From kde-core-devel Thu Nov 08 21:04:24 2007 From: Allen Winter Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:04:24 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: WITH_PREFIX for kdemodules? Message-Id: <200711081604.24905.winter () kde ! org> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=119455590301166 On Thursday 08 November 2007 15:51:52 Alexander Neundorf wrote: > On Thursday 08 November 2007, Allen Winter wrote: > > On Wednesday 07 November 2007 15:42:28 Alexander Neundorf wrote: > > > On Monday 05 November 2007, Alexander Neundorf wrote: > > > > On Monday 05 November 2007, you wrote: > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > > And I agree. We shouldn't be linking to plugins. > > > > > > > > So, does anybody else still have objections against removing > > > > "WITH_PREFIX" ? > > > > > > So, conclusion: I'll remove the "WITH_PREFIX" option and no plugins will > > > have the "lib" prefix anymore, I'll commit next monday. > > > > This coming Monday is a bad time. We are trying to tag a Development > > Platform. I think this will cause a lot of breakage in the apps, which will > > cause extra frustration and delays we don't need at this time. > > So how about the monday after that ? That would be ok, if we decide to make the change. > It only changes the name of the created plugin, and if I understood correctly > they are searched in both versions currently, so why do you think it could > cause a lot of breakage ? Not sure. If a desktop file has a line like "X-KDE-Library=libkorg_yearprint", but the plugin is installed as "korg_yearprint" does that still work? If so, then I'm less worried about lots of breakage. > P.S. why is asking for "objections" not enough, but I have to threaten > with "conclusion" to actually get the objections ? > Because humans can be assholes? :)