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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    RE: D-BUS required changes in KDE 4
From:       Paulo Jorge Guedes <Paulo.Guedes () artelecom ! pt>
Date:       2006-05-30 16:59:08
Message-ID: F8784F641CC587479DC4FD0A08E9571D0152A7A6 () SRVEXC02 ! corp ! artelecom ! pt
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leo Savernik [mailto:l.savernik@aon.at]
> Sent: terça-feira, 30 de Maio de 2006 17:53
> To: kde-core-devel@kde.org
> Subject: Re: D-BUS required changes in KDE 4
> 
> Am Sonntag, 28. Mai 2006 17:23 schrieb Gary L. Greene Jr.:
> > > i don't think kde(libs) as a framework should need anything like that.
> so
> > > it should be able to spawn everything it needs when its not already
> > > running.
> >
> > This is a non-issue as the service can be added by the install process
> for
> > Windows.
> 
> Can services be installed being non-administrator on win*? If not,
> deployment
> of KDE applications will be severely hindered.
> 
> Consider the simple use case of a corporate web developer who badly wants
> to
> use Quanta because Fontgape doesn't cut it. He isn't local admin, because
> he
> doesn't need it for his kind of work.
> 
> Now if installing Quanta/win* (and its dependence chain) required admin
> permissions at some point, less grassroots deployment of KDE software will
> take place, making it less known to the win*-user base.

I agree. 
I and all my colleagues at work wouldn't be able to use any KDE application, for example ;)

Paulo

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