D12795: Re-allow running Dolphin as the root user (but still not using sudo)

[Martin Flöser]

graesslin added inline comments.

INLINE COMMENTS

> graesslin wrote in main.cpp:47
> We also have a focus on security. Your change destroys part of a security improvement we did. Please don't argument with the focus on Usability as security is also a focus.
> 
> I give you something to think about for the usability aspect. Users harassed me because of this change, although I have not done it. This has happened several times. Do we want to crave for the small amount of users who go so far as to send hate mail to core KDE developers? I strongly suggest to not give in to such bullying behavior.
> 
> Yes insecure distributions like openSUSE decide to patch - and that's fine. That's their decision. We don't need to make their decision our default. Distributions can easily patch this. That's their job. They integrate our products with their product. If they think running dolphin as root is a valid usecase, they can patch.

It's a little bit lame, but overall it's just another case of: https://xkcd.com/1172/

REPOSITORY
  R318 Dolphin

REVISION DETAIL
  https://phabricator.kde.org/D12795

To: ngraham, markg, elvisangelaccio, #dolphin
Cc: cfeck, elvisangelaccio, mmustac, Fuchs, markg, graesslin, nicolasfella, zzag, kfm-devel, emmanuelp, spoorun, navarromorales, isidorov, firef, andrebarros
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