https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439661
Bug ID: 439661
Summary: 3rd-party Plasma/icon/etc theme that names itself
"default" will instantly apply and *replace* the
default theme with no clear way to switch back
Product: plasmashell
Version: 5.21.0
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: major
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: k...@davidedmundson.co.uk
Reporter: n...@kde.org
CC: plasma-b...@kde.org
Target Milestone: 1.0
If you happen to download a GHNS theme for Plasma and the theme's folder name
is "default", you will wind up with a folder like
~/.local/share/plasma/desktoptheme/default. This will override the
system-provided Plasma theme, which will *disappear* from the Plasma theme KCM!
Thus if you were using Breeze before, you will have the experience of your
Plasma theme abruptly changing to something else, and the option to go back to
Breeze has vanished. This is extremely unnerving.
It's also possible for this to happen if a theme changes its folder name to
"default" in an update, which happened to me today.
Arguably this situation is caused by a bug in the 3rd-party theme, as themes
really shouldn't name themselves "default". But it also shouldn't be possible
for 3rd-party themes to break the system like this.
I am somewhat embarrassed to admit that I recently closed a bug reporting this
same issue as an upstream issue with the theme itself, but after experiencing
it myself, I have to agree with the bug reporter that it shouldn't be possible
for a 3rd-party theme to break the system in this way. I can't find the bug
report though, which is why I'm now filing a new one.
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