From kde-devel Mon Jun 10 19:19:22 2013 From: Dario Freddi Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:19:22 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Re: Bug 242648 assigned to unresponsive maintainer Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=137089198621525 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--===============9021479460786639063==" --===============9021479460786639063== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0160ca1c72c73104ded1a8d8 --089e0160ca1c72c73104ded1a8d8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 2013/6/10 Mustafa Muhammad > that bug is a well known nightmare which is/was pretty much unaddressable, >> as it depends on some lacking upstream features. Many other people had a >> look at it without success, and the fact I am the assignee doesn't prevent >> anyone from fixing or acting on it. Feel free to change the assignee if >> anybody is willing to take the burden, though. >> >> > Thanks for the info, so are we waiting for something from upstream or what? > Not really. The very source of the problem is that polkit's design is incompatible with some of the things we need (aka: proper window parenting). Good news is that we have a GSoC on the way to improve this, but I cannot guarantee that specific problem will be addressed. We will surely revise some of our internal designs and will try to circumvent the issue in a better way than the one we are doing now. > > >> P.S.: It is good practice to avoid name-calling on a public list, I'd >> appreciate if you could avoid this next time. Thanks >> >> > Really sorry about that, I respect and appreciate all the work all of you > do for the rest of us, thank you. > No problem at all :) --089e0160ca1c72c73104ded1a8d8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
2013/6/10 Mustafa Muhammad <mustafaa.alhamd= aani@gmail.com>
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that bug is a well known nightmare which is/was prett= y much unaddressable, as it depends on some lacking upstream features. Many= other people had a look at it without success, and the fact I am the assig= nee doesn't prevent anyone from fixing or acting on it. Feel free to ch= ange the assignee if anybody is willing to take the burden, though.


Thanks for the info, so ar= e we waiting for something from upstream or what?

Not really. The very source of the= problem is that polkit's design is incompatible with some of the thing= s we need (aka: proper window parenting). Good news is that we have a GSoC = on the way to improve this, but I cannot guarantee that specific problem wi= ll be addressed. We will surely revise some of our internal designs and wil= l try to circumvent the issue in a better way than the one we are doing now= .
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P.S.: It is good practice to avoid name-ca= lling on a public list, I'd appreciate if you could avoid this next tim= e. Thanks


Really sorry about that, I respect and appreciate all the work all of y= ou do for the rest of us, thank you.

No problem at all :)
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