Amarok 2 config files

[Dan Meltzer]

On 4/3/08, Jeff Mitchell <kde-dev at emailgoeshere.com> wrote:
> Mark Kretschmann wrote:
>  > On 4/4/08, Seb Ruiz <ruiz at kde.org> wrote:
>  >> Hi devs,
>  >>  It recently came to my attention that Ubuntu sets the Amarok 2 data
>  >>  dir to conflict with Amarok 1.4. ie: ~/.kde/share/apps/amarok, and
>  >>  similarly for the amarokrc file.
>  >>
>  >>  I was always sure that kde4 used ~/.kde4, but I suppose we can't rely
>  >>  on these people for such integrity.
>  >>
>  >>  I predict that we'll have countless user problems if we allow this to
>  >>  happen, between conflicting rc files and overwritten Amarok 1.4
>  >>  collection.db files.
>  >>
>  >>  So my proposition is to force all amarok 2 data to be placed under the
>  >>  ~/.kde/share/apps/amarok2 folders. This means that if for any reason
>  >>  the user decides to switch back to kde3/amarok1.4, there won't be any
>  >>  loss of data or annoyances.
>  >>
>  >>  Thoughts?
>  >
>  > Makes sense! I'm all for it.
>  >
>
>
> Me too, although I strongly suggest that we should complain to Ubuntu
>  guys...but who knows, perhaps Riddell has his reasons...

Kubuntu didn't change this from upstream...

People can set their KDEHOME to whatever they want, but the default
has remained ~/.kde
>
>
>  --Jeff
>
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