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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: [kdelibs/frameworks] /: Solve KMessagebox's dependency on KConfig with a framework-integration-p
From:       Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi () kde ! org>
Date:       2012-11-30 19:09:00
Message-ID: 20121130190900.GA12063 () troll08 ! it ! local
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On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 08:05:55PM +0100, David Faure wrote:
> On Friday 30 November 2012 19:40:45 Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 07:39:09PM +0100, David Faure wrote:
> > > The "don't show again" checkbox will only store in memory (like
> > > QErrorMessage does) on systems where the plugin isn't available.
> > 
> > this makes the api virtually non-deterministic (and thus worthless) from
> > the app dev's pov.
> 
> It makes no difference to the app dev. The user is the one who gets different 
> behavior when running the app on a system where more of KF5 is installed than 
> on a system where a standalone app ships a minimal amount of KF5 libs.
> 
as an app developer i'm interested in delivering a consistent user
experience. no way in hell i'm going to leave this to the "moods" of the
framework. "screw this api" is the only response you can expect from app
devs.
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