On 2012-08-30, David Faure <fa...@kde.org> wrote: > I think this is a "belt and suspenders" kind of thing (extra precaution)... > in > theory it's not necessary, kded will detect new desktop files on kde startup, > or during the upgrade process if KDE is already running. > > I wonder if Waldo added that (long ago) for the case where we change fields > in > ksycoca and forget to increase the version number while doing so.
It is, though, highly annoying when the number is changed as, if I understand things correctly, it requires a relogin and restart of everything immediately after upgrade (and not when it fits your workflow a bit later) in order to keep applications that loads plugins or uses kio working /Sune
