diff --git a/plugins/welcomepage/sessionsmodel.cpp b/plugins/welcomepage/sessionsmodel.cpp
index 15d68fae4c..5b23a1b09e 100644
--- a/plugins/welcomepage/sessionsmodel.cpp
+++ b/plugins/welcomepage/sessionsmodel.cpp
@@ -1,92 +1,92 @@
 /* This file is part of KDevelop
     Copyright 2010 Aleix Pol Gonzalez <aleixpol@kde.org>
 
    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
    License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Library General Public License for more details.
 
    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */
 
 #include "sessionsmodel.h"
 #include <shell/core.h>
 #include <shell/sessioncontroller.h>
 
 using namespace KDevelop;
 
 SessionsModel::SessionsModel(QObject* parent)
     : QAbstractListModel(parent)
-    , m_sessions(KDevelop::SessionController::availableSessionInfo())
+    , m_sessions(KDevelop::SessionController::availableSessionInfos())
 {
     connect(Core::self()->sessionController(), &SessionController::sessionDeleted, this, &SessionsModel::sessionDeleted);
 }
 
 QHash< int, QByteArray > SessionsModel::roleNames() const
 {
     QHash< int, QByteArray > roles = QAbstractListModel::roleNames();
     roles.insert(Uuid, "uuid");
     roles.insert(Projects, "projects");
     roles.insert(ProjectNames, "projectNames");
     roles.insert(VisibleIdentifier, "identifier");
     return roles;
 }
 
 QVariant SessionsModel::data(const QModelIndex& index, int role) const
 {
     if(!index.isValid() || index.row()>m_sessions.count()) {
         return QVariant();
     }
     
     switch(role) {
         case Qt::DisplayRole:
             return m_sessions[index.row()].name;
         case Qt::ToolTip:
             return m_sessions[index.row()].description;
         case Uuid:
             return m_sessions[index.row()].uuid.toString();
         case Projects:
             return QVariant::fromValue(m_sessions[index.row()].projects);
         case VisibleIdentifier: {
             const KDevelop::SessionInfo& s = m_sessions[index.row()];
             return s.name.isEmpty() && !s.projects.isEmpty() ? s.projects.first().fileName() : s.name;
         }
         case ProjectNames: {
             QVariantList ret;
             foreach(const QUrl& project, m_sessions[index.row()].projects) {
                 ret += project.fileName();
             }
             return ret;
         }
     }
     return QVariant();
 }
 
 int SessionsModel::rowCount(const QModelIndex& parent) const
 {
     return parent.isValid() ? 0 : m_sessions.size();
 }
 
 void SessionsModel::loadSession(const QString& nameOrId) const
 {
     KDevelop::Core::self()->sessionController()->loadSession(nameOrId);
 }
 
 void SessionsModel::sessionDeleted(const QString& id)
 {
     for(int i=0; i<m_sessions.size(); i++) {
         if(m_sessions[i].uuid.toString()==id) {
             beginRemoveRows(QModelIndex(), i, i);
             m_sessions.removeAt(i);
             endRemoveRows();
             break;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/welcomepage/sessionsmodel.h b/plugins/welcomepage/sessionsmodel.h
index 8dec80b109..e2d28ac93a 100644
--- a/plugins/welcomepage/sessionsmodel.h
+++ b/plugins/welcomepage/sessionsmodel.h
@@ -1,43 +1,43 @@
 /* This file is part of KDevelop
     Copyright 2010 Aleix Pol Gonzalez <aleixpol@kde.org>
 
    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
    License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Library General Public License for more details.
 
    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */
 
 #ifndef SESSIONSMODEL_H
 #define SESSIONSMODEL_H
 
 #include <QModelIndex>
 #include <shell/session.h>
 
 class SessionsModel : public QAbstractListModel
 {
     Q_OBJECT
     public:
         enum Roles { Uuid = Qt::UserRole+1, Projects, ProjectNames, VisibleIdentifier };
         explicit SessionsModel(QObject* parent = 0);
         QVariant data(const QModelIndex& index, int role = Qt::DisplayRole) const override;
         int rowCount(const QModelIndex& parent = QModelIndex()) const override;
         QHash< int, QByteArray > roleNames() const override;
 
         Q_SCRIPTABLE void loadSession(const QString& nameOrId) const;
     private:
-        QList<KDevelop::SessionInfo> m_sessions;
+        KDevelop::SessionInfos m_sessions;
 
     private slots:
         void sessionDeleted(const QString& id);
 };
 
 #endif // SESSIONSMODEL_H
diff --git a/shell/session.h b/shell/session.h
index d227c9d33d..ed35660b60 100644
--- a/shell/session.h
+++ b/shell/session.h
@@ -1,89 +1,90 @@
 /* This file is part of KDevelop
 Copyright 2008 Andreas Pakulat <apaku@gmx.de>
 
 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 Library General Public License for more details.
 
