Review Request: Do not check if a wallpaper is a valid Plasma::Package

[Aaron J. Seigo]

> On May 6, 2011, 7:28 a.m., Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > this is the wrong fix. well, it's not really a fix at all, it just allows any broken thing to go through. removing error checking is rarely the answer ;) clearly, it is failing for single image file wallpapers, which means Package::isValid() is thinking the package is missing things.
> > 
> > if you apply this simple patch in kdelibs/plasma, does it fix things for you:
> > 
> > diff --git a/plasma/private/packages.cpp b/plasma/private/packages.cpp
> > index 5e064d9..f24a283 100644
> > --- a/plasma/private/packages.cpp
> > +++ b/plasma/private/packages.cpp
> > @@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ void WallpaperPackage::pathChanged()
> >          findBestPaper();
> >      } else {
> >          // dirty trick to support having a file passed in instead of a directory
> > +        removeDefinition("images");
> >          addFileDefinition("preferred", info.fileName(), i18n("Recommended wallpaper file"));
> >          setContentsPrefixPaths(QStringList());
> >          //kDebug() << "changing" << path() << "to" << info.path();
> >

ok, i just committed a slightly better fix than the above path to master to kdelibs/plasma/private/packages.cp. can you check if that works for you and if so i'll backport it.


- Aaron J.


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On May 6, 2011, 5:17 a.m., Raphael Kubo da Costa wrote:
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> (Updated May 6, 2011, 5:17 a.m.)
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> Review request for Plasma.
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> Summary
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> Do not check if the created Plasma::Package is valid.
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> Wallpapers consisting of a single image (without a .desktop metadata or anything else), usually obtained via GHNS, are not valid packages, but are valid wallpapers.
>     
> Commit b60136e, besides moving the loading code to a separate thread, also started checking if a given found path was also a valid package, which kept any wallpaper downloaded via the "get new wallpapers" button from being listed at all.
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> This addresses bug 269587.
>     http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=269587
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> Diffs
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>   plasma/generic/wallpapers/image/backgroundlistmodel.cpp 3c92024 
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> Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/101302/diff
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> Testing
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> All downloaded wallpapers are listed and selectable again.
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> Thanks,
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> Raphael
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