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KDE 4.5

Summary

Rebase to KDE 4.5 and offers new features and KDE 4 versions of KOffice, KDevelop and K3b.

Owner

KDE SIG
Email: than@redhat.com, jreznik@redhat.com, ltinkl@redhat.com
IRC: #fedora-kde

Current status

Targeted release: Fedora 14
Last updated: 2010-07-12
Percentage of completion: 50%

Currently KDE 4.5 rc2 is packaged in the devel.

Detailed Description

We have rebased KDE to 4.5

New features overview

KDE 4.5
Qt 4.7 based

In addition, Fedora 14 ships KDE 4 versions of some popular KDE applications:

KOffice 2
KDevelop 4
K3b 2

Benefit to Fedora

KDE is popular, feature rich and stable desktop environment used by a lot of Fedora users.

Scope

Requires rebasing to the latest upstream version and preparing distribution specific patches.

Modified packages

How To Test

yum groupinstall "KDE (K Desktop Environment)"
set KDE as default environment + KDM
login to KDE desktop

or use Fedora KDE Desktop spin

What should be checked (KDE):

distribution integration
custom branding changes (KDM theme, KSplash theme, artwork) - for Preview Release
working sound in Phonon, esp. with regards to the PA integration
"root" modules in System Settings (due to pk1)

We are working on test plan for KDE QA.

User Experience

Modern, feature rich and stable desktop environment.

Dependencies

Depends on upstream KDE 4.5 release, see [1].

Custom Fedora branding depends on Fedora Artwork team!

Contingency Plan

Given how the KDE 4.5 and Fedora 14 schedules align, there should be plenty of buffer time between the KDE 4.5 and Fedora 14 releases. We are already working on importing and polishing beta version of KDE. In case of problems with upstream release we can revert to older release or we can omit individual problematic modules of this feature. KDE 4.5 could be later shipped as an update.

Documentation

The Fedora KDE Destop User Guide is very important part of this feature for users. It guides users how-to use the new KDE 4 Desktop and it's targeted to both former KDE 3.5 user and first time KDE 4 users.

Fedora KDE Desktop User Guide (draft)

Upstream documentation sites:

KDE 4.5 rc2 release announcement: http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.5-rc2.php

Release Notes

This release features KDE 4.5.

KDE 4.5 is the latest release of KDE 4. There are a lot of enhancements and new features.

Comments and Discussion

See Talk:Features/KDE45

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+Currently KDE 4.5 rc2 is packaged in the devel.
 == Detailed Description ==
-<!-- Expand on the summary, if appropriate.  A couple sentences suffices to explain the goal, but the more details you can provide the better. -->
+We have rebased KDE to 4.5
+New features overview
+* KDE 4.5
+* Qt 4.7 based
+In addition, Fedora 14 ships KDE 4 versions of some popular KDE applications:
+* KOffice 2
+* KDevelop 4
+* K3b 2
+<!-- TODO complete/adjust the versions -->
 == Benefit to Fedora ==
-<!-- What is the benefit to the platform?  If this is a major capability update, what has changed?  If this is a new feature, what capabilities does it bring? Why will Fedora become a better distribution or project because of this feature?-->
+KDE is popular, feature rich and stable desktop environment used by a lot of Fedora users.
 == Scope ==
+Requires rebasing to the latest upstream version and preparing distribution specific patches.
+[[Features/KDE45/ModifiedPackages|Modified packages]]
 <!-- What work do the developers have to accomplish to complete the feature in time for release?  Is it a large change affecting many parts of the distribution or is it a very isolated change? What are those changes?-->
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+# yum groupinstall "KDE (K Desktop Environment)"
+# set KDE as default environment + KDM
+# login to KDE desktop
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+or use Fedora KDE Desktop spin
-A good "how to test" should answer these four questions:
+What should be checked (KDE):
+* distribution integration
+* custom branding changes (KDM theme, KSplash theme, artwork) - for Preview Release
+* working sound in Phonon, esp. with regards to the PA integration
+* "root" modules in System Settings (due to pk1)
-. What special hardware / data / etc. is needed (if any)?
+We are working on test plan for KDE QA.
-. How do I prepare my system to test this feature? What packages
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-. What specific actions do I perform to check that the feature is
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-. What are the expected results of those actions?
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 == User Experience ==
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+Modern, feature rich and stable desktop environment.
 == Dependencies ==
-<!-- What other packages (RPMs) depend on this package?  Are there changes outside the developers' control on which completion of this feature depends?  In other words, completion of another feature owned by someone else and might cause you to not be able to finish on time or that you would need to coordinate?  Other upstream projects like the kernel (if this is not a kernel feature)? -->
+Depends on upstream KDE 4.5 release, see [http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.5_Release_Schedule].
+Custom Fedora branding depends on Fedora Artwork team!
 == Contingency Plan ==
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+Given how the KDE 4.5 and Fedora 14 schedules align, there should be plenty of buffer time between the KDE 4.5 and Fedora 14 releases. We are already working on importing and polishing beta version of KDE. In case of problems with upstream release we can revert to older release or we can omit individual problematic modules of this feature. KDE 4.5 could be later shipped as an update.
 == Documentation ==
-<!-- Is there upstream documentation on this feature, or notes you have written yourself?  Link to that material here so other interested developers can get involved. -->
-*
+The Fedora KDE Destop User Guide is very important part of this feature for users. It guides users how-to use the new KDE 4 Desktop and it's targeted to both former KDE 3.5 user and first time KDE 4 users.
+[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KDE/Docs/DesktopUserGuide Fedora KDE Desktop User Guide (draft)]
+Upstream documentation sites:
+* http://docs.kde.org/
+* http://www.kde.org/documentation/
+KDE 4.5 rc2 release announcement: http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.5-rc2.php
 == Release Notes ==
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+This release features KDE 4.5.
-*
+KDE 4.5 is the latest release of KDE 4. There are a lot of enhancements and new features.
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