On Thursday, 2013-03-28, Duncan wrote: > dE . posted on Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:53:39 +0530 as excerpted: > >> Yes, that's the same base kde2 config now running kde4. Every once in > >> awhile, especially after the 2.x to 3.x upgrade and later the 3.x to > >> 4.x upgrade, a few months after the upgrade I go thru and check file > >> times, moving files to a backup location if the mtimes haven't bumped > >> since the update, to see if they get recreated and/or whether they're I > >> lose any customizations. > > > > Major releases, (1.x, 2.x, 3.x, 4.x), use different config directories. > > While 2.x -> 3.x was too long ago for me to remember, as shipped by kde, I am pretty sure it has always been the same base directory. There would simply be no gain in switching, but actually a lot of effort. > 3.x and 4.x used the same config and data dirs, both system (share/config/ > and share/apps/, usually with installation variables set so it's /usr/ > share/config/ and /usr/share/apps/) and user ~/.kde/share/config/ and > ~/.kde/share/apps, with the $KDEHOME location if unset defaulting to > ~/.kde), except that kde4 added the freedesktop.org standard config and > data dirs/vars for some things, but most existing apps still used the > existing locations. Indeed. Cheers, Kevin -- Kevin Krammer, KDE developer, xdg-utils developer KDE user support, developer mentoring
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