KDE4 Vision Document

[Robert Knight]

> Currently available resources:
> [1] Goals and Suggestions, pre-KDE4.0
> http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/Goals

Unfortunately that document is useless.  It ended up with an
unstructured mix of vague TODOs from developers, feature requests from
unknown community members and follow up discussion.

> [2] Release Goals for KDE 4.1
> http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.1_Release_Goals

That looks like it could end up in a similar state, just a random list
of things roughly related to what is going on in KDE 4.1

Taking a look at Ubuntu for example and you can see that they organise
their goals as a series of blueprints for each release each one has
the usual assignee, priority, description and most importantly use
case, rationale.  Presumably those people here who work for a living
have something along those lines in their job as well.

Aaron of course has given many presentations on the subject so he can
probably give the most well articulated point of view.  What is
largely missing is a mapping from "the fluffy stuff" to concrete
implementation details.

Regards,
Robert.

On 21/02/2008, Allen Winter <winter at kde.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 February 2008 19:33:09 Celeste Lyn Paul wrote:
>  > Is there a formal KDE4 Vision statement anywhere?  I know there have been
>  > various blog posts and pages about the direction of KDE4, but I don't
>  > remember ever finding a formal Vision/Concept of Operation statement.
>  >
>  > Having and maintaining this document (I assume in techbase?  where else
>  > would it go?) is extremely important for all contributors.  Having this
>  > document is a necessary first step before backfilling on any user research
>  > and usability work in the future.
>  >
>
>
> Currently available resources:
>  [1] Goals and Suggestions, pre-KDE4.0
>  http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/Goals
>
>  [2] Release Goals for KDE 4.1
>  http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.1_Release_Goals
>
>  [3] Links to many other KDE4.0 and KDE4.1 Release Team docs
>  http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules
>
>  A real vision doc would be wonderful.
>
>
>  -Allen
>
>
>