 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
 along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
 the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */
 
 #ifndef KDEVPLATFORM_SESSION_H
 #define KDEVPLATFORM_SESSION_H
 
 #include "shellexport.h"
 #include <QtCore/QObject>
 #include <QtCore/QUuid>
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <interfaces/isession.h>
 #include <interfaces/isessionlock.h>
 
 namespace KDevelop
 {
 
 struct SessionInfo
 {
     QString name;
     QUuid uuid;
     QString description;
     QList<QUrl> projects;
     QString path;
     KSharedConfigPtr config;
 };
+using SessionInfos = QVector<SessionInfo>;
 
 class KDEVPLATFORMSHELL_EXPORT Session : public ISession
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     static const QString cfgSessionNameEntry;
     static const QString cfgSessionDescriptionEntry;
     static const QString cfgSessionProjectsEntry;
     static const QString cfgSessionOptionsGroup;
 
     explicit Session( const QString& id, QObject * parent = 0 );
     ~Session() override;
 
     QUrl pluginDataArea( const IPlugin* ) override;
     KSharedConfigPtr config() override;
 
     QList<QUrl> containedProjects() const override;
     void setContainedProjects( const QList<QUrl>& projects ) override;
 
     QString name() const override;
     void setName( const QString& );
 
     QUuid id() const override;
 
     QString description() const override;
 
     bool isTemporary() const override;
     void setTemporary(bool temp) override;
 
     QString path() const;
 
     /**
      * Generates a @ref SessionInfo by a session @p id.
      * @param mkdir Whether to create a session directory if one does not exist.
      */
     static SessionInfo parse( const QString& id, bool mkdir = false );
 
 private:
     class SessionPrivate* const d;
     friend class SessionPrivate;
 };
 
 }
 
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE( KDevelop::Session* )
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/shell/sessioncontroller.cpp b/shell/sessioncontroller.cpp
index 8197e346a0..04c0253f0a 100644
--- a/shell/sessioncontroller.cpp
+++ b/shell/sessioncontroller.cpp
@@ -1,684 +1,689 @@
 /* This file is part of KDevelop
 Copyright 2008 Andreas Pakulat <apaku@gmx.de>
 Copyright 2010 David Nolden <david.nolden.kdevelop@art-master.de>
 
 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 Library General Public License for more details.
 
 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
 along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
 the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */
 
 #include "sessioncontroller.h"
 
 #include <QtCore/QDir>
 #include <QtCore/QHash>
 #include <QtCore/QStringList>
 #include <QtCore/QTimer>
 #include <QAction>
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QDBusConnectionInterface>
 #include <QGroupBox>
 #include <QLabel>
 #include <QLineEdit>
 #include <QListView>
 #include <QSortFilterProxyModel>
 #include <QStandardItemModel>
 #include <QPushButton>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 
 #include <KActionCollection>
 #include <KConfigGroup>
 #include <KIO/CopyJob>
 #include <KJobWidgets>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KMessageBox>
 #include <KProcess>
 #include <KStringHandler>
 
 #include "session.h"
 #include "core.h"
 #include "uicontroller.h"
 #include "sessiondialog.h"
 #include "shellextension.h"
 #include "sessionlock.h"
 #include "sessionchooserdialog.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include <interfaces/iprojectcontroller.h>
 #include <sublime/mainwindow.h>
 #include <interfaces/idocumentcontroller.h>
 #include <serialization/itemrepositoryregistry.h>
 #include <ktexteditor/document.h>
 
 
 namespace KDevelop
 {
 
 namespace {
     int argc = 0;
     char** argv = 0;
 };
 
 void SessionController::setArguments(int _argc, char** _argv)
 {
     argc = _argc;
     argv = _argv;
 }
 
 static QStringList standardArguments()
 {
     QStringList ret;
     for(int a = 0; a < argc; ++a)
     {
         QString arg = QString::fromLocal8Bit(argv[a]);
         if(arg.startsWith(QLatin1String("-graphicssystem")) || arg.startsWith(QLatin1String("-style")))
         {
             ret << '-' + arg;
             if(a+1 < argc)
                 ret << QString::fromLocal8Bit(argv[a+1]);
         }
     }
     return ret;
 }
 
 class SessionControllerPrivate : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     SessionControllerPrivate( SessionController* s )
         : q(s)
         , activeSession(0)
         , grp(0)
     {
     }
 
