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Subject: Re: New Feature for kdelibs (Was: The case for a kdelibs 4.8)
From: andrea diamantini <adjam7 () gmail ! com>
Date: 2011-11-10 15:54:33
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2011/11/10 Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
> On Wednesday, November 9, 2011 23:44:21 Andrea Diamantini wrote:
> > 4.x is where I'm living/fighting/coding/writing now.
>
> for apps and workspaces, that is perfect. we don't want to disrupt app and
> workspace development while we get kdelibs prepped for the next major
> release.
>
> > I'm sorry to say, in my mind next version of kdelibs is 4.8.
>
> your mind is wrong. whatever the version number might end up saying
> (probably
> to keep packagers and users from confusion) it'll be the 4.7 code base with
> continued bug fixes applied :)
>
> > And it will be based on the upcoming (not yet released) Qt 4.8.
>
> sure; but this is a non-relevant detail.
>
> > Thinking about "frameworks" without having yet a decent idea of what
> will be
> > Qt5 is impossible for me.
>
> actually, Qt5 is irrelevant to most of the work that needs to be done in
> frameworks. we can, and are, working against Qt4 right now. most of the
> work
> is modularization and modernization (while preserving source compatibility)
>
Ok, stupid question then. Why aren't we releasing this as kdelibs 4.8?
>
> we are merging some things upstream into Qt5, and the things that are
> merged
> upstream are going into a small temporary library call libinqt (lib in qt
> ;).
> when Qt5 arrives, that library will go away and we will be able to move to
> basing frameworks on Qt5. between now and then there is a lot of work on
> the
> modularization and modernization work.
>
> for instance, Sune's proposal to improve KNotification requires absolutely
> nothing from Qt5. having that done before Qt5 arrives would actually be a
> bonus as we wouldn't have to juggle too many different kinds of changes at
> once.
>
> i do recognize that there is not enough documented plans and direction for
> frameworks 5. there are a handful of wiki pages but they do not contain
> enough
> information; too much of that still resides in the heads of just a few
> people.
>
> to help address that, i'm hosting an irc meeting in a couple weeks with
> people
> currently working on frameworks 5 with the aim of pulling together clearly
> documented goals, tasks and milestones. the date has not been fixed yet,
> once
> it is i will announce it here as well so interested parties can join.
>
> i hope that with further documentation and clairty of goals that others
> will
> be able to see how they can get involved with frameworks and why now is a
> good
> time to do so.
>
>
I hope that, too :)
> --
> Aaron J. Seigo
> humru othro a kohnu se
> GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43
>
> KDE core developer sponsored by Qt Development Frameworks
>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2011/11/10 Aaron J. Seigo <span dir="ltr"><<a \
href="mailto:aseigo@kde.org">aseigo@kde.org</a>></span><br> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px \
solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote"> <div class="im">On Wednesday, \
November 9, 2011 23:44:21 Andrea Diamantini wrote:<br>> 4.x is where I'm \
living/fighting/coding/writing now.<br><br></div>for apps and workspaces, that is perfect. we don't \
want to disrupt app and<br> workspace development while we get kdelibs prepped for the next major \
release.<br> <div class="im"><br>> I'm sorry to say, in my mind next version of kdelibs is \
4.8.<br><br></div>your mind is wrong. whatever the version number might end up saying (probably<br>to \
keep packagers and users from confusion) it'll be the 4.7 code base with<br> continued bug fixes \
applied :)<br> <div class="im"><br>> And it will be based on the upcoming (not yet released) Qt \
4.8.<br><br></div>sure; but this is a non-relevant detail.<br> <div class="im"><br>> Thinking about \
"frameworks" without having yet a decent idea of what will be<br>> Qt5 is impossible for \
me.<br><br></div>actually, Qt5 is irrelevant to most of the work that needs to be done in<br> frameworks. \
we can, and are, working against Qt4 right now. most of the work<br>is modularization and modernization \
(while preserving source compatibility)<br></blockquote> <div> </div>
<div>Ok, stupid question then. Why aren't we releasing this as kdelibs 4.8?</div>
<div> </div>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" \
class="gmail_quote"><br>we are merging some things upstream into Qt5, and the things that are \
merged<br>upstream are going into a small temporary library call libinqt (lib in qt ;).<br> when Qt5 \
arrives, that library will go away and we will be able to move to<br>basing frameworks on Qt5. between \
now and then there is a lot of work on the<br>modularization and modernization work.<br><br>for instance, \
Sune's proposal to improve KNotification requires absolutely<br> nothing from Qt5. having that done \
before Qt5 arrives would actually be a<br>bonus as we wouldn't have to juggle too many different \
kinds of changes at<br>once.<br><br>i do recognize that there is not enough documented plans and \
direction for<br> frameworks 5. there are a handful of wiki pages but they do not contain \
enough<br>information; too much of that still resides in the heads of just a few people.<br><br>to help \
address that, i'm hosting an irc meeting in a couple weeks with people<br> currently working on \
frameworks 5 with the aim of pulling together clearly<br>documented goals, tasks and milestones. the date \
has not been fixed yet, once<br>it is i will announce it here as well so interested parties can join.<br> \
<br>i hope that with further documentation and clairty of goals that others will<br>be able to see how \
they can get involved with frameworks and why now is a good<br>time to do so.<br> <div class="HOEnZb">
<div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div>I hope that, too :)</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" \
class="gmail_quote"> <div class="HOEnZb">
<div class="h5">--<br>Aaron J. Seigo<br>humru othro a kohnu se<br>GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 \
B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43<br><br>KDE core developer sponsored by Qt Development \
Frameworks<br></div></div></blockquote> </div><br>
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