Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > > On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 10:16 PM, deloptes > <deloptes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> I would like to have your opinion on knotes. Perhaps someone of you has >> background knowledge why some decisions were taken (or not). >> >> While reviewing the syncevolution backend (I will upload it to >> syncevolution sometime soon), I started digging deeper into knotes. >> >> I first opened >> https://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2688 >> >> for the libkcal, and then noticed that knotes uses libkcal Journal >> (internally), while externally a knotes interface is exposed. >> >> The question is (I did not look too deep) if there is a way to skip the >> dcop interface and access the libkcal functions directly. > > please do NOT bypass the dcop interface, it is a critical part of KDE > (now TDE). > > what happens if someone writes a replacement knotes back-end and > wants to test it seamlessly? > > what happens if someone writes a networked variant of DCOP (which > i've planned to do for a long long time) that allows remote > authenticated "Notes" management? > > if you *bypass* DCOP and use libkal directly, you've just TOTALLY > defeated what makes KDE (now TDE) so powerful and flexible. > > please DO NOT design applications that bypass DCOP. if you have to > extend libkcal, extend libkcal and then extend the corresponding DCOP > interface as well, but DO NOT bypass DCOP. > > you will be violating one of the fundamental design principles of the > entire project by doing so. > > i trust that that is clear. > > l. Hi Luke, all clear, no fear! I am not planning to bypass the interface. I am just looking for answers. I am trying to find out why it updates all last-modified fields of all notes right now... Help needed. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-devel-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-devel-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-devel.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
