Bug 146150

Summary:	Incorrect window ordering after year rollover
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Olivier Vitrat <ovit.debian>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED REMIND
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian stable
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Olivier Vitrat 2007-05-30 15:31:07 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.5)
Installed from:    Debian stable Packages

Reported in Debian BTS at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=405688

When leaving a session logged in across the new year, windows that are created anytime in the new year are placed behind windows created in the old year.  i.e. if a Konsole session has been open since 2006, any new apps started from the Quick Launch Bar or K menu in 2007 will be spawned behind the active konsole window.  Best guess is that KDE uses a "seconds since 01-Jan" method of calculating which windows are newest to determine the order in which they should appear on the desktop.  This should likely be referenced to UTC time instead.

Comment 1 Lubos Lunak 2007-05-30 17:12:40 UTC

That seems rather unlikely, there shouldn't be any date/time stored relatively to the current year, it's probably only the long time the session was active. Please try to reproduce the problem using the most recent KDE version.

Comment 2 Lubos Lunak 2007-12-17 19:05:41 UTC

Waiting for a response.