appstream files in Plasma. It w

Re: appstream in Plasma

2016-04-07 15:08 GMT+02:00 Jonathan Riddell <j...@jriddell.org>: > Martin's thread on metadata got me wondering about if we should have > appstream files in Plasma. It would be nice to have plasma-desktop in > software installers for people who run another desktop and wa

Re: appstream in Plasma

On Thursday, April 7, 2016 4:37:14 PM CEST Alexander Potashev wrote: > 2016-04-07 16:14 GMT+03:00 Martin Graesslin : > > system settings is a workspace configuration tool. I don't see how that is > > useful to anyone not using Plasma > > Martin, > > One can use System

Re: appstream in Plasma

2016-04-07 16:14 GMT+03:00 Martin Graesslin : > system settings is a workspace configuration tool. I don't see how that is > useful to anyone not using Plasma Martin, One can use System Settings to start KCMs that are not related to Plasma: - Localization, - Akonadi, -

Re: appstream in Plasma

On Thursday, April 7, 2016 2:08:07 PM CEST Jonathan Riddell wrote: > Martin's thread on metadata got me wondering about if we should have > appstream files in Plasma. It would be nice to have plasma-desktop in > software installers for people who run another desktop and want to

appstream in Plasma

Martin's thread on metadata got me wondering about if we should have appstream files in Plasma. It would be nice to have plasma-desktop in software installers for people who run another desktop and want to install it. There's also applications like system settings (which has dozens of plugins