Full time on Amarok

[Jeff Mitchell]

Maximilian Kossick wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 August 2007, Jeff Mitchell wrote:
>   
>> Leo Franchi wrote:
>>     
>>> On 8/21/07, *Nikolaj Hald Nielsen* <nhnfreespirit at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:nhnfreespirit at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>     2. Popupdropper or another solution to dragging across the context
>>>     view.
>>>
>>>
>>> I can't really talk about anything here but the plasma stuff (and PUD
>>>
>>> :) so here's the status. Basically, a lot of tweaking is needed. Most
>>>
>>> of the fundamental code is down already, except for one major thing:
>>> the loading pane (or however we do it). I'm thinking of taking raptor
>>> (from workspace/base/raptor) which is a very pretty applet loader for
>>> plasma, once it has matured (still WIP). Basically i really don't like
>>> the current ControlBox, and i only put it there because it was an easy
>>> copy and paste.
>>>       
>> Regarding the PUD, I think we all liked the concept but the
>> implementation, in the three or so ways it was attempted, was
>> troublesome.  However, with the little I actually know about Plasma
>> (i.e. I don't really know how easy it is, or not, to code nice graphic-y
>> things with it), I'm guessing that the best way to do this -- if we have
>> it at all -- would be to implement it as a Plasma applet that is
>> automatically moved to the foreground (or other objects are
>> minimized/iconized and then restored after).  So the applet could always
>> be running, and simply move it to the front when necessary.
>>
>> By the way...although it will be nice to have an Amarok release for when
>> KDE releases, Amarok 2.0 might want to take a cue from KDE 4.0: a
>> technology release, with the polish -- and the users, and the push for
>> users -- coming with 4.1.  From the little I know being on the release
>> party planning team, I have the feeling that 4.0 won't be hyped to users
>> or even distributions as something people should switch to -- that
>> target is 4.1, when things are more stable, more mature, etc.  4.0 will
>> simply let KDE showcase the technologies they've developed as they mature.
>>     
>
> Quick note: That is totally wrong. KDE 4.0 will be the hyped release, because 
> it will have 3 months of bug fixes at the time of the release in January 
> 2008. KDE 4.0 won't be released in Octobre.
>   
They're not expecting any serious user (or distribution) uptake until 
4.1.  AFAIK 4.0 will be hyped but not as a "switch to it right now" type 
of thing...rather, hyped for its technologies.

--Jeff