extensions/kde-neon: use platform snap as plug name
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Current evaluation
Merged in commit 5b5d7fbf2, making the KDE Neon plug name match its platform snap to prevent stale and duplicate framework connections.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: PR snapcore/snapcraft#3596 was approved and merged as commit 5b5d7fbf2. It adopts platform-snap plug naming and removes the obsolete manual spread-test connection.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
Using the same plug name "kde-frameworks-5-plug"
for all providers leads to problems when an
application updates its base or changes its default
provider because a new framework snap gets published
for the same base.
In that case, snapd will keep the old framework snap
connected and will happily connect the new framework
snap in addition to the old one.
This breaks applications because they won't find the correct
framework snap mounted at $SNAP/kf5.
Prevent this by using the same strategy that the gnome
extensions use: plug name = content snap name
See https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/snap-accumulates-content-interface-connections-to-multiple-platform-snaps/27523/8
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- [x] Have you successfully run `./runtests.sh tests/unit/project_loader/extensions`?
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I built a snap (anki-ppd) with this change and everything works as expected. Also CC @jriddell.
I'm not sure about the subsystem prefix; it seemed more complete than just "extensions".
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged in commit 5b5d7fbf2, making the KDE Neon plug name match its platform snap to prevent stale and duplicate framework connections. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged #3596, updating the KDE Neon extension to use the platform snap name as its plug name and prevent stale platform-snap connections. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged a fix for KDE Neon extensions preventing snapd from accumulating multiple platform snap connections. The change aligns plug naming with GNOME extensions by using the content snap name, passing CI and review. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged a fix updating the KDE Neon extension to use the platform snap name as the plug name. This prevents snapd from accumulating multiple framework connections during base updates, resolving application mounting failures. Test expectations were adjusted accordingly. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1244 repo: enable KDE Neon. | snapcraft | merged | Merged in canonical/snapcraft#1244 via commit 0b70903dc, adding the neon distribution ID so Snapcraft recognizes KDE Neon. | |
| #5271 fix: kde-neon-6 ext build env and platform plug. | snapcraft | merged | Merged as cdf598656, updating the kde-neon-6 extension's Core 24 build environment and platform plug. | |
| #3925 kde-neon-extension: New content snap for kf5 5.98 and qt 5.15.6 | snapcraft | merged | Merged in commit 7870ff211, adding the KDE Neon content snap for KF5 5.98 and Qt 5.15.6. |