[kde-solaris] Issues with SUNWgamin port and KDirWatch

[hajma]

2009/9/22 Moinak Ghosh <moinakg at belenix.org>:
> Hi Folks,
>
>   Please check this post for an issue I faced while getting KDE 4
> to work properly on BeleniX:
> http://moinakg.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/lost-on-the-dee-bus/
>
> Since KDE is delivered as an integrated part of BeleniX I use all the
> packages already part of the distro. This includes JDS packages
> adapted and modified to suit both Gnome and KDE - wherever there
> are common dependencies like DBUS etc.
>
> Now JDS delivers a Gamin port that uses File Event Notification on
> Solaris and I found issues while using that with KDE4. I think
> KDirWatch can be improved by handling subscriptions in new threads
> and having one dedicate thread for handling notification events. The
> current approach seems broken to me.
>
> Regards,
> Moinak.
> --

Hi Moinak,
interesting. Once I get out from the stdcxx4 migration hell I'll have
a look at it.
In the meantime - have you tried to contact upstream? Even if they
would not accept the idea, they could come up with other
possibilities.
best regards

P.