KIOGui ?

[David Faure]

On Thursday 14 January 2016 02:53:09 Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 13. Januar 2016, 00:33:36 schrieb David Faure:
> > I'm about to write a class to handle favicons in a KIO library, rather than
> > using DBus communication to a (currently kded, could be kiod otherwise)
> > module.
> > 
> > I think there just isn't any point in using a central DBus module to handle
> > a shared cache when a lock file can do the job.
> > 
> > The question is: this would only depend on KIOCore and QImage. Shall I put
> > it in KIOWidgets or shall I create a new KIOGui library, for QML apps to
> > avoid the QWidget dependency ?
> 
> +1 for KIOGui.
> 
> Even if this means another module and thus increased complexity, it is still 
> good to start walking into the direction now where possible already.

It won't be another (git) module, it will be another library in the kio repository,
sitting between KIOCore and KIOWidgets.

> After all QtQuick-only apps are something KF5 wants to be attractive for as 
> well (think mobile platforms, SailfishOS even has that as requirement for 
> their appstore).
> 
> Adding such *Gui modules also starts to shape our minds more in that 
> direction, and gives positive feedback to those not postponing to split off 
> QWidget dependencies in the libs they work on, as they see others moving 
> forward there as well :)
> So when KF6 is around the corner where incompatible cleanup is possible, going 
> QWidget-less where wanted should be easier to do if prepared now already.

OK, one more lib it is then.

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