     ~SessionControllerPrivate() override {
     }
 
     Session* findSessionForName( const QString& name ) const
     {
         foreach( Session* s, sessionActions.keys() )
         {
             if( s->name() == name )
                 return s;
         }
         return 0;
     }
 
     Session* findSessionForId(QString idString)
     {
         QUuid id(idString);
 
         foreach( Session* s, sessionActions.keys() )
         {
             if( s->id() == id)
                 return s;
         }
         return 0;
     }
 
     void newSession()
     {
         qsrand(QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc().toTime_t());
         Session* session = new Session( QUuid::createUuid().toString() );
 
         KProcess::startDetached(ShellExtension::getInstance()->binaryPath(), QStringList() << QStringLiteral("-s") << session->id().toString() << standardArguments());
         delete session;
 #if 0
         //Terminate this instance of kdevelop if the user agrees
         foreach(Sublime::MainWindow* window, Core::self()->uiController()->controller()->mainWindows())
             window->close();
 #endif
     }
 
     void configureSessions()
     {
         SessionDialog dlg(ICore::self()->uiController()-> activeMainWindow());
         dlg.exec();
     }
 
     void deleteCurrentSession()
     {
         int choice = KMessageBox::warningContinueCancel(Core::self()->uiController()->activeMainWindow(), i18n("The current session and all contained settings will be deleted. The projects will stay unaffected. Do you really want to continue?"));
 
         if(choice == KMessageBox::Continue)
         {
             q->deleteSessionFromDisk(sessionLock);
             q->emitQuitSession();
         }
     }
 
     void renameSession()
     {
         QDialog dialog;
         dialog.setWindowTitle(i18n("Rename Session"));
 
         auto mainLayout = new QVBoxLayout(&dialog);
 
         QGroupBox box;
         QHBoxLayout layout(&box);
         box.setTitle(i18n("New Session Name"));
         QLineEdit edit;
         layout.addWidget(&edit);
         mainLayout->addWidget(&box);
 
         auto buttonBox = new QDialogButtonBox(QDialogButtonBox::Ok|QDialogButtonBox::Cancel);
         auto okButton = buttonBox->button(QDialogButtonBox::Ok);
         okButton->setDefault(true);
         okButton->setShortcut(Qt::CTRL | Qt::Key_Return);
         connect(buttonBox, &QDialogButtonBox::accepted, &dialog, &QDialog::accept);
         connect(buttonBox, &QDialogButtonBox::rejected, &dialog, &QDialog::reject);
         mainLayout->addWidget(buttonBox);
 
         edit.setText(q->activeSession()->name());
         edit.setFocus();
 
         if(dialog.exec() == QDialog::Accepted)
         {
             static_cast<Session*>(q->activeSession())->setName(edit.text());
         }
     }
 
     bool loadSessionExternally( Session* s )
     {
         Q_ASSERT( s );
         KProcess::startDetached(ShellExtension::getInstance()->binaryPath(), QStringList() << QStringLiteral("-s") << s->id().toString() << standardArguments());
         return true;
     }
 
     TryLockSessionResult activateSession( Session* s )
     {
         Q_ASSERT( s );
 
         activeSession = s;
         TryLockSessionResult result = SessionController::tryLockSession( s->id().toString());
         if( !result.lock ) {
             activeSession = 0;
             return result;
         }
         Q_ASSERT(s->id().toString() == result.lock->id());
         sessionLock = result.lock;
 
         KConfigGroup grp = KSharedConfig::openConfig()->group( SessionController::cfgSessionGroup() );
         grp.writeEntry( SessionController::cfgActiveSessionEntry(), s->id().toString() );
         grp.sync();
         if (Core::self()->setupFlags() & Core::NoUi) return result;
 
