https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481069
--- Comment #4 from Flossy Cat <flossy-...@online.de> --- (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3) > How exactly was this feature found and > configured? How did you set it all up? What was the UX like? Etc. Get a system with KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.9 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0 Qt Version: 5.15.8 or earlier. Go to »system settings« -> »Notifications« -> »Application-specific settings« -> »Configure…« There choose any application where you can »Configure Events…« – e.g. Network Management, Bluetooth, Device Notifier, KDE Mail, KMail, Calendar Reminders and many more. If you press »Configure Events…« a configuration window pops up, where for each event you can choose any combination of »Play a sound«, »Show a message …«, »Log to file«, »Mark taskbar entry«, »RUN COMMAND«, »Speech«. Use-cases: * workaround fatal regressions like https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481024#c5 * detect when you are within your home WLAN and call a script doing things like hooking up to the call notification of your phone system, mounting local NAS, relaxing screen locking, home automation, … * detecting loosing a bluetooth connection and lock screen (with timed shutdown after some time) as theft counter-measure (to protect your information) when e.g. traveling by railway * etc. > I ask because this is the first time I'm learning about the feature and I've > been triaging KDE bug reports for 6 years. To my knowledge it's even the > first bug report I've seen about it too. So I'm guessing whoever removed it > assumed that it had no users. Counterquestion: how would anybody at KDE know about usage statistics of features or sophisticated use-cases? Basing deprecation on "no bug reports" is an excellent strategy to remove things which are working flawlessly and guarantees your user base nasty surprises. I really hoped this lesson might have been learned from the disastrous KDE 3 to 4 transition … Well, when we are at guessing – my guesses are as valid as your's: Those removing valuable features from KDE – and I could give a very long list from the last decade … – are simply haughty enough to assume that there exists no more sophisticated usage than their unimaginative own … -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
