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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KDE 3.0
From:       Uwe Thiem <uwe () uwix ! alt ! na>
Date:       2001-09-23 19:18:00
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On Sunday 23 September 2001 20:34, John Gluck wrote:
> Hi
>
> I went to the kde web site to get an idea of what is changing for KDE 3.
>
> The information is pretty scant and didn't really answer any questions I
> had.
>
> Perhaps someone could fill in the blanks:
>
> 1- Is KDE 3 binary compatible with 2.2.1?

No.

> 2- Is some incarnation of Qt3 a requirement for KDE3 or is Qt 2.3.1
> adequate and is there a downside?

Qt3 is  required.

> 3- Is the directory structure for KDE 3 changed in any significant way ?

Not to my knowledge.

>
> 4- Are there major architectural changes to kdelibs? For example does an
> old KDE app require code changes to work with KDE3 or is it a simple
> recompile?

No major changes but getting rid of some obsolete classes and the like. So 
source code compatilitity cannot expected.

> 5- What are the prerequisite packages and versions to get everything to
> play together. For example which version of ssl, rpm, alsa and so on are
> required?

So far, it comiles with my stock SuSE 7.2.

> 6- Is one of the main goals speed or memory consumption improvements?

Main goals are to clean up, get rid of hacks required before (either bei Qt 
2.x or for BC reasons), get the beast over to Qt3, get rid of some Qt3 code 
in KOffice, get access to the new features of Qt3, new features in KDE.

> 7- What are the major things developers and users should be aware of
> from an architectural / compile point of view?
> 8- Is there an architecture doc somewhere?

Actually, KDE 3 will be KDE 2.2.1 ported to Qt3 plus new features.

Uwe

 
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