drkonqi and outdated software

[Justin Zobel]

On 19/11/25 19:44, Ben Cooksley wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM Harald Sitter <sitter at kde.org> wrote:
>
>     Hey!
>
>     I currently have an MR open to disable crash reporting to KDE by
>     default and would like your input on the matter.
>
>     https://invent.kde.org/plasma/drkonqi/-/merge_requests/364
>
>     Essentially we have a problem with users sitting on outdated software
>     versions, reporting crashes, and then getting their crash closed
>     because their version is no longer getting releases from us. So the
>     idea is we have a simple knob to turn on/off reporting to KDE at
>     compile time and leave it to distributions to toggle this as
>     necessary.
>
>
> Wouldn't the better idea be to have a "support end date" compiled into 
> the software, which defaults to the KDE value, and which is disabled 
> if a distro bug report URL is specified?
Yes! This is a much better idea. Then DrKonqi can say your software has 
crashed but it is no longer supported and recommend updating if possible.
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