Re: What needs to improve in KDE 4?
On 11 May 2010 09:11, Adrian von Bidder <avbidder@fortytwo.ch> wrote:
> Dotan,
>
> On Monday 10 May 2010 18.12:46 Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> I started 4.4 on a new ~/.kde
>> folder, can you try in a new user profile and report back?
>
> I hate it when this shows up. Yes, it's probably easier to debug, but often
> bugs *do* show up that don't happen anymore when I remove my ~/.kde
> directory, but this doesn't really help the user who has the bug.
> Unfortunately, the end result is very often that removing ~/.kde and
> starting from scratch becomes the only solution that is "officially"
> recommended.
>
I know, but it helps to know if the bug is in the config file or the
software package. The config file _should_ have been updated when the
KDE version was, and I need to know that.
> Fine. Except that reconfiguring my desktop to how I want it takes ages. I
> use offline IMAP and have 100s of MB of email in my ~/.kde that will need to
> be re-downloaded. And stuff like the calendar etc. is in there, too. And
> the nepomuk database etc.
>
You can copy those parts right back over!
> So yes, KDE people may well want to know if a bug happens on old
> configurations only or if it happens on new configurations, but I think
> there's an attitude problem here: KDE needs to become MUCH better at dealing
> with unexpected input from its configuration. (I don't have a precise
> example right now; I'll try to report this kind of issue when I see it next.
> Admittedly, KDE has improved in this area as well.)
>
I agree with you 100%. I really do.
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