[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-pim
Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] PIM Sprint report: Akonadi Next
From:       Kevin Ottens <ervin () kde ! org>
Date:       2014-11-30 19:07:45
Message-ID: 2318711.WG60MgSIxZ () wintermute
[Download RAW message or body]

[Attachment #2 (multipart/signed)]


On Sunday 30 November 2014 19:08:27 Christian Mollekopf wrote:
> I'm obviously borrowing ideas from other async and reactive frameworks,
> including zanshin ;-) I intend to write in parallel with Akonadi Next (is
> that a name now?), a generic async library.
> 
> The scope will be:
> * an async imperative style async API (jobs)
> * composable jobs
> * async control flow (map(for)/filter(if)/reduce) for jobs
> * reactive collections
> * perhaps also generic models on top of reactive collections (like what's in
> zanshin)
> 
> This library should become a general purpose async library (kasync?), that
> we would rely on for a large part of the API.
> 
> I should spec out some of the features I want to have, write a blogpost, and
> start a discussion.... I already did some planning during the pim sprint
> with daniel.
> 
> Once that is ready I'll definitely get back to you for your input ;-)

Obviously feel free to steal some code. Was always in my mind to contribute 
some of it back to KDE Frameworks... it's just that I'm still tied to Qt4 
because kdepimlibs is not in KDE Frameworks yet. Talk about a chicken and egg 
issue. :-)

Regards.
-- 
Kévin Ottens, http://ervin.ipsquad.net

KDAB - proud supporter of KDE, http://www.kdab.com


["signature.asc" (application/pgp-signature)]

_______________________________________________
KDE PIM mailing list kde-pim@kde.org
https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-pim
KDE PIM home page at http://pim.kde.org/

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]