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Subject: Re: Requesting feature freeze exemption for Gwenview
From: "Jos Poortvliet" <jos () mijnkamer ! nl>
Date: 2007-09-01 21:24:09
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On 9/1/07, Louai Al-Khanji <louai.khanji@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Saturday 01 September 2007 23:24:35 Andreas Hartmetz wrote:
> > On Saturday 01 September 2007 00:18:54 Aurélien Gâteau wrote:
> > > Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
> > > > Aurélien Gâteau wrote:
> > > >> In the light of the new release schedule, I would like to request a
> > > >> feature freeze exemption until Beta3 for Gwenview
> > > >> (kdegraphics/gwenview). This would give enough time to add the
> > > >> following:
> > > >> - Implement printing support
> > > >
> > > > Are you aware that you need to get KDEPrint into shape first,
> > > > before you can expect reliable printing in $any_application?
> > >
> > > Hum... no. I must confess I very rarely print, so I have not tried to
> > > print with any KDE4 application. How broken is KDEPrint right now?
> >
> > About 30% [+/- 40 %] or so of it work as intended and the source, while
> > apparently structured reasonably well, is just a whole lot of code. This
> is
> > why nobody stepped up to fix it, apparently. It looks just too daunting.
> > Printing (with all the options and backends) itself is nontrivial, so...
> > there seems to be no way around putting a whole lot of effort into it.
> And
> > it doesn't help that most developers are busy getting their own stuff
> > release ready.
> > The more obscure parts of KDEPrint didn't even work right in KDE 3, at
> > least for me. Double sided printing and so on - good luck... I had to
> use
> > Acrobat Reader and printing to PDF from there to do this.
> > So we are, basically, screwed until an experienced developer with enough
> > time appears out of the blue.
> >
> > > Aurélien
>
> For the record, double sided printing worked fine for me with several
> printers
> in KDE3, right out of the box.
Yeah, printing in KDE3 is pretty cool, and it works great for me... I hope
it can at least work as well in KDE 4.
Louai
>
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On 9/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Louai Al-Khanji</b> <<a \
href="mailto:louai.khanji@gmail.com">louai.khanji@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span \
class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px \
solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Saturday \
01 September 2007 23:24:35 Andreas Hartmetz wrote:<br>> On Saturday 01 September \
2007 00:18:54 Aurélien Gâteau wrote:<br>> > Kurt Pfeifle wrote:<br>> > \
> Aurélien Gâteau wrote:<br>> > >> In the light of the new release \
schedule, I would like to request a <br>> > >> feature freeze exemption \
until Beta3 for Gwenview<br>> > >> (kdegraphics/gwenview). This would \
give enough time to add the<br>> > >> following:<br>> > >> - \
Implement printing support <br>> > ><br>> > > Are you aware that \
you need to get KDEPrint into shape first,<br>> > > before you can expect \
reliable printing in $any_application?<br>> ><br>> > Hum... no. I must \
confess I very rarely print, so I have not tried to <br>> > print with any KDE4 \
application. How broken is KDEPrint right now?<br>><br>> About 30% [+/- 40 %] \
or so of it work as intended and the source, while<br>> apparently structured \
reasonably well, is just a whole lot of code. This is <br>> why nobody stepped up \
to fix it, apparently. It looks just too daunting.<br>> Printing (with all the \
options and backends) itself is nontrivial, so...<br>> there seems to be no way \
around putting a whole lot of effort into it. And <br>> it doesn't help that \
most developers are busy getting their own stuff<br>> release ready.<br>> The \
more obscure parts of KDEPrint didn't even work right in KDE 3, at<br>> least \
for me. Double sided printing and so on - good luck... I had to use <br>> Acrobat \
Reader and printing to PDF from there to do this.<br>> So we are, basically, \
screwed until an experienced developer with enough<br>> time appears out of the \
blue.<br>><br>> > Aurélien<br><br> For the record, double sided printing \
worked fine for me with several printers<br>in KDE3, right out of the \
box.</blockquote><div><br>Yeah, printing in KDE3 is pretty cool, and it works great \
for me... I hope it can at least work as well in KDE 4. <br></div><br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt \
0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Louai<br></blockquote></div><br>
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