KDE is All About the Apps; Autumn 2021

[Aleix Pol]

On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 6:01 PM Aleix Pol <aleixpol at kde.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> At the last goals sprint we discussed having another round of meetings
> to see how we have progressed since Akademy.
> https://www.proli.net/2021/08/07/kde-is-all-about-the-apps-an-akademy-2021-recap/
>
> To do so I'd suggest meeting by platforms and see what's the state of
> the topics we discussed at Akademy.
>
> Linux: https://framadate.org/3NOgc9PCQ9j4kGkm
> Android: https://framadate.org/RiGJHdcKyx1BJ2ff
> Windows: https://framadate.org/6VMz62bs4ee7MJpo
> Mac: https://framadate.org/f4q8T3UPhHncJFzu
>
> Feel free to register yourself to the meetings you would like to
> attend. If you think something is missing, feel free to reach out.
>
> Topics to discuss:
> - State of the CI, invent.kde.org
> - Adoption of the different apps
> - Make a living position for apps
> - Whatever we left TBD in the Akademy meeting
>
> Regards,
> Aleix

Here's the notes from the call today about KDE Windows.

- State of the CI, invent.kde.org
    - Ben is working on the docker image for windows and seeing how to
integrate with GitLab/invent
    - We might need more builders, hardware
    - TODO Hannah will see if we can get more hardware
    - TODO we need someone to help on the CI, maybe using docker directly

- Adoption of the different apps
    - there's several applications on the windows store
    - KDE Connect (Beta) crashes a lot
    - Kate & Okular seem fine
    - some applicatiosn are just linking to the
binary-factory.kde.org, which is not something to work in the longer
run
    - we could get apps somewhat easily on the windows store
    - common problems
        - which style? breeze?
        - installer size should be optimised sometimes
        - Icons!
        - autotools dependencies are no fun
    - static builds FTW?
    - Qt Patch Collection isn't tested for Windows

- Make a living position for apps
    - Helping CI/CD, Ask Ben
    - QA
    - Relay Feedback
    - Training Maintainers about what we need on the Microsoft Store
(existing training may be available)
    - centralising metadata information
    - Documentation for devs

- Whatever we left TBD in the Akademy meeting
    - Gone through it

- ARM builds
    - do we need binaries there?
    - what's the marketshare for microsoft windows? nobody knows