Hi, > Having KMessageBox "dontShowMeAgain" feature depend on an integration plugin > is a very bad idea. > > Basically it means programs that use KMessageBox can never asusme it will work > so basically they have to use alternative methods to have the > "dontShowMeAgain" feature or not have it at all. > > I understand someone thought that it was a better idea having a feature that > may work or not randomly that increasing the dependency chain of KMessageBox, > but I disagree. > > I don't think the status quo is good at all, my program basically gets a > runtime dependency that is not specified anywhere and that makes some features > work or not randomly. > > The options I can see are: > * Remove the "dontShowMeAgain" feature from KMessageBox > * Make the "dontShowMeAgain" feature use QSettings (always or if > FrameworkIntegrationPlugin is not available) > * Show a KMessageBox warning when trying to use the "dontShowMeAgain" feature > and the FrameworkIntegrationPlugin is not available saying the user to install > that package if he wants to get the functionality. I would go for the "just use QSettings always" solution.
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