To whom this may concern, After submitting bug #449,527 I was directed by Nate Graham to this email for help getting a fix written and committed.
Details for the proposed change to kded at https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=449527 See also the earlier bug #391,578 at https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=391578 I hope I am being helpful. This is my first rodeo, so please let me know if I'm knocking at the wrong door! Thank you, Landon Carbenia