[Bug 268120] New: Annoyed by Akonadi Startup Dialogs

[Bernhard Beschow]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=268120

           Summary: Annoyed by Akonadi Startup Dialogs
           Product: Akonadi
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Archlinux Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: bbeschow at cs.tu-berlin.de


Version:           unspecified
OS:                Linux

It is _very_ annoying to see various dialogs (bouncing progress bar, failed
self-test) showing up from Akonadi due to starting e.g. KMail. If the user is
not demanded, no dialog should appear whatsoever. In case of an error, a more
elegant solution should be found to tell the user (e.g. using KNotify).
Currently, users are overwhelmed with technical details if e.g. some database
error occurs. This adds bad reputation to Akonadi [1, 2], which is quiet
unfortunate given its technical brilliance.

[1] http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3115868.0
[2]
http://eyemeansit.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/migrating-from-kmail-to-evolution-or-thunderbird/

Reproducible: Didn't try

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