Re: Removing "Custom pages" feature from KOrganizer

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On Tue, Mar 5, 2024, 11:46 AM Volker Krause <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Montag, 4. M=C3=A4rz 2024 09:06:10 CET Daniel Vr=C3=A1til wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I just saw a bug report that "Edit with Qt Designer" button in
> KOrganizer's
> > "Custom Pages" settings dialog doesn't work. The button actually works
> for
> > me, but it made me realized that even after all those years I don't
> > actually know or understand what this settings page is supposed to do..=
.
> >
> > After reading the code I *believe* it's suppose to let you add a new
> custom
> > UI into the incidence editor so that you can have UI for custom
> > X-KORGANIZER-* properties in incidences.
>
> Exactly.
>
> > The only way this could IMO work would be with QUiLoader, but I only
> found a
> > single reference to it, and that's in the settings page code and there
> are
> > no references to the configuration outside of the settings page's code.
> >
> > So, since this feature apparently doesn't work *for years* without anyo=
ne
> > complaining, is there are any reason to fix  it and keep it, or are we =
OK
> > with removing it?
>
> This looks like a "because we can" feature from 25 years ago to me, from =
a
> time when we were dealing with iCal files that only lived on your local
> computer and you could actually rely on nothing else messing up your
> custom
> properties.
>
> IIRC KAddressBook had a similar feature, which was also removed for
> similar
> reasons.
>
> Regards,
> Volker

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<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 5, 2024, 11:46 AM Volker =
Krause &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote=
:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;bor=
der-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Montag, 4. M=C3=A4rz 2024 09:0=
6:10 CET Daniel Vr=C3=A1til wrote:<br>
&gt; Hi all,<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I just saw a bug report that &quot;Edit with Qt Designer&quot; button =
in KOrganizer&#39;s<br>
&gt; &quot;Custom Pages&quot; settings dialog doesn&#39;t work. The button =
actually works for<br>
&gt; me, but it made me realized that even after all those years I don&#39;=
t<br>
&gt; actually know or understand what this settings page is supposed to do.=
..<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; After reading the code I *believe* it&#39;s suppose to let you add a n=
ew custom<br>
&gt; UI into the incidence editor so that you can have UI for custom<br>
&gt; X-KORGANIZER-* properties in incidences.<br>
<br>
Exactly.<br>
<br>
&gt; The only way this could IMO work would be with QUiLoader, but I only f=
ound a<br>
&gt; single reference to it, and that&#39;s in the settings page code and t=
here are<br>
&gt; no references to the configuration outside of the settings page&#39;s =
code.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; So, since this feature apparently doesn&#39;t work *for years* without=
 anyone<br>
&gt; complaining, is there are any reason to fix=C2=A0 it and keep it, or a=
re we OK<br>
&gt; with removing it?<br>
<br>
This looks like a &quot;because we can&quot; feature from 25 years ago to m=
e, from a <br>
time when we were dealing with iCal files that only lived on your local <br=
>
computer and you could actually rely on nothing else messing up your custom=
 <br>
properties.<br>
<br>
IIRC KAddressBook had a similar feature, which was also removed for similar=
 <br>
reasons.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Volker</blockquote></div>

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