Move KDED out of frameworks?

[Kevin Ottens]

Hello,

On Thursday 27 March 2014 23:25:24 Àlex Fiestas wrote:
> First of all sorry for sending this email so late in the release process,
> but today has been the first day in months that I have been able to work
> fully concentrated on Frameworks.
> 
> KDED is a weird framework, while it is a solution it is still really tied to
> what was once known as KDE, just to mention a few things:
> 
> -It always registers org.kde.kded5 in the bus, allowing only 1 instance
> -It plays a role in startkde startup sequence
> -It checks for KDE session for loading or not some modules
> -Manages sycoca freshness
> -Integrates with ksplash
> -...
> 
> So for the moment I'd like to move KDED into kde-workspace (not into the
> repo but in the git structure) until we clean and remove all ties to KDE
> and make it more of a solution for any desktop.
> 
> Since it does  not install any header (kdbusaddons does it instead) we won't
> break anything with it.
> 
> What do you think?

I admit it somewhat bothered me a couple of times too... I think you are 
right, it is more a runtime part of the workspace and doesn't really makes 
sense as a framework.

Regards.
-- 
Kévin Ottens, http://ervin.ipsquad.net

KDAB - proud supporter of KDE, http://www.kdab.com

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