https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=483505
Bug ID: 483505
Summary: System restart required message should be more clear
to the user
Classification: Applications
Product: systemsettings
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: kcm_baloo
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: benjamindai...@gmail.com
CC: baloo-bugs-n...@kde.org
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
When manually adding directories to be either indexed or not indexed, a message
is displayed at the top of the screen after clicking apply saying that "the
system must be restarted for changes to take effect." The user is here
presented with a restart button with a spinning arrows icon that seems to
indicate that the entire system will be restarted if the button is clicked.
The biggest issue is that (under Plasma 5 Wayland) work will be lost when the
session is ended if this button does indeed restart the entire system to make
changes to the indexed directories. Supposedly this is fixed with Plasma 6, so
that may be a non-issue. However, needing to restart the entire system seems
quite intrusive when I can confirm that merely restarting the user service for
kde-baloo is plenty to what needs to be done.
I purpose that this message should be worded better, either specify that you do
in fact mean the computer or the session rather than just "system." The
indexing system? The computer system? The what? More to the point of sanity,
I would hope that this message can be clarified as "the indexing service needs
to be restarted..." and that button can be made to simply restart the baloo
service for the current session without requiring the session to be ended or
the computer rebooted.
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