KDE System Settings in Lubuntu Kinetic "Preferences" menu

[Leó Kolbeinsson]

KDE System Settings in Lubuntu Kinetic "Preferences" menu after install -

Tested Lubuntu Kinetic daily ISO dated 03-10-2022

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
Package: lubuntu-desktop 22.10.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-15.15-generic 5.19.0
Uname: Linux 5.19.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.23.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: LXQt
Date: Tue Oct 4 08:30:12 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-10-04 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Daily amd64 (20221003)
SourcePackage: lubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
https://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1991638

[Rik Mills (rikmills)]

$ aptitude why systemsettings
i lubuntu-desktop Recommends plasma-discover
i A plasma-discover Recommends kde-config-updates
i A kde-config-updates Depends systemsettings

[Aaron Rainbolt (arraybolt3)]

Three possible solutions:

1. Live with it. This is a critical regression in Lubuntu's application menu and may go over very poorly with users, IMO.

2. Get rid of kde-config-updates. Causes a regression in Discover. Possibly more livable but still, a regression? Bad. (I have no idea what the scope of the regression is, Simon informed me that this solution would cause a regression.)

3. Hide System Settings in the application menu and leave it installed. Horribly hacky and very much less than ideal, but it avoids all regressions. We can patch it in an SRU later or leave it be and wait to resolve it until 23.04.

I vote for option 3.

[ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl)]

Looks like this is fixed in Noble. Mantic is affected but that will be EoL soon and it doesn't look like Jammy is affected.