Review Request 124066: Recognize X-KDE-FormFactor as stringlist

[Alexander Potashev]

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Why don't we store plugin metadata in JSON files? Look how they're used for KDevelop: https://svn.reviewboard.kde.org/r/7126/

I'm afraid that if we keep this patch and it gets released, but then we realize that X-KDE-FormFactor is not necessary in .desktop (e.g. we only have it in plugins that all use .json), afterwards we'll have to support X-KDE-FormFactor in kcoreaddons until the end of the KF5.x series. 5.12 is tagging tomorrow ;)

- Alexander Potashev


On Июнь 29, 2015, 10:44 п.п., Sebastian Kügler wrote:
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> (Updated Июнь 29, 2015, 10:44 п.п.)
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> Review request for KDE Frameworks, Alex Richardson and David Faure.
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> Repository: kcoreaddons
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> Description
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> This patch adds X-KDE-FormFactor to the keys recognized as stringlists.
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> We would like to see this to go in to allow us to filter plugins (KCMs for example) by form factor, so we only display UI plugins that are suitable for a given target device.
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> The idea is that plugins indicate which form factor (for example media center, tablet, desktop, etc...) they're suitable for, and the "host application" filters based on these.
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> If this approach is deemed valid, I'd be happy to add convenience API to KPluginMetaData, i.e. QStringList KPluginMetaData::formFactor(). This patch would be the minimal implementation we'd need.
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> The naming of the key is of course open to better suggestions.
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> Diffs
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>   autotests/data/fakeplugin.desktop 95152f6 
>   autotests/kpluginmetadatatest.cpp 231ac36 
>   src/lib/plugin/desktopfileparser.cpp b19da6b 
>   src/lib/plugin/kpluginmetadata.h 4572d36 
>   src/lib/plugin/kpluginmetadata.cpp eaaf0b9 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/124066/diff/
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> Testing
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> added autotest, also implemented using this in the Plasma Active settings app as proof-of-concept, works like a charm.
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> Thanks,
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> Sebastian Kügler
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