RFC: problems with splitting up kdebase

[Dirk Mueller]

Hi, 

it was a sort of long term TODO for Beta1 to split up kdebase into individual 
pieces, at least ripping out workspace so that non-X11 users do not have to 
download/compile it. It also helps to straighten out our dependencies and to 
make sure that no hard dependency is added for non-X11 platforms. 

Right now, I'm in a state where this is almost possible, except for the 
following problems: 

a) apps/konqueror needs orc.kde.org.kdesktop.*.xml from workspace/kdesktop

b) various apps/* need workspace/kicker 

b) workspace/kicker and workspace/kdesktop needs libkonq from apps/lib/konq

c) workspace/ksmserver needs runtime/solid in order to compile. 

Unfortunately, kicker can't be disabled yet because it installs 
plasma/kpanelapplet.h which is needed by many other modules. 

IMHO it makes most sense for runtime to be separate (after all, it is runtime 
and not compile-time) from the rest. solid however breaks that. 

Also, IMHO it makes most sense if apps can use workspace as an optional 
dependency. This means that workspace must be compiled before apps, and 
workspace can not depend on apps (here is the kicker problem again). 

Comments, opinions?

Thanks,
Dirk