[Ktechlab-devel] Project status and plans

[Zoltan Padrah]

  Hi,

given the relatively low traffic on the mailing list, I'm posting the
status of ktechlab and my plans for the future, in order to keep
everybody updated.

Current status:

- I'm focusing on the port of version 0.3.8 to KDE4/Qt4; it is mostly
usable now. In the TODO file there is a list of things I want to go
through, then I want to make a(n alpha) release. The code is here:

https://github.com/ktechlab/ktechlab/tree/port-0.3.8-kde4-v1

- the first attempty on KDE4 port, with KDevPlatform, is in
"maintenance" mode now from my point of view, this means that I want
to keep it compiling and running with newer libraries/KDE. I'm not
planning to complete it soon, because I estimate the required effort
to the order of several man-moonths. This codebase is in the master
branch on github:

https://github.com/ktechlab/ktechlab/tree/master

- The codebases for ktechlab 0.3 and the suspended 0.4 series are now
in the same git repository; this is convenient.


My plans are the following:

- as soon as I manage to do it, I want to get some preview release out
from the port-0.3.8-kde4-v1 branch, and then periodically creating
preview releases until every (observed) bug is fixed

- after the 0.3.8 KDE4 port is done, I want to target Qt5, again with
porting, in order to avoid depending on obsolete libraries.
Fortunately the current round of distributions with long-term-support
include Qt4, but most probably at some point Qt4 will be abandoned.

- in parallel with Qt5 porting, I want to maintain the Qt4 port,
mostly with bugfixes

- in parallel with all the technical part, I'm planning to do a
checklist, and then contact KDE for KTechLab becoming a KDE project. I
think this will be beneficial for KTechLab as a project. I assume that
KDE Science and KDE Edu are closest to KTechLab.



I highly appreciate any feedback on anything, especially about the
last item from my plans. I have written about KTechLab joining KDE
about half a year ago, and then I have got no response; by default I
will assume that if nobody has anything against it, I will go ahead,
and keep the list posted.


Have fun,

 Zoli