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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: What to do after 2.2?
From:       Joe Mason <jcmason () uwaterloo ! ca>
Date:       2001-07-13 23:49:17
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On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 03:26:17PM -0700, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> Maybe we can go with a parallel approach where we go for a KDE 2.3 and have 
> people working on a Qt 3 port as well. From my understanding porting to Qt 3 
> only requires actual work in a few select problem areas (e.g. like the 
> styles). Those problems can then be addressed while we work on KDE 2.3, once 
> KDE 2.3 has been released we should be able to move to KDE 3 very fast 
> because we only have the trivial porting parts left then.

I think that's is a great idea.  I agree that the main product shouldn't depend
on an incomplete QT, but also that we should start the port ASAP to avoid
delay later.  The 'pure port of 2.2' phase can probably be done easily at the 
same time as 2.3, and then when gcc/Qt 3 is stable it could be merged with 2.3
fairly quickly.

If we do this, though, we should identify the areas that need overhauls for 3.0
and be sure they aren't touched in 2.3 to make the merge easier.

Joe

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