[kde] [Bug 452367] Determining the KDE version is too difficult and keeps changing over time

[Nate Graham]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452367

Nate Graham <nate at kde.org> changed:

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--- Comment #6 from Nate Graham <nate at kde.org> ---
"how to get KDE version 2022"(In reply to bkorb from comment #3)
> Since the "Help" menu should have a uniform "look and feel", and since there
> is a widespread tradition of providing useful version information there, it
> would seem like a reasonably good idea to have the "About KDE" piece provide
> those three versions, perhaps in the "Report Bugs or Wishes" tab. Instead,
> one winds up on this site and discovers it's necessary to google around
> until the methods for determining that are found. Or just wrap an invocation
> of "kinfocenter" output on that tab. Anything.
The "Report bug" window does tell you the version of the thing you're reporting
a bug against. If I invoke it from Dolphin, it says "Version 21.12.3", which is
accurate. In this case, the Plasma version isn't relevant, since the bug is in
Dolphin, and Dolphin--like Kate--is a standalone app. The era of there being a
giant monolithic thing called KDE that includes interdependent apps is over. :)
You don't need to supply the version number of Plasma itself if you're
reporting a bug against a KDE app.


(In reply to bkorb from comment #4)
> P.S. "Kate" was one of the programs suggested as a source for version
> information. When you use Google to find information, you never really know
> how reliable it is.
Yes, it's a shame how old out-of-date information sticks around forever on the
internet. I find myself appending the year to my web searches these days

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