Bug 130496

Summary:	make kcmprivacy able to clean old KPDF metainfo files
Product:	kcontrol	Reporter:	ndeb
Component:	kcmprivacy	Assignee:	Ralf Hoelzer <ralf>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	pino
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mandriva RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description ndeb 2006-07-09 03:17:32 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.4.2)
Installed from:    Mandriva RPMs
OS:                Linux

I have all items selected in kcmprivacy so that clicking on the "cleanup" button should clear all of them. However, this action does not clear old xml files left over in ~/.kde/share/apps/kpdf/ . I have 100+ such old files (some more than 1 year old) that are still lying around. Clearing these files should also be part of the "cleanup" action.

Comment 1 ndeb 2007-01-27 08:09:38 UTC

Same problem in kde-3.5.4. How do I cleanup these files thru KDE gui?

Comment 2 ndeb 2007-07-20 19:00:19 UTC

Same problem in kde-3.5.7.

Comment 3 Pino Toscano 2007-08-03 11:44:34 UTC

Please see bug 141743.

Comment 4 ndeb 2007-08-05 00:33:59 UTC

I have read bug 141743 and I would suggest that you read my original report in this bug. I specifically stated ->

"I have all items selected in kcmprivacy so that clicking on the "cleanup" button should clear all of them."

You do provide options (in kcmprivacy) to clean up 

- list of recently accessed documents
- thumbnail cache
- list of cookies
- web cache/history 

and so on. So why not include the list of xml files in ~/.kde/share/apps/kpdf/ as well? If you provide the option, the user can choose what to do with these files.

Whether or not these files are "temporary" is to be decided by the user. If the user feels no need for these files then he/she should have the option to delete them.

Comment 5 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-09-04 18:08:20 UTC

Hello! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this project has been unmaintained for many years so I am closing this bug. Kcontrol has been replaced by System Settings in Plasma. Please give the latest version of that a try, and open a new bug in "systemsettings" if you continue to have an issue. Thank you!