mart added a comment.
While i wouldn't mind for that feature to get back, using a temporary file wouldn't work, because as soon you have a crash and auto restart you get again on the default desktop shell. to make the env var more clear, i would call it KDE_PLASMA_DEFAULT_SHELLPACKAGE to say it's the default one, but not the really used one for sure REPOSITORY R120 Plasma Workspace REVISION DETAIL https://phabricator.kde.org/D23023 To: mart, #plasma Cc: apol, bshah, broulik, plasma-devel, LeGast00n, jraleigh, fbampaloukas, GB_2, ragreen, Pitel, ZrenBot, himcesjf, lesliezhai, ali-mohamed, jensreuterberg, abetts, sebas, mart