Version mismatch between kdeconnect and kdeconnect-plasma in Ubuntu Xenial; kdeconnect severely outdated.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
kdeconnect (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
kdeconnect-plasma (Ubuntu) |
Expired
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
kubuntu-settings (Ubuntu) |
Expired
|
Medium
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
**SEE EDIT BELOW**
I was trying to synchronize my phone with my desktop using KDE Connect, and neither device could see the other. After a bunch of troubleshooting, I looked at the version numbers... Only to find that the version of 'kdeconnect' that Ubuntu Xenial packages is the same as what Wily packages - which is a version first published 2015-02-04, over a year ago (https:/
Now, I would be mostly alright with this, as I know packaging everything up is time consuming and things slip through the cracks. However, the version of kdeconnect-plasma shipped with Xenial is indicated as 0.9+git20160315. If that end bit is indeed a date (and I'm quite sure it is), that means it's in fact newer than even the most recent stable version (0.9g, released 2016-01-02 https:/
Here on Launchpad, Debian Sid has version 0.9g of kdeconnect packaged, and it was packaged on 2016-02-06 (https:/
I'm not going to mark this as a bug for 'kdeconnect-
**EDIT:**
After looking at the two packages, it appears that 'kdeconnect-plasma' is meant to actually replace 'kdeconnect'. It turns out my synching issue was due to 'firewalld' being installed at some point, despite no packages depending on it and me never installing it (that I can remember).
Removing the packages 'firewalld' and 'kdeconnect' allows me to synchronize my phone with my desktop properly. I could probably leave 'kdeconnect' there, but why? It's just an outdated version of the same package as 'kdeconnect-
description: | updated |
Changed in kdeconnect (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
tags: | added: kubuntu xenial |
Changed in kdeconnect (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in kubuntu-settings (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
tags: | added: packaging |
Changed in kdeconnect-plasma (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in kdeconnect-plasma (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Looks to me like 'kubuntu-settings' insists to drag-in that cruft from KDE-SC 4.