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List:       kde-community
Subject:    Re: [kde-community] KBibTeX
From:       Mario Fux KDE ML <kde-ml () unormal ! org>
Date:       2013-11-06 8:04:31
Message-ID: 201311060904.31300.kde-ml () unormal ! org
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Am Dienstag, 05. November 2013, 21.29:39 schrieb Thomas Fischer:
> Hello,

Morning Thomas

> my name is Thomas Fischer aka thomasfischer or f15h. I started more
> than 10 years ago as a German translator for KDE (kdeutils for some
> time during 3.x), but moved on to programming. I have/am
> contributing patches to various KDE projects like Okular, KGpg, or
> KCharSelect.
> My biggest project is KBibTeX [1], a BibTeX editor for KDE. I
> started this project around 2005 and have been developing it ever
> since. The program is included in most KDE-friendly Linux
> distributions (and KDE-for-Windows) and it has a loyal user base
> (judging by the bug reports).
> The project is currently hosted at Gna!, which provides a SVN
> repository, bug tracker, homepage, and download space for tar-balls.
> 
> I would like to move KBibTeX to the KDE infrastructure and let it
> become a "real" KDE project for several reasons:
> - Make use of the infrastructure like git repositories, bug tracker,
> wiki (userbase, techbase, community) as those are tailored towards a
> KDE-based project
> - Make KBibTeX better known among KDE users, developers, and supporters
> - Profit from a more formalized development and release process
> including translations (so far, KBibTeX is known for ever postponed
> releases)
> 
> Looking forward to hear from you and join KDE!

Currently writing my diploma thesis and using KBibTex (and Kile) extensively 
this is great news. Welcome in KDE!

> Greetings from Sweden,
> Thomas
> 
> [1] http://home.gna.org/kbibtex/

Best regards
Mario
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