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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: SQL client in KDE distribution?
From:       Henrik Johnson <hpj () globecom ! se>
Date:       2001-11-30 12:39:24
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Aaron J. Seigo wrote:

>hi..
>
>while i understand peole's desire to see this in KDE (i would use TOra on a 
>daily basis if it had pgsql support) there are probably a few things to be 
>considered:
>
> o it isn't a KDE app, it is Qt only (KDE-ifying it would be great)
>
It is partly a KDE app. It doesn't use some of the nifty XML/KPart 
stuff. It is however a KMainApplication and it uses KPrint, KToolBar, 
KMenuBar and KDE file dialogs if KDE is detected at compilation. You can 
compile it as a Qt only application, this is mainly because I wanted it 
to be multiplatform and support for Windows is important for a lot of my 
users although Linux is the main development platform.

>o 100k LOC is not small (kpresenter is around, what, 20k LOC? kword ~22k?)
>
Absolutely agree with you here. It is by far the biggest open source 
project I've made.

> o the audience interested in such an app is probably a small % of KDE's 
>total audience (as opposed to word processing, presentation software, etc)
>
Perhaps. I'm kind of missing a kde-develop package in this respect. The 
kdevelop package is only for that application as far as I can tell.

>IMO, due to this combination of facts TOra would be best maintained outside 
>of KDE's CVS just as many other high-quality, large, niche-audience apps are.
>
>hightening its profile by making it a KDE / KOffice app and having it noted 
>on the koffice.org website, apps.kde.com, etc might be a better approach?
>
>$0.02 (canadian pennies at that...)
>
I'll bring up this topic again when it is more current (After 
development for 3.1 has started) and see what the consensus is. Just 
wanted to test the waters.

/Mauritz
GlobeCom AB

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