From kde-announce Mon Jul 07 20:22:11 2014 From: Mario Fux Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 20:22:11 +0000 To: kde-announce Subject: [kde-announce] KDE Frameworks 5 Makes KDE Software More Accessible for all Qt Developers Message-Id: <201407072222.11861.fux () kde ! org> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-announce&m=140476460813292 Today, the KDE community has made available the first first stable release of Frameworks 5. At the Randa Meetings back in 2011, we started work on porting KDE Platform 4 to Qt 5. But as part of this effort, we also began modularizing our libraries, integrating portions into Qt 5 proper and modularizing the rest so applications can just use the functionality they need. Today you can save yourself the time and effort of repeating work that others have done, relying on over 50 Frameworks [1] with mature, well tested code. For a full list and technical details coders can read the API documentation. On Linux, using packages [2] for your favorite distribution is the recommended way to get access to KDE Frameworks. Frameworks 5.0 requires Qt 5.2. It represents the first in a series of planned monthly releases making improvements available to developers in a quick and predictable manner. Those interested in following and contributing to the development of Frameworks can check out the git repositories, follow the discussions on the KDE Frameworks development mailing list [3] and send in patches through review board. KDE is always looking for new volunteers and contributions, whether it is help with coding, bug fixing or reporting, writing documentation, translations, promotion, money, etc. All contributions are gratefully appreciated and eagerly accepted. KDE is currently running a fundraiser [4] to make the Randa Meetings 2014 possible. Your contribution is crucial to make an event like this possible - and with that, projects like KDE Frameworks! [1] http://kde.org/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.0.php [2] http://community.kde.org/Frameworks/Binary_Packages [3] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-frameworks-devel [4] http://www.kde.org/fundraisers/randameetings2014/index.php _______________________________________________ kde-announce mailing list kde-announce@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-announce