All, This is an email I sent to marketplace@trolltech.com but maybe someone here would be interested. It's a bit off-topic actually so please forgive me for posting it here if you are not at all interested. Roland > > REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL > > TITLE > Qt-only port of the KMdi library. > > ABOUT > KMdi is a library that provides an advanced "multi document > interface" > to applications. It is part of KDE's kdelibs and licensed under LGPL. > > SUBJECT > Replace all dependencies on installed KDE kdelibs library, such as > KApplication, KMainWindow, KParts, KToolbar etc. from the KMdi > library > with Qt counterparts. Where this is not possible w/o significat loss > of > functionality provide Qt-only port of respective KDE kdelibs classes > in > the same manner as the KMdi library. > > Remove the KDE buildsystem (autoconf tools, unsermake, etc.) > and deliver a build system for the library based on qmake project > files. > > Deliver tested source code that can be built into shared and static > libraries on Windows and Linux platforms and performs the > functionality > of the QextMdi library as of version 2.0.2. > > The goal is that the KMdi library can be compiled on platforms > without > KDE kdelibs installed especially on Windows using the Visual > Studio.NET > 2003 compiler. > > DETAILS > KMdi is a direct derivative of QextMdi, which until version 2.0.2 > could > be compiled w/o kdelibs e.g. with the Visual Studio VC6 compiler. > > This proposal seeks to reenable KMdi to be compiled w/o installation > of > kdelibs. It is desirable that a code fork could be avoided, i.e. that > the backported KMdi could be compatible with the version maintained > in > kdelibs but any extra work related to this is not in the scope of > this > project. > > Source code basis for the project is kdelibs svn repository branch > 3.5 > as of release date of KDE-3.5.0. > > Your task is to take a copy of kmdi from above version of kdelibs and > modify it so that it can be compiled and linked to a program w/o > having > to have any kdelibs installed. This can for example be achieved by > using #ifdef statements throughout the kmdi source code or in any > other > way. Note, this proposal does not seek a port of the entire kdelibs, > neither does the proposal want the resulting library to be using > KParts > or other related functionality of the KDE kdelibs. > > All source code produced under this proposal will be licensed under > the > LGPL. Copyright and ownership of any new source code will be > transferred to constituent upon payment of the agreed contract sum. > > > YOUR PROPOSAL > Submit a price quote for the following tasks, add additional tasks as > you see them to be required. > > 1 Remove dependency on the KDE build system as described above > > 2 Remove dependency on KDE kdeui library classes such as > 2.1 kdeui, kmenubar > 2.2 kdeui, ktoolbar > 2.3 kdeui, kparts mainwindow > add additional tasks here. > > 3 Submit one reference (Email contact) for prior work. > If you don't have one you can add a reference to an open source > project > you have contributed to. > > 4 Describe the timeline in which you can deliver the project. > > 5 Quote a final price to be payed upon delivery of the project > > LEGALESE > This is a request for proposal only. It does not establish any work > authorization or work request to any party becoming involved in this > proposal. No payment is being offered in any context with this > request > for proposal. No contract hatsoever is being established through this > request for proposal. > > Please send your proposals to rokrau@yahoo.com. > > Please give detailed contact information, such as Email address, > optional phone number and/or IM contact or IRC contact. > > Please state which country you are residing in and which time zone > you > live in. > > > _______________________________________________ KDevelop-devel mailing list KDevelop-devel@barney.cs.uni-potsdam.de http://barney.cs.uni-potsdam.de/mailman/listinfo/kdevelop-devel