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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: MacPorts: Running KDE ports on Apple OS X
From:       René_JV_Bertin <rjvbertin () gmail ! com>
Date:       2014-03-15 11:07:46
Message-ID: 9F5DD264-172C-4518-9452-9DA73D847428 () gmail ! com
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Not exactly a KDE developer, but having spent quite some time getting KDE on my MBP, \
including the Calligra suite, I cannot but agree with Ian. The KDE apps that work do \
so looking great on OS X, it be nice to improve matters. Things that occur to me \
include menubar integration, the correct preferences/settings dialog in the App menu, \
sending possible on kmail, a robust way to start and stop all the background services \
and remove the UI from daemons that don't need them, and who knows maybe even support \
KWin for those of us using X11 apps ... Re X11: PyKDE4 needs to become aware of \
non-X11 KDE versions.



On 15 Mar 2014, at 07:10, Ian Wadham <iandw.au@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi MacPorts guys, especially KDE port developers,
> 
> Over at the main KDE developers' mailing list, kde-devel@kde.org
> I have been inadvertently stirring things up re the status of
> KDE ports on Apple OS X.
> 
> It started with one of the KDE Promotion guys asking us to
> suggest things that need volunteers to test them during the
> Beta phase of KDE 4.13, which is current.  He has written a
> news article about it.  Of course I suggested the Palapeli
> jigsaw puzzle app on which I have been doing a lot of work lately.
> 
> But then I wrote another mail asking how much testing is done
> of KDE's cross-platform and cross-desktop implementations
> and commenting on some of the problems we experience
> with KDE over here at MacPorts.
> 
> I suggested that maybe it was time some KDE guys had
> a get-together with some MacPorts and KDE Windows guys
> and got to the bottom of such problems.
> 
> And I said it would be nice to have some regular testing
> of Apple and Windows implementations of KDE.
> 
> Well … the response was quite antagonistic at first, but
> I am old and thick-skinned and I stood my ground … :-)
> 
> So now some of the KDE guys are coming round to my way
> of thinking, particularly some KDE sysadmin guys and a
> guy who is organising a workshop (a KDE sprint) at Randa, in
> August, a nice little village in Switzerland just down the valley
> from Zermatt and the Matterhorn.  See http://randa-meetings.ch/
> 
> He wants to schedule a group at Randa on KDE cross-platform
> implementation.  And he is looking for MacPorts and Homebrew
> representatives to attend.
> 
> So now I am looking for some support over here.
> 
> Marko Kaening (KMyMoney4 guy) is already over at kde-devel@kde.org
> banging the drum on our behalf.
> 
> First I would like you to have look at the two threads on kde-devel@kde.org
> 
> 1. "What to test for 4.13?" starts here … it is the more controversial of the \
> two. http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-core-devel&m=139418788102916&w=2
> 2. "Running KDE apps on Apple OS X" starts here ..
> http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-devel&m=139450777202393&w=2
> 
> If there is anything I have said wrong please let me know
> on this MacPorts list.  If you agree or disagree with what I am
> trying to achieve, please also let me know.  Please do not get
> upset by anything that was written.  Every group tends to think
> that the people on the other side of the river have two heads, but
> I have found in the course of a long career, that building bridges
> is a good way to solve problems.
> 
> I also discovered, in the course of all this, that there are two
> well-known former KDE developers working over at Homebrew.
> I do not know if there are any at MacPorts, but if there are,
> please stand up.
> 
> All the best,
> Ian W.
> 
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