[Bug 58954] Split kmailrc (was: All settings lost on power loss)

[Kai Krakow]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58954





--- Comment #19 from Kai Krakow <kai kaishome de>  2009-05-10 18:21:26 ---
Maybe it would be generally good practice (if not best practice) to split all
config files in that way, that writing pure configuration (which only occurs
when I reconfigure something) to another config file which is thus pretty
stable and not subject to change often, and writing session specific
configuration (like ids, position data, column ordering etc) to its own config
file.

The idea behind it is: It wouldn't be that hard to loose position data of
plasmoids (I can simply move them where they've been) or mail listing settings
(just a few clicks to reconfigure that), but it is very very annoying to find a
completely zero state default plasma desktop, or find all your filter and
account settings in kmail lost. :-(

Of course this solution only alleviates the symptoms, the long term target
should be to cure the root cause (wrong interaction with the filesystem, bad
filesystem behaviour). One cannot guarantee that desktop systems are totally
stable - there are many causes for power outage or hard locks: Instable
graphics drivers (this doesn't only relate to closed-source drivers!), lack of
ups'es (shutdown due to vis major), running out of battery (laptop). It's
pretty normal that desktop systems run in hostile environments so the desktop
environment should be implemented in a way to support this. Strange enough is
that server software components are designed to support hostile environments
better although these are usually run in friendly environments (good cooling,
ups, no console with a human "attached").

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