The Nepomuk Situation

[Sebastian Trüg]

On 05/07/2012 02:35 PM, Vishesh Handa wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Sebastian Trüg <trueg at kde.org
> <mailto:trueg at kde.org>> wrote:
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>      
>     On 05/07/2012 12:09 PM, Vishesh Handa wrote:
> 
>     > So, we're down to 3 options -
>     >
>     > *1.* nepomuk-core become a dependency of kdelibs. Kdelibs is not
>     touched.
>     > *Problem:* Overlapping headers and possible mysterious crashes if both
>     > libraries are loaded.
>     >
>     > *2.* nepomuk-core installs headers under nepomuk2. It's released
>     > independently.
>     > *Problem:* Mysterious crashes if both libraries are loaded.
>     >
>     > *3.* nepomuk-core installs headers under nepomuk2 and the namespace is
>     > changed to nepomuk2.
>     > *Problem:* A lot more work :(
> 
>     Well, I suppose we could make this work with some sed magic. :P
>     I would vote for option 3 which could then be reverted (or not) for
>     kde5.
> 
> 
> I would prefer option 2.
> 
> The mysterious crashes would only happen if an application's plugin
> links to the incorrect libraries.
> 
> Is that a possibility for us?

I already experienced that. Took me a while to find the reason.

> We have about 8-10 known nepomukservices, which are basically plugins
> but *they exist in their own process*, so each has their own libraries.
> 
> -- 
> Vishesh Handa
>