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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Print Manager should not be moved to kcontrol "Peripherals"!
From:       Kurt Pfeifle <kpfeifle () danka ! de>
Date:       2002-01-03 23:04:11
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Martijn Klingens schrieb:
> 
> On Thursday 03 January 2002 11:26, Michael Goffioul wrote:
> > > But don't put it at the top level without Michael Goffiouls
> > > acknowledgment beforehand; he told me he'd need to do some code changes
> > > for this (even as he likes the idea, this would take some time).
> >
> > Indeed, either you consider a "Printing" top dir in KControl containing
> > sub-modules (which then needs to split the monolithic manager, to adapt the
> > code and couldn't be done for 3.0), or you put the monolithic manager at
> > top level but this doesn't follow the current structure where all modules
> > are included in some sections (though I don't know the policy).
> 
> What about moving the module back to 'system' where it was for 3.0, so we
> don't change behaviour, and introduce a top-level "Printing" branch with the
> manager split up in KDE 3.1?

That is way better than moving it to peripherals and later further on...

> One could argue that we could leave it in 'preipherals' for 3.0, but then the
> module would move in 3 successive versions (2.2, 3.0, 3.1), which is of
> course not good.

Your suggestion is the best compromise.

> I can't remember the top-level 'printing' branch in the earlier discussion,
> actually, but I like the idea.

This idea wasn't raised before.

Kurt
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