Bug 102651

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.4.0)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

After updating  from KDE 3.3 KDE 3.4, the KMail toolbar was reset to the default selection of buttons. I had to add some non-default buttons again. 
 
It would be nice if the toolbar setup would be preserved when doing an update.

I already had a discussion about this in
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=73748

For those without access to Novell Bugzilla, here's a summary:

Coolo explained me why this can't be done currently (no three-way-merge available).

My suggestion:

Perhaps a 95%-solution could be done with less effort ;-) 
 
I assume if users change the toolbar, they mostly _add_ buttons. 
 
Not many users will remove existing buttons since the default selection is not that bad ;-) 
 
Suggestion: On update, ... 
- make sure the default buttons are contained in the toolbar 
  (add them if they are missing) 
- don't remove additional buttons (which probably the user has 
  added) 
 
What about that? It wouldn't be perfect, but ways better than the current state. 

Coolo's reply:
you can't differ between toolbar buttons removed by application developers and buttons added by user in your concept

Me again:
I know. The buttons removed by the developers are the missing 5 percent ;-) 
But better a 95% working solution than a 0% one...


PS: Yes, I've seen bug 80570, but I hope you can change this ;-)