https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=513425
Bug ID: 513425
Summary: Entire KDE is intentionally blocked in Russia due to
hardcoded dependency on libopenh264 from Cisco's
server
Classification: Developer tools
Product: Qt/KDE Flatpak Runtime
Version First unspecified
Reported In:
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: grave
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
KDE can no longer be installed or updated via discover/flatpak due to
dependency on libopenh264 which is exclusively pulled from hostile third-party
server with no way to pre-download by any other way or ignore it.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Try to install/update anything that depends on KDE while being in Russia.
2. Get 403 error from Cisco server (ciscobinary.openh264.org) when sudden
dependency on libopenh264 fails.
3. Don't even have a way to feed flatpak "libopenh264-*.so.bz2" manually
downloaded via some last remaining usable VPN.
OBSERVED RESULT
Get locked by third-party server from a corpo.
EXPECTED RESULT
Use your own servers, support proxies and local mirrors & caches.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Gentoo Linux 2.18
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.20.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.18.1-zen1-fox (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Flatpak known about it for months and views this as intended, tacitly support
this and gags protest: https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/6232
Also, KDE's own bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi page hangs (not the viewing of the
rest though) and doesn't allow to write here without VPN either. Not sure if
this is result of Russia-side censorship (due to insanely aggressive
DPI-filtering, de facto "Iron Curtain 2.0") or server-side.
Also see https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=509636
This also may be happening in Ukraine:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508509
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