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Am 18.11.24 um 15:56 schrieb Jamie Gibbs ([email protected] via blfs-dev
Mailing List):
> On 11/16/24 1:11 PM, Rainer Fiebig ([email protected] via blfs-dev Mailing
> List) wrote:
>
>> Am 16.11.24 um 17:48 schrieb Bruce Dubbs ([email protected] via
>> blfs-dev Mailing List):
>>> On 11/16/24 04:37, Rainer Fiebig ([email protected] via blfs-dev Mailing
>>> List) wrote:
>>>> I noticed that with commit f806bbf2991848ab272a8b6749de3dd86f544e50
>>>> kio-extras was removed from the book because it is thought to be "no
>>>> longer needed for the packages in the book".
>>>>
>>>> When I asked for kio-extras to be added to the book a few years ago, it
>>>> was necessary
>>>> - for the listing and display of man-/info-pages in KDE-Helpcenter
>>>> - to display the thumbnails of available wallpapers
>>>> - to exchange data with a smartphone (libmtp also necessary)
>>>>
>>>> Perhpaps this has changed in Plasma-6. If not, I suggest to
>>>> re-introduce kio-extras, as all of the above mentioned functionality
>>>> can
>>>> be considered important.
>>> Have you confirmed that kio-extras is needed for that functionality?
>> Yes for Plasma-5. Libmtp >=1.1.2 is an optional runtime-dependency.
>>
>> You could countercheck that for Plasma-6: if kio-extras is needed for
>> Plasma-6, too, and you had built Plasma-6 without it, the aforementioned
>> features should not be available.
>>
>> Rainer
>
> I installed the most recent versions of KF6, Plasma and almost all of
> KDE-gear a few days ago. I did NOT install kio-extras because it needed
> a few dependencies and I was lazy.
>
>
> I can confirm that of the three listed reasons for adding kio-extras,
> the first, khelpcenter/info pages is still valid. They do not display
> for me. The third, exchanging data with smartphones, is also still valid.
>
>
> The second, thumbnails of wallpaper is no longer the case. Wallpaper has
> now been moved into the main System Settings app and thumbnails view
> fine there.
Thanks for the info. So at least 2 out of 3. Regarding the wallpapers:
if one right-clicks on the desktop and selects "Configure desktop and
wallpaper" (or so) then all the available wallpapers are displayed? And
not just rectangles with a red cross in them? Thanks.
Rainer
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