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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Plans for ksplash-ml support/integration in kde?
From:       Dan Armak <danarmak () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2002-09-30 13:38:24
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Hello,

I'm the Gentoo Linux packager of kde. The way ksplash-ml works (replacing 
kdebase's ksplash binary) is inacceptable (package conflict over ownership of 
'ksplash' and other reasons). Also, on Gentoo kde apps install in /usr while 
KDE itself (all the kde.org-distributed stuff) installs in a separate dir and 
several versions can be installed side by side. ksplash-ml should live in 
/usr as well.

I'm going to modify our startkde to run $KSPLASH if defined, otherwise fall 
back to 'ksplash'. Then the ksplash-ml package can set KSPLASH, or the user 
can set it to customize things, and if a 3rd ksplash replacement is added to 
Portage someday it can be worked into the system easily.

First though I'd like to know whether there are any plans to integrate 
ksplash-ml into kde-proper, or at least to provide a kde-side configuration 
mechanism to choose a ksplash program. I don't want Gentoo to end up with a 
custom setup not easily upgradeable to the future generic one.

Letting the user select the splash app, or at least providing an option for 
modules the way ksplash-ml does, is imho the right way to go. I'm sure many 
users are tired of splashscreens for the default ksplash overwriting each 
other, etc...

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Dan Armak
Gentoo Linux developer (KDE)
Matan, Israel
Public GPG key: http://www.gentoo.org/~danarmak/danarmak-gpg-public.key
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