From kde-core-devel  Tue Feb 20 19:08:09 2007
From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:08:09 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Moving kate into kdebase/apps
Message-Id: <200702201208.10042.aseigo () kde ! org>
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On February 20, 2007, Anders Lund wrote:
> Someone (Aaron Seigo?) asked me recently where to put kate, and I believe
> we all agree that it should go into kdebase/apps.

kdebase/apps is better than just kdebase/, though i'm not sure that's the b=
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place for it.

kwrite is a "simple" text editor shell around katepart while kate is a full=
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blown code editor with sidebars, plugins, multiple files, etc. (though not =
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IDE), right? it seems to me that the logical place for kate would be in=20
kdesdk while kwrite would stay in kdebase.

right now kate is packaged with kdebase, though, so i'm not sure what kind =
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implications that would have, if any, for packagers? i'm assuming not much,=
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but then i'm not a packager ;)

but this would help keep the modules conceptually clearer and a minimal=20
install of a KDE workspace (libs+base) a bit more clean.

i'm not sure how the kate team would feel about that move; IMHO it doesn't=
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relegate kate to any less of a significant part of KDE but helps categorize=
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it more accurately, much as we have media apps in kdemultimedia despite how=
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many people use them =3D)

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Aaron J. Seigo
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