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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Could kdecore depend on kjs?
From:       Thiago Macieira <thiago () kde ! org>
Date:       2007-03-15 16:55:10
Message-ID: 200703151755.10572.thiago () kde ! org
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Lubos Lunak wrote:
>Will the German locale need this? Czech? Russian? Chinese? Arabic? If
>the answer to the first one is yes, don't bother and simply link against
> it, it will be loaded in the majority of cases anyway. If it's yes to
> the second and third, consider a plugin if it's not much work. If it's
> only for the last two (kinda assuming they're complex languages, I have
> no idea), try a bit harder with the plugin idea.

It's not only a matter of the language, but also of the application.

KGeography is a good example of an application requiring those features. 
But my guess is that most applications don't need it, in most languages: 
we've managed to do it just fine (or almost) up until now.

My recommendation is that we proceed with a plugin. If it turns out to be 
an excellent feature and gets used a lot, we can simply start linking to 
it.

I also don't want it to *start* as a dependency because people will use 
that and make applications using scripting without linking to the proper 
library. That will mean we can't change our minds in the future.

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