         QHash<Session*,QAction*>::iterator it = sessionActions.find(s);
         Q_ASSERT( it != sessionActions.end() );
         (*it)->setCheckable(true);
         (*it)->setChecked(true);
 
         for(it = sessionActions.begin(); it != sessionActions.end(); ++it)
         {
             if(it.key() != s)
                 (*it)->setCheckable(false);
         }
 
         return result;
     }
 
     void loadSessionFromAction( QAction* a )
     {
         foreach( Session* s, sessionActions.keys() )
         {
             if( s->id() == QUuid( a->data().toString() ) && s != activeSession ) {
                 loadSessionExternally( s );
                 break;
             }
         }
     }
 
     void addSession( Session* s )
     {
         if (Core::self()->setupFlags() & Core::NoUi) {
             sessionActions[s] = 0;
             return;
         }
 
         QAction* a = new QAction( grp );
         a->setText( s->description() );
         a->setCheckable( false );
         a->setData( s->id().toString() );
 
         sessionActions[s] = a;
         q->actionCollection()->addAction( "session_"+s->id().toString(), a );
         q->unplugActionList( QStringLiteral("available_sessions") );
         q->plugActionList( QStringLiteral("available_sessions"), grp->actions() );
 
         connect( s, &Session::sessionUpdated, this, &SessionControllerPrivate::sessionUpdated );
         sessionUpdated( s );
     }
 
     SessionController* q;
 
     QHash<Session*, QAction*> sessionActions;
     ISession* activeSession;
     QActionGroup* grp;
 
     ISessionLock::Ptr sessionLock;
 
     static QString sessionBaseDirectory()
     {
         return QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation)
             +'/'+ qApp->applicationName() + "/sessions/";
     }
 
     QString ownSessionDirectory() const
     {
         Q_ASSERT(activeSession);
         return q->sessionDirectory( activeSession->id().toString() );
     }
 
 private slots:
     void sessionUpdated( KDevelop::ISession* s )
     {
         sessionActions[static_cast<Session*>( s )]->setText( KStringHandler::rsqueeze(s->description()) );
     }
 };
 
 
 SessionController::SessionController( QObject *parent )
         : QObject( parent ), d(new SessionControllerPrivate(this))
 {
     setObjectName(QStringLiteral("SessionController"));
     setComponentName(QStringLiteral("kdevsession"), QStringLiteral("KDevSession"));
 
     setXMLFile(QStringLiteral("kdevsessionui.rc"));
 
     QDBusConnection::sessionBus().registerObject( QStringLiteral("/org/kdevelop/SessionController"),
         this, QDBusConnection::ExportScriptableSlots );
 
     if (Core::self()->setupFlags() & Core::NoUi) return;
 
     QAction* action = actionCollection()->addAction( QStringLiteral("new_session"), this, SLOT(newSession()) );
     action->setText( i18nc("@action:inmenu", "Start New Session") );
     action->setToolTip( i18nc("@info:tooltip", "Start a new KDevelop instance with an empty session") );
     action->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("window-new")));
 
     action = actionCollection()->addAction( QStringLiteral("rename_session"), this, SLOT(renameSession()) );
     action->setText( i18n("Rename Current Session...") );
     action->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("edit-rename")));
 
     action = actionCollection()->addAction( QStringLiteral("delete_session"), this, SLOT(deleteCurrentSession()) );
     action->setText( i18n("Delete Current Session...") );
     action->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("edit-delete")));
 
     action = actionCollection()->addAction( QStringLiteral("quit"), this, SIGNAL(quitSession()) );
     action->setText( i18n("Quit") );
     action->setMenuRole( QAction::NoRole ); // OSX: prevent QT from hiding this due to conflict with 'Quit KDevelop...'
     actionCollection()->setDefaultShortcut( action, Qt::CTRL | Qt::Key_Q );
     action->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("application-exit")));
 
     #if 0
     action = actionCollection()->addAction( "configure_sessions", this, SLOT(configureSessions()) );
     action->setText( i18n("Configure Sessions...") );
     action->setToolTip( i18n("Create/Delete/Activate Sessions") );
     action->setWhatsThis( i18n( "Shows a dialog to Create/Delete Sessions and set a new active session." ) );
     #endif
 
     d->grp = new QActionGroup( this );
     connect( d->grp, &QActionGroup::triggered, this, [&] (QAction* a) { d->loadSessionFromAction(a); } );
 }
 
