DMS git branch doesn't allow installation of plugins because of version mismatch

[valerie-tar-gz]

Compositor

• Niri
• Hyprland
• MangoWC (dwl)
• Sway

Distribution

• Arch Linux
• CachyOS
• Fedora
• NixOS
• Debian
• Ubuntu
• Gentoo
• OpenSUSE
• Other (specify below)

If Other, please specify

Bazzirco (Zirconium fork built on Bazzite)

dms doctor -v

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System Health Check

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System
● Operating System ····· Bazzite (not supported by dms setup)
└─ DMS may work but automatic installation is not available
→ https://danklinux.com/docs/dankmaterialshell/cli-doctor#operating-system
● Architecture ········· amd64
● Display Server ······· Wayland
└─ WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-1

Versions
● DMS CLI ·············· dms (git) v0.0.-2964
└─ /usr/bin/dms
● Quickshell ··········· quickshell 0.2.1, revision 191085a8821b35680bba16ce5411fc9dbe912237, distributed by: Fedora COPR (avengemedia/quickshell)
└─ /usr/bin/qs
● DMS Shell ············ 0.0.git.2964.03cfa55e
└─ /usr/share/quickshell/dms

Installation
● DMS Configuration ···· Found
└─ /usr/share/quickshell/dms
● shell.qml ············ Present
└─ /usr/share/quickshell/dms/shell.qml
○ Install Type ········· System package
└─ /usr/share/quickshell/dms

Compositor
● niri ················· 25.11 (git)
└─ /usr/bin/niri
○ Active ··············· niri

Quickshell Features
● Polkit ··············· Available
└─ Authentication prompts
● IdleMonitor ·········· Available
└─ Idle detection
● IdleInhibitor ········ Available
└─ Prevent idle/sleep
● ShortcutInhibitor ···· Available
└─ Allow shortcut management (niri)

Optional Features
● accountsservice ······ Available
└─ User accounts
● power-profiles-daemon Available
└─ Power profile management
● logind ··············· Available
└─ Session management
● I2C/DDC ·············· 2 monitor(s) detected
└─ External monitor brightness control
● Terminal ············· foot
● Network ·············· NetworkManager
└─ NetworkManager present. Using NM API.
● matugen ·············· Installed
└─ Dynamic theming
● dgop ················· Installed
└─ System monitoring
● cava ················· Installed
└─ Audio visualizer
○ khal ················· Not installed
└─ Calendar events
● danksearch ··········· Installed
└─ File search
● fprintd ·············· Installed
└─ Fingerprint auth

Config Files
● settings.json ········ Present
└─ /var/home/v/.config/DankMaterialShell/settings.json
● clsettings.json ······ Present
└─ /var/home/v/.config/DankMaterialShell/clsettings.json
○ plugin_settings.json · Not yet created
└─ /var/home/v/.config/DankMaterialShell/plugin_settings.json
● session.json ········· Present
└─ /var/home/v/.local/state/DankMaterialShell/session.json
● dms-colors.json ······ Present
└─ /var/home/v/.cache/DankMaterialShell/dms-colors.json

Services
● dms.service ·········· enabled, active
● greetd ··············· enabled

Environment
○ QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME · qt6ct
○ QS_ICON_THEME ········ Not set

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1 warning(s), 29 ok

Description

The git branch of DMS doesn't allow the installation of any plugins due to version requirements, despite the fact the git build is newer than the versioned release requirement.

Expected Behavior

Plugins should be installable on the git branch (Possibly with a stability warning, if that's a consideration)

Steps to Reproduce & Installation Method

1. Install DMS-git
2. Open settings, try to install a plugin with a specific version requirement

Error Messages/Logs

No response

Screenshots/Recordings

[JDKamalakar]

Install via terminal.

[tulilirockz]

DMS redistributes the shell via distro packages, afaik most of the -git packages have the version tracking wrong. Installing via the terminal is also less trusted since its just a curl | bash

[Purian23]

I think this should be resolved if Zirconium is using dms-git packages, or if the user is simply on the git variant within it. We updated the Copr packaging to use the main VERSION file in dms/quickshell/VERSION

Thanks @valerie-tar-gz and @tulilirockz for bringing this to our attention!