KConfig::readPathEntry() vs. kde3 (Re: KConfig and $HOME)

[Oswald Buddenhagen]

On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 02:34:28PM +0200, Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> On 19.10.07 14:21:19, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> > now it occurred to me, that we can actually do the right thing: fix not
> > only kde4, but also kde3 and make an upgraded kdelibs a requirement for
> > sharing kde3 and kde4 configs. given the other deps of kde4 this isn't
> > too much to ask for, i think.
> > what do you think, particularly the kde3 release dude?
> 
> Well, the problem with that is that KDE 3.5.8 has just been released, so
> this will end up in 3.5.9 (if that will happen) whose release date is
> not yet known. So while the solution is a good idea I'm not sure it'll
> work, at least not for KDE 4.0.
>
so far the obvious part ... ;)

> Or we have to require distro's to fetch the apropriate patch from svn
> and add it to their kde3.5.8 packages.
> 
that's the smallest problem. i'm more concerned about tarball users.

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