 SessionController::~SessionController()
 {
     delete d;
 }
 
 void SessionController::startNewSession()
 {
     d->newSession();
 }
 
 void SessionController::cleanup()
 {
     if (d->activeSession) {
         Q_ASSERT(d->activeSession->id().toString() == d->sessionLock->id());
 
         if (d->activeSession->isTemporary()) {
             deleteSessionFromDisk(d->sessionLock);
         }
         d->activeSession = 0;
     }
 
     d->sessionLock.clear();
     qDeleteAll(d->sessionActions);
     d->sessionActions.clear();
 }
 
 void SessionController::initialize( const QString& session )
 {
     QDir sessiondir( SessionControllerPrivate::sessionBaseDirectory() );
 
     foreach( const QString& s, sessiondir.entryList( QDir::AllDirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot ) )
     {
         QUuid id( s );
         if( id.isNull() )
             continue;
         // Only create sessions for directories that represent proper uuid's
         Session* ses = new Session( id.toString(), this );
 
         //Delete sessions that have no name and are empty
         if( ses->containedProjects().isEmpty() && ses->name().isEmpty()
             && (session.isEmpty() || (ses->id().toString() != session && ses->name() != session)) )
         {
             TryLockSessionResult result = tryLockSession(s);
             if (result.lock) {
                 deleteSessionFromDisk(result.lock);
             }
             delete ses;
         } else {
             d->addSession( ses );
         }
     }
     loadDefaultSession( session );
 }
 
 
 ISession* SessionController::activeSession() const
 {
     return d->activeSession;
 }
 
 ISessionLock::Ptr SessionController::activeSessionLock() const
 {
     return d->sessionLock;
 }
 
 void SessionController::loadSession( const QString& nameOrId )
 {
     d->loadSessionExternally( session( nameOrId ) );
 }
 
 QList<QString> SessionController::sessionNames() const
 {
     QStringList l;
     foreach( const Session* s, d->sessionActions.keys() )
     {
         l << s->name();
     }
     return l;
 }
 
 QList< const KDevelop::Session* > SessionController::sessions() const
 {
     QList< const KDevelop::Session* > ret;
     foreach( const Session* s, d->sessionActions.keys() )
     {
         ret << s;
     }
     return ret;
 }
 
 Session* SessionController::createSession( const QString& name )
 {
     Session* s;
     if(name.startsWith('{'))
     {
         s = new Session( QUuid(name).toString() );
     }else{
         qsrand(QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc().toTime_t());
         s = new Session( QUuid::createUuid().toString() );
         s->setName( name );
     }
     d->addSession( s );
     return s;
 }
 
 void SessionController::deleteSession( const ISessionLock::Ptr& lock )
 {
     Session* s  = session(lock->id());
 
     QHash<Session*,QAction*>::iterator it = d->sessionActions.find(s);
     Q_ASSERT( it != d->sessionActions.end() );
 
     unplugActionList( QStringLiteral("available_sessions") );
     actionCollection()->removeAction(*it);
     if (d->grp) { // happens in unit tests
         d->grp->removeAction(*it);
         plugActionList( QStringLiteral("available_sessions"), d->grp->actions() );
     }
 
     if (s == d->activeSession) {
         d->activeSession = nullptr;
     }
     deleteSessionFromDisk(lock);
 
     emit sessionDeleted( s->id().toString() );
     d->sessionActions.remove(s);
     delete s;
 }
 
 void SessionController::deleteSessionFromDisk( const ISessionLock::Ptr& lock )
 {
     qCDebug(SHELL) << "Deleting session:" << lock->id();
 
     QDir(sessionDirectory(lock->id())).removeRecursively();
     ItemRepositoryRegistry::deleteRepositoryFromDisk( lock );
 }
 
 void SessionController::loadDefaultSession( const QString& session )
 {
     QString load = session;
     if (load.isEmpty()) {
         KConfigGroup grp = KSharedConfig::openConfig()->group( cfgSessionGroup() );
         load = grp.readEntry( cfgActiveSessionEntry(), "default" );
     }
 
     // Iteratively try to load the session, asking user what to do in case of failure
     // If showForceOpenDialog() returns empty string, stop trying
     Session* s = 0;
     do
     {
         s = this->session( load );
         if( !s ) {
             s = createSession( load );
         }
         TryLockSessionResult result = d->activateSession( s );
         if( result.lock ) {
             Q_ASSERT(d->activeSession == s);
             Q_ASSERT(d->sessionLock = result.lock);
             break;
         }
         load = handleLockedSession( s->name(), s->id().toString(), result.runInfo );
     } while( !load.isEmpty() );
 }
 
