Recent Apps doesn't seem to be populating in AppDash

[Sudhir Khanger]

Hi,

It seems like recent apps has stopped populating itself in AppDash starting 
with 5.6 update. I also noticed my recent apps history was wiped out on 
update. User history should never be deleted without a users permission.

-- 
Regards,
Sudhir Khanger,
sudhirkhanger.com.

[Rex Dieter]

Sudhir Khanger wrote:

>  Hi,
>  
>  It seems like recent apps has stopped populating itself in AppDash
>  starting with 5.6 update. I also noticed my recent apps history was wiped
>  out on update. User history should never be deleted without a users
>  permission.
>   
I think what you're seeing is part of:
http://bugs.kde.org/361952

Our plasma-desktop-5.6.3-2 packages (and newer) include an experimental 
patch (referenced in the aforementioned bug) to use the newer kactivities 
framework.  It may not be 100% correct yet.

-- Rex

[Rex Dieter]

Rex Dieter wrote:

>  Our plasma-desktop-5.6.3-2 packages (and newer) include an
> experimental
>  patch (referenced in the aforementioned bug) to use the newer kactivities
>  framework. 
Sorry, make that newer kf5-kactivities-stats (which was new in kf5-5.21)

-- Rex

[Sudhir Khanger]

---- On Tue, 17 May 2016 19:03:33 +0530 Rex Dieter
<rdieter(a)math.unl.edu>wrote ---- 



Sudhir Khanger wrote:



> Hi,

> 

> It seems like recent apps has stopped populating itself in AppDash

> starting with 5.6 update. I also noticed my recent apps history was wiped

> out on update. User history should never be deleted without a users

> permission.

> 



I think what you're seeing is part of:

http://bugs.kde.org/361952



Our plasma-desktop-5.6.3-2 packages (and newer) include an experimental 

patch (referenced in the aforementioned bug) to use the newer kactivities 

framework. It may not be 100% correct yet.



-- Rex





Any specific reasons we are using an experimental package in stable release product. The
upstream dev hasn't replied to the bug report in 3 months. It's stalled for
unforeseeable future.



Regards,
Sudhir Khanger,
sudhirkhanger.com.

[Rex Dieter]

Sudhir Khanger wrote:

> > I think what you're seeing is part of:
> > http://bugs.kde.org/361952
> > Our plasma-desktop-5.6.3-2 packages (and newer) include an experimental
> > patch (referenced in the aforementioned bug) to use the newer kactivities
> > framework. It may not be 100% correct yet. 
>  Any specific reasons we are using an experimental package in stable
>  release product. The upstream dev hasn't replied to the bug report in 3
>  months. It's stalled for unforeseeable future. 
I included that patch for 2 reasons:
* it fixes the regression
* it looks like the "right way" to fix it too

I'm disappointed/surprised the upstream maintainer has yet to comment 
though, good or bad.

-- Rex