Kalarm 20.08 starts Akonadi? (it was: Re: [KDE-pim] New Install: AKONADI wit PostgreSQL)

[David Jarvie]

On 3 January 2021 18:47:20 GMT, Toni Asensi <asmond at gmx.com> wrote:
> > > > Please note that as from KDE applications release 20.08, KAlarm
> no
> > > > longer uses Akonadi for alarm storage.
> > >
> > [...]
> >
> > KAlarm does still use Akonadi directly or indirectly for some
> purposes
> > including emailing, migrating its resources when upgrading,
> accessing
> > contacts, etc, because KDE software libraries use Akonadi to provide
> these
> > functions. So it will depend on some Akonadi packages, even though
> it no
> > longer uses Akonadi for alarm storage and retrieval.
> >
> > --
> > David Jarvie
> > KAlarm author, KDE developer
> 
> I've tried installing KAlarm under Kubuntu 20.10, but the first time
> it runs
> it starts Akonadi, MariaDB/MySQL, etc. Do you want me to write a bug
> report?

No. The first time it runs, it has to use Akonadi to locate any existing Akonadi alarm resources used by previous versions of KAlarm, in order to migrate them. When migration is complete, it will then halt Akonadi if it wasn't already running previously.

--
David Jarvie
KAlarm author, KDE developer