Oh yes indeed I am aware that nexus 5 image is broken...
I check in once in a while now...just to see if any progress has been made concerning it.

I am extremely loathe to invest any more time, effort or money in new devices for any os that simply moves on and abandons projects that were their darling.
yes the nexus 5 is 2013 model...
still...
we are not dealing with android , microsoft or iphone here...
rather ...the opposite..of closed everything...
so I don't believe that with the specs the nexus 5 has ...there should be any reason why a linux based os cannot run, pared down even, a "lite" version even, a "meant for older hardware" even...

an up to date UT works on nexus 5
an up to date Lineage oreo 8.1 works on nexus 5
(I am just waiting for a couple fixes in it and I hope to run the latest Android "Pie" roms ...in fact...)
Maru and Bliss run fine....
Hell...even 'quasi-source"(TM) Sailfishos runs on the nexus 5
and there are more...that run fine...

So what is the huge impediment with getting plasma to run properly on the nexus 5 ?
Don't get me wrong, I love plasma...would love a functioning plasma on a device...
But not if the overall mentality is to abandon ...in succession ..devel and implementation on what a year ago ran...
It means I can expect suddenly one day to see plasma not function on my new Librem ...(or whatever is cutting edge now...) ...and realize after waiting and waiting , and asking questions that receive no proper answer, that the "powers that be" have decided to abandon it...
Just like the nexus 5.

So...until that mindset of instantaneous abandonment due to the latest shiny-shiny that the devs want to play with...
then ...they are not really thinking of all the end users that support them.

and I don't have time for B@ll***** hamster-wheel running like that ...
and that is the REAL pity because I REALLY like plasma...



EDIT / UPDATE:
And for those who didn't know, there IS a workaround to get plasma running on the nexus 5 ,
https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?...142002#p405690
which is great a user has figured out and shared, yet STILL, this is not an official fix , and official support is exceedingly lean for the nexus 5 due to interests with newer shiny-shiny.
For something as basic as installation ...on hardware that it does work on...Endusers should NOT be the ones dealing with this, nor should endusers wait for the spans of time the nexus 5 users have, for answers that NEVER came officially.
This is the kind of behavior I am speaking of.
Not an issue with "outdated hardware" ...plasma on nexus 5 works.
This is ignoring the end users who need help and are asking questions....and get silence.
Look at the past 3 years of the plasma forum for the nexus 5 ...
This isn't an overnight thing.
This is established behavior.
And when my new Necuno is a day or week or month or year or 2 or ?? old ...when will support officially go silent from plasma?
with not even a "Oh by the way..." , or "So long and thanks for the carp..." ?