Decision on Plasma and Amarok

[Jeff Mitchell]

Leo Franchi wrote:
> On 7/26/07, *Mark Kretschmann* <kretschmann at kde.org 
> <mailto:kretschmann at kde.org>> wrote:
>
>     On 7/27/07, Leo Franchi <lfranchi at gmail.com
>     <mailto:lfranchi at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >     so i think we're getting close to the time when we need to
>     make a
>     > decision on the future of the plasma stuff. unless it gets
>     merged in to
>     > trunk i'm really the only one that sees it, and that means that
>     a) i'm the
>     > only one working on it (which is fine, its just a slower
>     development than it
>     > would be otherwise) and b) i'm the only one *thinking* about
>     it---and thats
>     > worse, because i need more use cases and people to think of cool
>     things to
>     > do with it. i'm obviously for merging the plasma branch to
>     trunk. i think it
>     > shows promise, and once we get some nice SVGs it'll look really
>     good as
>     > well.
>     >
>     > the current state is this: engine support is complete, and
>     last.fm <http://last.fm> engine is
>     > there ( user/recommended/system events, suggested songs, related
>     artists ),
>     > lyrics engine is there, as is wikipedia. applet state is much
>     farther
>     > behind, mostly because i can't do graphics, and need to work out
>     something
>     > regarding text display. this is being worked on currently.
>     >
>     > so what do you guys think about the future of the plasmify branch?
>
>     I'd still appreciate to see a screenshot :) Generally though I'm pro
>     plasmification. Let's merge it in :)
>
>
> of course. i actually have a broken amarok right now because VBoxLayout in plasma is broken (any applet in plasma that uses VBoxLayout crashes...)
> but i'll get one up as soon as i can.
>
> leo 
I want it.  Bad.  So bad.  Oooh.  Oh yeah.  Plasma.  Oh.  Oh Plasma.