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List:       kde-pim
Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] Confusion about kde-pim
From:       Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-04-17 11:16:34
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On Thursday 17 April 2003 12:36, Hartmut Goebel wrote:
>
> as a technically skilled person but non-developer, I'm very confused
> about kde-pim. I'm going to describe the reasons for this confusion, as
> feedback to you, the developers of this great effort.
>
> Concrete Questions first:
>
> * What's the difference of kmail and kmailcool?

kmailcool is a separate branch of KMail. It has been used as development 
branch and there have been some snapshot releases. It's not part of the 
official KDE releases.

> * If I pull kde-pim from cvs, will this include 'kontakt' and the
>    kroupware komponents?

Depends on the branch. The HEAD branch contains Kontact and some of the 
Kroupware code. There is a kroupware_branch which contains all the code 
written for the kroupware project. This branch has nothing to do with 
Kontact.

>    For my a user, PIM is a single 'product', maybe with some extensions.
>    The merging of kmail, knorte, etc. into the kdepim cvs-tree (as done
>    in Januaryy 2003) shows to me, that the developers have the same point
>    of view.

Yes.

>    But way are there still so much different Websites?

Because kde-pim consists of several different subprojects. These may or may 
not have some overlap in terms of developers, code or users.

>    I strongly suggest merging the websites into a single one, stating the
>    main components (kmail, korg., etc.) and the add-ons (kpilot, kandy,
>    etc).

We could make the relation of the different components clearer where such 
information is missing, but merging the websites won't gain us much.

> * Too many names for equal stuff, but no statement about this.
>
>    Esp. I'm confused about the relation and integration-status of kpilot,
>    kpilot-conduits, kitchensync, ksync, etc. They all serve the same
>    perspose, but which one is production-ready, which is a design-study,
>    which one is upcoming?

Code that is production-ready is part of the official stable KDE releases. 
Other code like kitchensync, ksync, kontact etc. is under development. If you 
want to learn more about the status of these you should check the mailing 
lists, the CVS and the developer information on the web sites.

> * Regarding www.kontakt.org:
>
>    What is 'kontakt'? An approach to merge the kde-pim komponents into a
>    single desktop (like evolution or outlook)? I assume, but why this is
>    not written there?

www.kontakt.org has nothing to do with KDE. The correct URL is 
http://www.kontact.org.

-- 
Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher@kde.org>

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