Bug#1110943: systemsettings: crashes instead of startup

[Patrick Franz <deltaone@debian.org>]

Hej Thorsten,

Am Dienstag, 12. August 2025, 21:49:06 CEST schrieb Thorsten Glaser:
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> 
> I was trying to start it because I read there is an option to disable
> telemetry (why is this not disabled by default, or even omitted from
> compilation?) as I noticed that kate records things like how often it
> is started (which is both bad for flash storage and privacy so *why*
> does the Debian package even do that?)

First, there seems to be a slight misunderstanding about the telemetry. 
It is true that some KDE components have a telemetry function, but such 
a function is always opt-in and thus always disabled by default. KDE 
components do not send any telemetry unless the user explicitly enables 
it. See also https://kde.org/privacypolicy-apps/.

Second, the telemetry you can control in systemsettings is only about 
the Plasma desktop itself, not about any apps such as kate or okular.
Those telemetry settings do also not propagate any telemtry settings to 
other components.

Third, I'm not sure how much sense systemsettings makes outside of a 
Plasma context.

In your case, there is nothing to disable in systemsettings as 
everything is already disabled by default and you're not using Plasma 
either. Any relevant telemetry setting for kate is handled by kate 
itself.


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Patrick Franz