 Session* SessionController::session( const QString& nameOrId ) const
 {
     Session* ret = d->findSessionForName( nameOrId );
     if(ret)
         return ret;
 
     return d->findSessionForId( nameOrId );
 }
 
 QString SessionController::cloneSession( const QString& nameOrid )
 {
     Session* origSession = session( nameOrid );
     qsrand(QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc().toTime_t());
     QUuid id = QUuid::createUuid();
     auto copyJob = KIO::copy(QUrl::fromLocalFile(sessionDirectory(origSession->id().toString())),
                              QUrl::fromLocalFile(sessionDirectory( id.toString())));
     KJobWidgets::setWindow(copyJob, Core::self()->uiController()->activeMainWindow());
     copyJob->exec();
 
     Session* newSession = new Session( id.toString() );
     newSession->setName( i18n( "Copy of %1", origSession->name() ) );
     d->addSession(newSession);
     return newSession->name();
 }
 
 void SessionController::plugActions()
 {
     unplugActionList( QStringLiteral("available_sessions") );
     plugActionList( QStringLiteral("available_sessions"), d->grp->actions() );
 }
 
 
 QString SessionController::cfgSessionGroup() { return QStringLiteral("Sessions"); }
 QString SessionController::cfgActiveSessionEntry() { return QStringLiteral("Active Session ID"); }
 
-QList< SessionInfo > SessionController::availableSessionInfo()
+QList<SessionInfo> SessionController::availableSessionInfo()
 {
-    QList< SessionInfo > available;
+    return availableSessionInfos().toList();
+}
+
+SessionInfos SessionController::availableSessionInfos()
+{
+    SessionInfos sessionInfos;
     foreach( const QString& sessionId, QDir( SessionControllerPrivate::sessionBaseDirectory() ).entryList( QDir::AllDirs ) ) {
         if( !QUuid( sessionId ).isNull() ) {
-            available << Session::parse( sessionId );
+            sessionInfos << Session::parse( sessionId );
         }
     }
-    return available;
+    return sessionInfos;
 }
 
 QString SessionController::sessionDirectory(const QString& sessionId)
 {
     return SessionControllerPrivate::sessionBaseDirectory() + sessionId;
 }
 
 TryLockSessionResult SessionController::tryLockSession(const QString& id)
 {
     return SessionLock::tryLockSession(id, true);
 }
 
 bool SessionController::isSessionRunning(const QString& id)
 {
     return sessionRunInfo(id).isRunning;
 }
 
 SessionRunInfo SessionController::sessionRunInfo(const QString& id)
 {
     return SessionLock::tryLockSession(id, false).runInfo;
 }
 
 QString SessionController::showSessionChooserDialog(QString headerText, bool onlyRunning)
 {
     ///FIXME: move this code into sessiondialog.cpp
     QListView* view = new QListView;
     QLineEdit* filter = new QLineEdit;
     filter->setClearButtonEnabled( true );
     filter->setPlaceholderText(i18n("Search"));
 
     QStandardItemModel* model = new QStandardItemModel(view);
 
     QSortFilterProxyModel *proxy = new QSortFilterProxyModel(model);
     proxy->setSourceModel(model);
     proxy->setFilterKeyColumn( 1 );
     proxy->setFilterCaseSensitivity( Qt::CaseInsensitive );
     connect(filter, &QLineEdit::textChanged, proxy, &QSortFilterProxyModel::setFilterFixedString);
 
     SessionChooserDialog dialog(view, proxy, filter);
     view->setEditTriggers(QAbstractItemView::NoEditTriggers);
 
     QVBoxLayout layout(dialog.mainWidget());
     if(!headerText.isEmpty()) {
         QLabel* heading = new QLabel(headerText);
         QFont font = heading->font();
         font.setBold(true);
         heading->setFont(font);
         layout.addWidget(heading);
     }
 
     model->setColumnCount(3);
     model->setHeaderData(0, Qt::Horizontal,i18n("Identity"));
     model->setHeaderData(1, Qt::Horizontal, i18n("Contents"));
     model->setHeaderData(2, Qt::Horizontal,i18n("State"));
 
     view->setModel(proxy);
     view->setModelColumn(1);
 
     QHBoxLayout* filterLayout = new QHBoxLayout();
     filterLayout->addWidget(new QLabel(i18n("Filter:")));
     filterLayout->addWidget(filter);
     layout.addLayout(filterLayout);
     layout.addWidget(view);
     filter->setFocus();
 
     int row = 0;
 
     QString defaultSession = KSharedConfig::openConfig()->group( cfgSessionGroup() ).readEntry( cfgActiveSessionEntry(), "default" );
 
