From kde-core-devel Tue Jan 24 22:12:34 2006 From: Jason Harris Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:12:34 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: Proposal to plan for "Milestone Releases" on the way to KDE4 Message-Id: <200601241512.34646.kstars () 30doradus ! org> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=113814072532398 Hello, On Tuesday 24 January 2006 21:30, Kurt Pfeifle wrote: > * How do you plan to handle the time until KDE4 has become > a platform to base your projects on? > * Do you expect to be porting your own app to KDE4/Qt4 already > within the next 4 weeks? Hmm. I started porting KStars to KDE4 in October. Well, actually, we did a huge refactoring first, so I guess actual port-to-KDE4 work didn't start until December or so. Still, it was always my impression that app developers could (and should) start porting to Qt4 immediately, once the kdelibs4_snapshots started appearing. So I'm a bit surprised to hear that we were supposed to be holding off waiting for kdelibs to stabilize. I guess I've found it stable enough (then again, KStars isn't KOffice :) Anyway, I finally got KStars to compile completely a few days ago! It's so nice to see it running again :) > * Do you intend to switch your activities to directly contribute > to KDE4/kdelibs/core technologies development, and leave your > app resting for the time being? (Sure, this would be *great* > because the current group busy already in KDE4 porting feel > they can use many more heads and brains. But I've also heard > some of you just do not like it, or don't feel competent in > that field...) I don't feel qualified to work on kdelibs. > * Or do you rather plan for continuing several more months > development on the KDE3 platform? If so, do you feel you could > benefit bing part of a joint "KDE 2006 Application Release" > marketing campaign? I think now that I have an executable kstars for kde4, I'd rather work on perfecting it, rather than participate in the 2006 Application Release based on KDE3. It's the usual story: I already have too few hours to devote to KStars, so I really can't divide my effort. This is just for my situation though, I can totally understand how some app devs would jump at the opportunity to stop twiddling thumbs, if they've been waiting for a stable kdelibs4... Jason -- ------------------------------- KStars: KDE Desktop Planetarium http://edu.kde.org/kstars