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[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Friday, November 25, 2011 01:02:05 Markus Slopianka wrote:
> On Donnerstag 24 November 2011 18:15:48 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > > Now that the dust has settled, why not think about merging KPA back into
> > > master
> > 
> > it already is :)
> 
> Marco's blog post about the screen locker not being ripe for 4.8 tells
> otherwise.
> > a) this will not work for people putting out devices and they'll just
> > ignore the release cycles anyways.
> 
> Do you mean vendors or individuals who install KPA on their Windows tablet?

vendors. who need to become where 99% of our users come from for this to be 
successful.

> > b) it would resolve our perenial "we have to have a patch to kde-workspace
> > / kderuntime / kdelibs" challenge
> 
> And we translators can finally actually work on KPA?

there is already a stable branch in plasma-mobile, and other than share-like-
connect all the other modules are the "normal" ones (workspace, libs, etc.).

there will be a stable branch for PA2 as well. and the release cycle for PA3 
will be longer making PA2 a good target.

> > c) the rather long freeze cycles of the SC may not be well suited to PA
> 
> Android doesn't have a rapid release cycle.

the long release cycle of Android may not be well suited to PA. better? ;)

> > i don't think (b) will ever really go away until workspace and libs are
> > "done" enough for PA (not even sure what that would mean tbh :)
> 
> It better go away for those people who use convertibles. Would be nice to
> see automatic switching between Desktop mode and Active/Contour?

the assumption is that on those systems, Desktop would be installed using the 
more recent versions of libs/workspace that Active requires.
 
> > anyways.. these are all discussions for post-PA2.
> 
> Won't KPA2 ship in December? If yes, it's not so far away. I don't see what
> difference a handful of weeks make?

i'm trying to avoid distracting developers with conversations that can not be 
fully had until this release is out. if we pause now to discuss the next 
release, we will pull attention and resources away from this one. it's basic 
project management.

on the converse side, waiting a few weeks will not hurt this conversation when 
we have it then.

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