[Kde-pim] Review Request: Silence the filter agent failures

[Milian Wolff]

> On Jan. 10, 2012, 7:55 p.m., Andras Mantia wrote:
> > I don't like it. Instead, I would:
> > - transform the message to a passive popup
> > - improve the error so it gives more information about what failed (e.g. message that was involved, destination folder).
> 
> Szymon Stefanek wrote:
>     Yep, I agree that more information might be a step forward.
>     At least some users would investigate the real problem instead
>     of just getting annoyed :D
>     
>     ...
>     
>     
>     However, we should also keep in mind that most users will not be
>     able to or willing to investigate... maybe a "don't show again" checkbox?
>     
>     In the current state I have to click the OK button 30-40-50 times
>     for each email check... Sometimes I even leave the box open just because
>     I just don't want to click anymore. The agent sits there and blocks
>     further processing...
>     
>     
>     What do you mean by "passive popup"? A non blocking one?
>
> 
> Andras Mantia wrote:
>     Passive popup is something that appears above the (i) icon in the panel. See KPassivePopup. It is a non-blocking popup.
> 
> Szymon Stefanek wrote:
>     Aha... 
>     Yes, that would be a good solution too.
>     
>     I'll check it out.

aha so I'm _not_ the only one who gets these errors? Note that I've added them, hoping that others esp. ones with less esoteric setups could reproduce it. Szymon, could you explain your setup a bit?

I'd rather fix these errors instead of silencing the errors as they are just that - errors...


- Milian


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On Jan. 10, 2012, 6:05 a.m., Szymon Stefanek wrote:
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> (Updated Jan. 10, 2012, 6:05 a.m.)
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> Review request for KDEPIM.
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> Description
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> The message boxes created by the filter agent are user-unfriendly.
> 
> The agent works in background and very often fails to move or delete
> some (many!) items. This results in unstoppable sequences of
> messages that popup in the middle of the screen and must be
> dismissed by the user... very annoying.
> 
> Can we disable the messages for now?
> 
> If the filters have to fail, let them fail silently, unless
> there is danger of data loss...
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> Diffs
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>   mailfilteragent/filtermanager.cpp ae23b0c 
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> Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/103665/diff/diff
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> Testing
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> Compiled.
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> Thanks,
> 
> Szymon Stefanek
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