On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 4:45 AM, Ian Wadham <iandw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Sune, > > Thanks for replying, Sune. > > On 30/06/2014, at 11:37 PM, Sune Vuorela wrote: > > On 2014-06-28, Ian Wadham <iandw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> When fixing some bugs in the KCrash-DrKonqi sequence on Apple OS X, > >> I have come to a point where Dr Konqi attempts to call kded4, using > DBus, > >> and issues a message "Failed to communicate with kded. Make sure it is > running." > > > > In the kdelibs4.x-age, yes. kded should be running all the time no > matter what. > > In Linux and a KDE desktop manager, that is fine: kded4 is part of the > structure > of a KDE desktop manager. But in Apple OS X (or other desktop managers), > that > should not be a requirement, if KDE is to be truly portable. > > Other desktop managers have their own ways of handling directory and file > changes, > battery level updates, device mounts, software update registration or > whatever. So > maybe kded4 is not really needed at all on such platforms. > > In particular, the absence of kded4 should not prevent a user from > reporting > a crash in a KDE application on Apple OS X or any other desktop manager, > should it? I don't think *anything* should prevent that… :-) > > I do not think it is reasonable to ask the MacPorts developers to include > kded4 in startup procedures for every user, on the off chance that he or > she will use a KDE app sometime and that app will crash. > > So I will proceed to patch around the requirement for kded4 in Dr Konqi in > Apple OS X, unless someone has a better idea or can point out some more > frequent and vital need for kded4 in a non-KDE desktop manager. > > > Unfortunately, it isn't refcounting its users so it is running like > forever. > > Cheers, Ian W. > > >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to > unsubscribe << > Yes, I agree that with portability in mind, requiring a kded running with some services kills the mood quite a bit. Patches are welcome indeed, although I wonder whether it wouldn't be interesting to look into this on KF5 already, but maybe it just doesn't make a difference. Aleix
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