KMessageBox runtime dependency on FrameworkIntegrationPlugin makes it useless

[Hugo Pereira Da Costa]

On 06/12/2016 07:51 PM, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> Having KMessageBox "dontShowMeAgain" feature depend on an integration plugin
> is a very bad idea.
>
> Basically it means programs that use KMessageBox can never asusme it will work
> so basically they have to use alternative methods to have the
> "dontShowMeAgain" feature or not have it at all.
>
> I understand someone thought that it was a better idea having a feature that
> may work or not randomly that increasing the dependency chain of KMessageBox,
> but I disagree.
>
> I don't think the status quo is good at all, my program basically gets a
> runtime dependency that is not specified anywhere and that makes some features
> work or not randomly.
>
> The options I can see are:
>   * Remove the "dontShowMeAgain" feature from KMessageBox
>   * Make the "dontShowMeAgain" feature use QSettings (always or if
> FrameworkIntegrationPlugin is not available)
>   * Show a KMessageBox warning when trying to use the "dontShowMeAgain" feature
> and the FrameworkIntegrationPlugin is not available saying the user to install
> that package if he wants to get the functionality.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> For those that say this is an hipothetical situation that makes no sense to
> fix, please go and read https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=362082
>
> I lost hours of my life trying to figure out what was wrong.
Hello Albert,

Just a naive question (sorry if I miss the point). If the use of the 
don't-show-again pluggin is critical to your app, can't you also add a 
strong dependency on frameworkintegration to your app ?

Best,

Hugo
> Cheers,
>    Albert
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