Bug#541136: kaboom deletes all customized kde4 settings

[George Kiagiadakis <kiagiadakis.george@gmail.com>]

2009/8/12 Daniel Moerner <dmoerner@gmail.com>:
> Package: kaboom
> Version: 1.1.1
> Severity: grave
>
> Hi, kaboom just caused serious data loss. I have a brand-new install of
> Debian sid. I installed kde4 (kde-standard metapackage). I start kdm,
> and on the first run of kde4, kaboom does not run. I customized the
> settings, turned on desktop effects, etc.
>
> I then rebooted. On the second start of kde4, kaboom ran. It explicitly
> said that existing kde4 settings would be unchanged. I told it to not
> backup KDE3 data and to not perform any migration. Instead, it deleted
> ALL my existing KDE4 settings. KDE3 was never installed on this system.
> There was no reason for kaboom to ever run.
>
> ..kaboom.log is attached.

I am really sorry about that. The bug that kaboom runs on fresh kde4
installations is known and fixed in git. About the data loss though,
it looks like you selected the option to "start with clean settings",
that's why it removed ~/.kde. The log says that: "operation: do
recursive rm of .kde dir if exists". Maybe you did it accidentally...

Anyway, a new upload will come soon that will fix this bug.

Best regards,
George