[kde-community] Proposal One: KDE (Core) Apps and Suites

[Albert Astals Cid]

El Dijous, 24 d'abril de 2014, a les 19:07:32, Vishesh Handa va escriure:
> On Thursday, April 24, 2014 12:02:38 PM Aleix Pol wrote:
> > > Next steps:
> > > - Work on the definition for the KDE Core Apps (for Desktop).
> > > - Decide on the applications that fulfill this definition.
> > > - Define the minimum requirements these core apps need to fulfill to be
> > > released.
> > > - See what other suites or groups are logical and possible.
> > > - Discuss and agree an development and review work for these core apps.
> > > - Decide on a name for the "core apps".
> > 
> > Sincerely I don't see the point of this proposal, we're already releasing
> > those core apps, and yes, they need better unit tests, and they need more
> > manpower, but I don't see how creating an this "Core Apps vs Suites" is
> > going to help with these issues.
> > 
> > Moreover I'm sure someone will be pissed off because his app is not
> > considered to be core.
> 
> I rather not use the word core.
> 
> > I think that what Mario meant here, is that we need to provide hints to
> > the
> > distributions regarding what applications should be shipped with a Plasma
> > Desktop installation.
> 
> +1
> 
> > What we currently call Plasma Desktop is not a full desktop suite because
> > it lacks many applications that, arguably, are not related to Plasma but
> > Plasma depends on, again like Dolphin.
> 
> I quite like this overall idea. Some points to consider -
> 
> * Considering that we're now pushing the "Plasma" brand. Perhaps we want to
> look at these apps as part of the full Plasma experience.

No, I don't want us to call "Okular" -> "Plasma Okular" or "Plasma Document 
Viewer" it goes against our messaging that our apps are not tied to our 
desktop and as as well useful elsewhere.

Cheers,
  Albert

> 
> * From a design point of view, this can mean that the applications can work
> more closely with integrating with Plasma and working with the Plasma team
> on having a good experience (Just a suggestion, there are pros and cons)
> 
> * It leads to some more healthy competition - Say multiple video players
> existed, we want all of them under the KDE Umbrella, but we just want one
> which is part of the "Plasma experience".
> 
> * We could possibly release all of these at the same time. (key word -
> possibly)