[Digikam-devel] Future plans : 0.9.2-final and KDE4 port...

[Achim Bohnet]

On Wednesday, 13. June 2007, Fabien wrote:
> Hi Gilles and everybody,
> 
> Gilles Caulier wrote:
> >
> > See below the future digiKam plans :
> > 
> > [...]
> 
> Don't you think it's time to use a new version numbering schema ?
> 
> I think digiKam has reached its stability point.
> For most people, when you see a 0.9.x version, it means the software is 
> quite close to a stable 1.0 version.
> Using version 0.10 let digiKam looks as an immature software that lacks 
> reliability and features. And I definitively think it's not the case !
> 
> Creating a 1.0 version would put digiKam under spotlight and that would 
> be great...
> I also think it's important to clearly separate kde3 versions and kde4 
> version.
> 
> This is why I make the following proposal :
> 
> - create a 1.0.0 for the next digiKam version (instead of 0.9.2)
> 0.9.3 would be 1.0.1
> 
> - use 2.0 for kde4 port

I like the 1.* -> KDE3,  2.* KDE4 idea too.

Achim
> 
> 
> 
> > DIGIKAM 0.9.3 RELEASE:
> > ------------------------------------
> > 
> > DIGIKAM 0.10.0 RELEASE (KDE4 PORT):
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > This is the future : the famous KDE4/Qt4/CMake port....
> > 
> > 
> > How many time will take KDE4 port ?
> > 
> > Good question : this depand of free time available. There are some 
> > scripts to use to simplify task, but personally i don't like script 
> > source code converters (:=))). The code can be completly unreadable and 
> > this is not the better way to learn the new API.
> > 
> > I think we can plan to have a full port of digiKam for september (2007 
> > of course)...
> 
> As an end user, I think it's too early to migrate to KDE4. I think it 
> would have been better to do that in around 6 months...
> Personaly, I won't migrate to KDE4 before at least 1 year. I'm also 
> curious to see when distributions will put KDE4 by default. I guess it's 
> better to have kde4 desktop with some kde3 softs than the contrary, but 
> maybe I'm wrong ?
> 
> But, I fully understand that developpers are willing to migrate very 
> soon :) And you, developpers, work hard enough to choose whenever to 
> want to use new kde4, so I won't complain :)
> 
> --
> Fabien
> 
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