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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: Unidentified subject!
From:       Nancy Pomeroy <nancy () calderasystems ! com>
Date:       1999-12-15 22:05:06
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I love it!

:-D

Waldo Bastian wrote:
> 
> For immediate release.
> 
> Internet - Dec 15,  1999
> 
> The KDE Team is happy to announce KRASH, an unstable developers
> release of the upcoming KDE 2.0 Desktop Environment.
> 
> KRASH is intended to provide a stable API for KDE developers
> who are outside the main KDE project  to begin porting their applications
> to. While many of the core KDE 2.0  applications are incomplete or buggy
> at this point due to a focus on base library functionality, this snapshot
> does provide an API consistent with what will be released in the final
> version.  Where changes occur, they will be fully documented.
> 
> This is not a snapshot intended to be usable by end users. We strongly
> recommend users remain with the latest stable version, KDE 1.1.2,
> until KDE 2.0 will be released. Even people developing for the new KDE 2.0
> might wish to remain with KDE 1.1.2 as their primary desktop system.
> 
> KDE 2.0 is scheduled to be released in the spring of 2000. This date is subject
> to change without further notice.
> 
> WHERE TO DOWNLOAD
> =====================
> 
> KRASH can be downloaded from:
> 
> ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/unstable/distribution/tar/generic
> 
> Or one of its mirror sites.
> 
> KRASH requires a recent snapshot of the Qt 2.1 toolkit. The 15 Dec 1999
> version of such a snapshot is provided at the above location for your
> convenience.  Please note that this version of Qt has not been released yet
> by TrollTech and that this version is not officially supported by either KDE
> or TrollTech. KRASH does NOT work with Qt 1.x or Qt 2.0.
> 
> INCLUDED IN THIS RELEASE
> ========================
> 
> kdesupport      - General support libraries
> kdelibs         - KDE libraries
> kdebase         - KDE desktop environment
> koffice         - KDE office suite
> 
> GOAL OF THE KRASH (1.89) RELEASE
> ================================
> 
> * Stabilize development.
> * Offer third party developers a convenient way to become familiar with
> Qt2.x / KDE 2.x
> 
> REMARKS
> =========
> 
> KRASH will be alpha quality software. It is not recommended to use
> KRASH for daily work. Although the API of KRASH should be relatively
> stable, CHANGES will be made to it before the final KDE 2.0 release.
> It is not recommended to publically release applications based on this
> snapshot.
> Distributors should NOT SHIP this release without providing a stable
> and complete version of KDE as well.
> 
> PLANNED CHANGES
> ==================
> 
> In the following areas major library changes are foreseen between now
> and KDE 2.0:
> 
> * Interface and launch method of the IO-Slaves (kio / kioslaves)
> * File selection dialog (kfile rewrite)
> * Parts embedding (kparts redesign)
> * Advanced features of HTML widget (khtml)
> * Embedding within kicker (kapplet)
> * Sound system
> -------------------------------------------------------
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