Bug 423736

Summary:	remove IgnoreMaximumSize=bool support
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kio	Reporter:	Harald Sitter <sitter>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KIO Bugs <kio-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	kdelibs-bugs
Priority:	NOR
Version:	git master
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
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Description Harald Sitter 2020-07-01 11:32:43 UTC

kdelibs introduced

> commit f7fb9947e822f0ae7dfb9c2c32f1ea367e10f4fd
> Author: Simon MacMullen <simon@macmullen.fsnet.co.uk>
> Date:   Sun Jun 16 10:54:09 2002 +0000
> 
>     Added check for IgnoreMaximumSize property, for the video creator (as it doesn't
>     make any difference in speed how big the video file is)
>     
>     svn path=/trunk/kdelibs/; revision=161343

While that is probably true for many preview types it makes no sense from a UI POV. There's a setting that allows the user to limit the maximum size for which previews are generated. The intricate delicacies of performance impacts of various file types are lost on users, all they'll see is previews generated for files that shouldn't have them.
e.g. bug #423544

Also, I'm not sure I trust third parties with making the call on whether or not they have to obey the rules.

To that end I propose we stop honoring IgnoreMaximumSize set in the desktop file of the thumbnailers. It wasn't documented as a feature anyway it seems.