-    foreach(const KDevelop::SessionInfo& si, KDevelop::SessionController::availableSessionInfo())
+    foreach(const KDevelop::SessionInfo& si, KDevelop::SessionController::availableSessionInfos())
     {
         if ( si.name.isEmpty() && si.projects.isEmpty() ) {
             continue;
         }
 
         bool running = KDevelop::SessionController::isSessionRunning(si.uuid.toString());
 
         if(onlyRunning && !running)
             continue;
 
         model->setItem(row, 0, new QStandardItem(si.uuid.toString()));
         model->setItem(row, 1, new QStandardItem(si.description));
         model->setItem(row, 2, new QStandardItem);
 
         ++row;
     }
     model->sort(1);
 
     if(!onlyRunning) {
         model->setItem(row, 0, new QStandardItem);
         model->setItem(row, 1, new QStandardItem(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("window-new")), i18n("Create New Session")));
     }
 
     dialog.updateState();
     dialog.mainWidget()->layout()->setContentsMargins(0,0,0,0);
 
     const QModelIndex defaultSessionIndex = model->match(model->index(0, 0), Qt::DisplayRole, defaultSession, 1, Qt::MatchExactly).value(0);
     view->selectionModel()->setCurrentIndex(proxy->mapFromSource(defaultSessionIndex), QItemSelectionModel::ClearAndSelect | QItemSelectionModel::Rows);
     view->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::MinimumExpanding, QSizePolicy::MinimumExpanding);
     ///@todo We need a way to get a proper size-hint from the view, but unfortunately, that only seems possible after the view was shown.
     dialog.resize(QSize(900, 600));
 
     if(dialog.exec() != QDialog::Accepted)
     {
         return QString();
     }
 
     QModelIndex selected = view->selectionModel()->currentIndex();
     if (!selected.isValid())
         return QString();
 
     const QString selectedSessionId = selected.sibling(selected.row(), 0).data().toString();
     if (selectedSessionId.isEmpty()) {
         // "Create New Session" item selected, return a fresh UUID
         qsrand(QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc().toTime_t());
         return QUuid::createUuid().toString();
     }
     return selectedSessionId;
 }
 
 QString SessionController::handleLockedSession( const QString& sessionName, const QString& sessionId,
                                                 const SessionRunInfo& runInfo )
 {
     return SessionLock::handleLockedSession(sessionName, sessionId, runInfo);
 }
 
 QString SessionController::sessionDir()
 {
     if( !activeSession() )
         return QString();
     return d->ownSessionDirectory();
 }
 
 QString SessionController::sessionName()
 {
     if(!activeSession())
         return QString();
     return activeSession()->description();
 }
 
 
 }
 #include "sessioncontroller.moc"
 #include "moc_sessioncontroller.cpp"
diff --git a/shell/sessioncontroller.h b/shell/sessioncontroller.h
index c2f8e60530..c7e45a5f4f 100644
--- a/shell/sessioncontroller.h
+++ b/shell/sessioncontroller.h
@@ -1,180 +1,181 @@
 /* This file is part of KDevelop
 Copyright 2008 Andreas Pakulat <apaku@gmx.de>
 Copyright 2013 Milian Wolff <mail@milianw.de>
 
 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 Library General Public License for more details.
 
 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
 along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
 the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */
 
 #ifndef KDEVPLATFORM_SESSIONCONTROLLER_H
 #define KDEVPLATFORM_SESSIONCONTROLLER_H
 
 #include "shellexport.h"
 
 #include "session.h"
 #include <interfaces/isessionlock.h>
 
 #include <QObject>
 
 #include <KXMLGUIClient>
 
 namespace KDevelop
 {
 
 struct SessionRunInfo
 {
     SessionRunInfo()
     : isRunning(false)
     , holderPid(-1)
     {}
     bool operator==(const SessionRunInfo& o) const
     {
         return isRunning == o.isRunning && holderPid == o.holderPid
                 && holderApp == o.holderApp && holderHostname == o.holderHostname;
     }
     bool operator!=(const SessionRunInfo& o) const
     {
         return !(operator==(o));
     }
     // if this is true, this session is currently running in an external process
     bool isRunning;
     // if the session is running, this contains the PID of its process
     qint64 holderPid;
     // if the session is running, this contains the name of its process
     QString holderApp;
     // if the session is running, this contains the host name where the process runs
     QString holderHostname;
 };
 
