[Bug 215456] New: possibility to set a max fixed size for .xsession-errors

[Jerome Quelin]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215456

           Summary: possibility to set a max fixed size for
                    .xsession-errors
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: jquelin at gmail.com


Version:            (using Devel)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled sources

~/.xsession-errors is where any notice go. however, lots of programs write in
it, which can make it take a lot of space. see some bug reports about specific
applications: #140995 #141586 #174365

i am aware that kdebugdialog can be used to limit what goes in xsession-errors.
but since looking in xsession-errors can be interesting to find problems, i'm
not convinced this is the best way to handle the problem.

therefore, i propose that kde limits ~/.xsession-errors to a fixed size, or
does some routine log rotating every x hours.

according to https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=45592#c4 it seems that
gnome enforces a fixed size of 200k for the file.

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