SIGs/KDE/Meetings/2009-02-24

Meeting Time

topics to discuss:
- (revisit) enabling desktop effects by default for F11
- package split status: -akonadi, -python
- kde 4.2 feature status
  - koffice2? upstream seems luke-warm about it: see thread starting at http://lists.kde.org/?l=koffice-devel&m=123506215729644&w=2
recent bugs:
- kdelibs/kdelibs3 conflicts: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487104
- qt45 issues
  - kmail selection: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487106
  - poxml: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487075
  - acpid, reopen, kded hack not a solution?

(revisit) enabling desktop effects by default for F11
- effects are disabled by default for F11
- kde-settings need to be updated
- kde-sig is praying for KPersonalizer comeback ;-)
package split status: -akonadi, -python
- -akonadi splits by rdieter and -python splits by than
- we need more space for live CD => more splitting?
- thans split of -googlegadgets subpackage from kdebase-workspace
- kdeartwork goes away from live CD
- system-config-printer is going to be replaced by system-config-printer-kde
- PolicyKit-gnome is going to be replaced by PolicyKit-KDE
- system configs and PolKit-gnome dragging too many deps
kde 4.2 feature status
- koffice 2
  - for F12 or ship it in F11? or ship some parts of KOffice 1 & KOffice 2? even without 100% support from upstream?
- nm-plasmoid
  - still under review, we need it ASAP to test it
- PolicyKit-kde
  - bug report for alternative PolicyKit frontends [1]
  - Bug tracker for the hardcoded PolicyKit-gnome deps [2]
bugs
- acpid again
  - we don't have better solution now how to check for PowerDevil
- duplicate files with kdelibs3 [3]
- qt 45 bugs
  - kmail crashes when text is selected in composer window [4]
    - already fixed in Qt-4.5 snapshot - closing as upstream
  - requires XML parser feature qt has renamed [5]
    - hight priority, breaks builds
    - qt & kdesdk fixes

(These comments are written after the meeting)