 struct TryLockSessionResult
 {
     TryLockSessionResult(const ISessionLock::Ptr& _lock)
     : lock(_lock)
     {}
     TryLockSessionResult(const SessionRunInfo& _runInfo)
     : runInfo(_runInfo)
     {}
     // if this is non-null then the session was locked
     ISessionLock::Ptr lock;
     // otherwise this contains information about who is locking the session
     SessionRunInfo runInfo;
 };
 
 class KDEVPLATFORMSHELL_EXPORT SessionController : public QObject, public KXMLGUIClient
 {
     Q_OBJECT
     Q_CLASSINFO("D-Bus Interface", "org.kdevelop.SessionController")
 
 public:
     explicit SessionController( QObject *parent = 0 );
     ~SessionController() override;
     void initialize( const QString& session );
     void cleanup();
 
     /// Returns whether the given session can be locked (i. e., is not locked currently).
     /// @param doLocking whether to really lock the session or just "dry-run" the locking process
     static TryLockSessionResult tryLockSession(const QString& id);
 
     /**
      * @return true when the given session is currently running, false otherwise
      */
     static bool isSessionRunning(const QString& id);
 
     /**
      * @return information about whether the session @p id is running
      */
     static SessionRunInfo sessionRunInfo(const QString& id);
 
     /// The application should call this on startup to tell the
     /// session-controller about the received arguments.
     /// Some of them may need to be passed to newly opened sessions.
     static void setArguments(int argc, char** argv);
 
     ///Finds a session by its name or by its UUID
     Session* session( const QString& nameOrId ) const;
     virtual ISession* activeSession() const;
     ISessionLock::Ptr activeSessionLock() const;
     QList<QString> sessionNames() const;
     Session* createSession( const QString& name );
 
     QList<const Session*> sessions() const;
 
     void loadDefaultSession( const QString& session );
 
     void startNewSession();
 
     void loadSession( const QString& nameOrId );
     void deleteSession( const ISessionLock::Ptr& lock );
     static void deleteSessionFromDisk( const ISessionLock::Ptr& lock );
     QString cloneSession( const QString& nameOrid );
     /**
      * Path to session directory for the session with the given @p sessionId.
      */
     static QString sessionDirectory( const QString& sessionId );
     static QString cfgSessionGroup();
     static QString cfgActiveSessionEntry();
 
-    static QList< SessionInfo > availableSessionInfo();
+    static QT_DEPRECATED QList<SessionInfo> availableSessionInfo(); // use availableSessionInfos()
+    static SessionInfos availableSessionInfos();
 
     /**
      * Shows a dialog where the user can choose the session
      * @param headerText an additional text that will be shown at the top in a label
      * @param onlyRunning whether only currently running sessions should be shown
      * @return UUID on success, empty string in any other case
      */
     static QString showSessionChooserDialog(QString headerText = QString(), bool onlyRunning = false);
 
     /// Should be called if session to be opened is locked.
     /// It attempts to bring existing instance's window up via a DBus call; if that succeeds, empty string is returned.
     /// Otherwise (if the app did not respond) it shows a dialog where the user may choose
     /// 1) to force-remove the lockfile and continue,
     /// 2) to select another session via \ref showSessionChooserDialog,
     /// 3) to quit the current (starting-up) instance.
     /// @param sessionName session name (for the message)
     /// @param sessionId current session GUID (to return if user chooses force-removal)
     /// @param runInfo the run information about the session
     /// @return new session GUID to try or an empty string if application startup shall be aborted
     static QString handleLockedSession( const QString& sessionName, const QString& currentSessionId, const SessionRunInfo& runInfo );
 
     void plugActions();
 
     void emitQuitSession()
     {
         emit quitSession();
     }
 
 public Q_SLOTS:
     // Returns the pretty name of the currently active session (used in the shell integration)
     virtual Q_SCRIPTABLE QString sessionName();
     // Returns the directory associated to the active session (used in the shell integration)
     virtual Q_SCRIPTABLE QString sessionDir();
 
 Q_SIGNALS:
     void sessionLoaded( ISession* );
     void sessionDeleted( const QString& id);
     void quitSession();
 private:
     Q_PRIVATE_SLOT( d, void newSession() )
     Q_PRIVATE_SLOT( d, void configureSessions() )
     Q_PRIVATE_SLOT( d, void deleteCurrentSession() )
     Q_PRIVATE_SLOT( d, void renameSession() )
     Q_PRIVATE_SLOT( d, void loadSessionFromAction( QAction* ) )
     class SessionControllerPrivate* const d;
 };
 
 
 }
 #endif