New KCM UserAccount replaces Email and UserInfo

[Frans Englich]

Hi all,

Attached tarball contains a KCM which replaces "Network & 
Internet/Email"(kdebase/kcontrol/email) and "System Administration/User 
Account"(kdeutils/kdepasswd/userinfo), which has the technical advantages it 
uses KConfigXT; Designer files; More "modern" code and follows the KCM 
Guidelines(whatever that is, at the moment). It also fixes some bugs here and 
there. And probably introduces some new, of course.
Email and Useraccount duplicates information and functionality and keeps user 
information in two places. The new kcm have Email, Fullname, change password, 
organization, KDM login image in one place, becoming a central place for the 
user's "profile".
The Email KCM was originally a place solely for email(profiles, tentacles 
etc.) but have been reduced over time, and this move does it fully - it says: 
email configuration is best done in the MUA.
Except merging the functionality, it thus removes the SMTP server setting and 
reply to address and some too technical information from the User Account 
module.
The KDM Image/face part in userinfo comes with a set of images. In either case 
they need to be thoroughly clensed, and this new incarnation have a 
significant lowered count(many duplicates, too bad quality etc). I will try 
to hook up an nice artist or something, a uniformed set of penguins would be 
nice.

Technically, it's written from scratch but the "face" code is from the 
userinfo module. The face will get a face lift by Ravi(ain't I funny?), later 
on.

But.

This module allows to change password(via kdepasswd) and that binary is in 
kdeutils, and this module run the election program for kdebase resulting in a 
conflict.. I'm told this have been discussed before, long ago but I raise the 
issue again: 
I suggest kdepasswd to be moved to kdebase. I don't want it in the menu, I 
want it as a backing technology for the very basic functionality which is 
changing your password. Simple. Attached patch also fixes some miscellaneous 
issues with kdepasswd(usability stuff, cleanup, make it a unique app).
BTW, the KCM will be modified to support its y* equivalents to chfn etc. 
somewhere in 3.3(by Ravi again, IIRC).

http://www.kde-look.org/content/files/10651-kcm_useraccount.png

As usual, this needs a thorough review.

What do people think?

Cheers,

		Frans

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