On Monday 28 of April 2014 12:43:59 Anton Aylward wrote:
On 04/28/2014 11:56 AM, šumski wrote:
Since you're already pulling the GNOME comparison, situation is not different there. You'll either use Tracker, or nothing. And is not different how it was <= 4.12 and Nepomuk.
You are missing the point I'm making.
While what you say is true, it presumes I'm using the Gnome Desktop Environment. I don't need to do that to use a program from the Gnome side of the world.
Example: I can use Gimp, which is gnomish rather than kdeish. I can use OpenOffice rather than Calligra
And I can use those while running the KDE rather than that Gnome. And vice-versa. I am indeed missing the point :-S
As I've said before, many of these options are selectable in systemsettings -> Default Applications. Yes. Many, not every single one.
Elsewhere we have the MIME settings, configuration of programs to run as part of loing and logout and more.
In fact so much of the rest of KDE (and Linux in general) is about the setting of run-time options that decouple away from compile-in choices. Well yes, and i am again repeating the same sentence: you can remove baloo-file and be done with it. Or disable it via config key/placing $HOME as blacklisted location. As with 4.13, and in the past, and also with other DE's, wrt metadata/searching, there is one or none. I am sure KDE devs would welcome suggestions, and especially code how to do it differently.
Cheers, Hrvoje