From kde-core-devel  Sat Mar 31 23:04:07 2001
From: Charles Samuels <charles () kde ! org>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 23:04:07 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Fwd: Kaboodle
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=98607994205081

On Saturday 31 March 2001 12:06 am, Rik Hemsley wrote:
> #if Neil Stevens
>
> > On Friday 30 March 2001 06:05 pm, Rik Hemsley wrote:
> >  > noatun uses a plugin mechanism, so if it's asked to embed itself a=
nd
> >  > play an mp3, surely it only needs to load two plugins, the kparts
> >  > interface and the ID3 tag loader.
> >
> > OK, so what you're saying is that Noatun should run in two different
> > modes: the normal standalone mode where it loads all the plugins the
> > user wants, and a kpart mode where it loads a fixed set of plugins.
>
> No, nothing to do with running in 'different modes'. Just that you
> only load the plugins you need, when you need them.
>
> > Why not just make the two modes different apps?  It's easier to
> > maintain, and less bug-prone, because each codebase is aimed at doing
> > one thing.
>
> Well, adding a kpart to noatun seems easier than writing a separate
> kpart with a whole new app. Less code, less bug-prone :)

While this is certainly an option, I won't do it for a while, if ever.

-Charles