KJob::Capabilities and KWidgetJobTracker
Matthias Fuchs
mat69 at gmx.net
Wed Feb 9 22:29:18 GMT 2011
Am Mittwoch 09 Februar 2011, 19:59:34 schrieb Kevin Ottens:
> On Wednesday 9 February 2011 19:21:26 Matthias Fuchs wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch 09 Februar 2011, 19:06:41 schrieb Kevin Ottens:
> > > On Wednesday 9 February 2011 18:52:57 Matthias Fuchs wrote:
> > > > I wonder wether setting capabilties for KJobs should be "required".
> > > > Currently you are presented with a "Pause" button in
> > > > KWidgetJobTracker, even if the job does _not_ have the Suspendable
> > > > capability.
> > >
> > > Isn't it more a problem of the tracker not querying the capabilities()
> > > when it gets passed a job and adapting it's UI accordyingly? That's
> > > actually one of the intended use cases for the capabilities() method in
> > > KJob.
> >
> > Partially, but what happens if the capabilities change?
>
> Right now, none of our jobs change capabilities once started. We never had
> the need previously, now we can extend that if needed. In which case the
> signal approach you propose seems sound to me.
>
> Regards.
Ok.
Would a patch -- if I find the time -- including proper Capabilities support
for the KWidgetJobTracker be welcome?
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