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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: 17.08 Applications Release announcement text
From:       Elvis Angelaccio <elvis.angelaccio () kde ! org>
Date:       2017-08-17 7:51:24
Message-ID: bca7c74d-5933-4686-b680-c06c0fed8c70 () kde ! org
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On giovedì 17 agosto 2017 01:33:40 CEST, Valorie Zimmerman wrote:
> Hello folks, I noticed that there was not much progress on the release
> announcement text, and I had some time last night, so I worked up an
> announcement text based on those we've had in the past, and the notes
> left by developers on
> https://notes.kde.org/p/applications_17.08_new_features .
>
> I found some of these notes rather difficult to make sense of

@developers: next time please don't forget to add your identity username 
next to the notes you are writing, so that if something is not clear the 
promo people know who they can contact for questions.


> KDE Ships KDE Applications 17.08.0
>
> Also available in:  English ...
>
> August 17, 2017
>
> KDE Applications 17.04 is here.
>
> We have worked to make both the applications and the underlying
> libraries more stable and easier to use. By ironing out wrinkles and
> listening to your feedback, we have made the KDE Applications suite
> less prone to glitches and much friendlier. Enjoy your new apps!
>
> We're pleased that the following applications which were based on
> kdelibs4 are now based on KDE Frameworks 5: kmag, kmousetool,
> kgoldrunner, kigo, konquest, kreversi, ksnakeduel, kspaceduel,
> ksudoku, kubrick, lskat, and umbrello. Thanks to the hard-working
> developers who volunteered their time and work to make that happen.
> Ktorrent, separately released, has also been updated to KDE Frameworks
> 5.
>
> What's new in 17.08
>
> Dolphin
> Dolphin developers report that Dolphin now shows "Deletion Time" in
> the Trash, and shows "Creation Time" if the OS supports it such as on
> BSDs.
>
> KIO-Extras
> Kio-Extras now provides better support for Samba shares.
>
> KAlgebra
> The KAlgebra developers have worked on improving their Kirigami
> front-end on the desktop, and implemented code completion.
>
> KDE PIM
>
> In KMailtransport, developers have reactivated akonadi transport
> support, created plugins support, and recreated sendmail mail
> transport support.
> In SieveEditor, a lot of bugs in autocreate scripts have been fixed
> and closed. Along with general bug-fixing, a regexp editor line-editor
> has been added.
> In KMail the ability to use an external editor has been 
> recreated as a plugin.
> The Akonadi-import-wizard now has the "convert all converter" as a
> plugin, so that developers can create new converters easily.
> Kdepim*apps* now depends on Qt5.7. Developers have fixed a lot of
> compile errors on windows. All of kdepim does not compile on windows
> yet but the developers have made big progress. To begin, the
> developers created a craft-recipe for it. Much bug fixing has been
> done to modernize code (c++11) Wayland support on Qt 5.9.
> Kdepim-runtime adds a facebook resource.
>
> Kdenlive
> In Kdenlive, the team fixed the broken "Freeze effect." In recent
> versions, it was impossible to change the frozen frame for the freeze
> effect. Now a keyboard shortcut for Extract Frame feature is allowed.
> Now the user can save screenshots of their timeline with a keyboard
> shortcut, and a name is now suggested based on frame number
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=381325. Fix downloaded transition
> lumas do not appear in interface:
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=382451. Fix audio clicks issue
> (for now, requires building the dependency MLT from git until a MLT
> release): https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371849.
>
> Krfb
> Developers have finished porting the X11 plugin to Qt5, and krfb is
> working again using a X11 backend that is much faster than the Qt
> plugin. There's a new Settings page, allowing the user to change
> preferred framebuffer plugin.
>
> Konsole
> Konsole now allows unlimited scrollback to extend past 2GB (32bit)
> limit. Now Konsole allows users to enter any location to store
> scrollback files. Also, a regression was fixed, Konsole can once again
> allow KonsolePart to call the Manage Profile dialog.
>
> KAppTemplate
> In KAppTemplate there is now an option to install new templates from
> the filesystem. More templates have been removed from KAppTemplate and
> instead integrated  into related products; ktexteditor plugin template
> and kpartsapp template (ported to Qt5/KF5 now) have become part of KDE
> Frameworks KTextEditor and KParts since 5.37.0. These changes should
> simplify creation of templates in KDE applications.
>
> https://community.kde.org/Applications/17.08_Release_Notes
>
> Valorie

Looks good to me, thanks Valorie.

Cheers,
Elvis

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