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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Many balls in the air
From:       Frans Englich <frans.englich () telia ! com>
Date:       2004-07-26 3:33:26
Message-ID: 200407260333.27115.frans.englich () telia ! com
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On Monday 26 July 2004 02:51, Frans Englich wrote:

Ok, this is a mess. We have a handful of projects floating around in isolation 
-- if we don't clear misunderstandings and coordinate it will make a havoc.
Here's some key issues:

* There are large changes in HEAD: kcminit and kcmshell have been decoupled 
from kdebase/kcontrol. kcminit is now in kdebase/, a new version of kcmshell 
is in new_kcm_code:kdelibs/kcmshell -- kdebase/kcontrol is a independent app. 
the kutils library contains a lot of new stuff, including a new class -- all 
of it is crucial in writing KControls and designing categories/layout. I will 
start writing a document outlining what is currently going on and why with 
the new_kcm_code branch and the refactoring in HEAD, and follow up this 
thread with it.

* We have a handful of various docs aiming at becoming a "specification" for 
KControl's layout in KDE 4.

* I am quite convinced such a kcontrol-document would be best suited for the 
"KDE Usability Articles" project, which in itself have a large impact on 
KDE's usability and currently have my highest priority. The KUA project is 
just in its startup phase, and if the discussion of such a kcontrol-document 
started before the KUA have initialized, it would create a lot extra work. I 
estimate the KUA project have advanced far enough in 1-2 weeks for a 
discussion of this kcontrol-document to take place. Preferably, for the sake 
of the KUA project, even longer time should pass(we would most likely get a 
better kcontrol result too).
/I/ would prefer to postpone any kcontrol discussion until then, to avoid 
conflicts. Since such a discussion is for KDE 4, it should perhaps be 
possible? This is my opinion -- what do others think(Benjamin)?

* The KUA project is very vulnerable for "inappropriate" publicity, and I will 
hence ask Derek to go radio silent about it on the cvs-digest. It could also 
be of use to roughly sort out everything concerning kcontrol before Derek 
start mentioning it -- it could otherwise too lead to much unnecessary noise. 
Should I also ask Derek to be quiet on kcontrol-related commits?(until we 
have sorted all mess out) In that case, no blogging neither, of course. 

Now:
* Tell me what to do
* Tell me if I talk crap, are being selfish, or need to explain something


			Frans

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