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List: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: dcopserver and KDE4
From: George Staikos <staikos () kde ! org>
Date: 2005-11-10 17:04:39
Message-ID: 200511101204.39275.staikos () kde ! org
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On Thursday 10 November 2005 11:12, Thomas Braxton wrote:
> > > > > This patch removes compatibility with KDE2. Ok to commit?
> > > >
> > > > Why?
> > >
> > > dcopServerFileOld() is deprecated to be removed for KDE4. It's only
> > > there for compatibility with KDE2. Will a program compiled for KDE2
> > > even work with KDE4 without being ported? We can't remove
> > > dcopServerFileOld() until the last few uses of it are removed.
> >
> > I would prefer to see evidence why KDE2 apps will no longer work under
> > KDE4 and why we can't fix that. Then sure.
>
> I don't know what has changed in the various versions of QDataStream, but
> the last version of KDE2 was against Qt 2.3.1, so DCOP used
> QDataStream(version 2.1). Since KDE 3.1 we've been using
> QDataStream(version 3.1+), so a KDE2 binary probably wouldn't even be able
> to read the data streamed to it from KDE4 DCOP.
Ok, that's what I thought. "I don't know" and "probably". Let's wait
until we have a situation where you can say "KDE2 apps -cannot- work because
X, and X cannot be fixed."
--
George Staikos
KDE Developer http://www.kde.org/
Staikos Computing Services Inc. http://www.staikos.net/
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