Fwd: Plasma 5.2 bits for kdereview

Luigi Toscano luigi.toscano at tiscali.it
Thu Jan 8 16:41:17 GMT 2015


Sebastian Kügler ha scritto:
> On Wednesday, January 07, 2015 20:31:57 Albert Astals Cid wrote:
>>> Albert has said he's fine with KDE Applications depending on Plasma (I
>>> think)
>>> http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-frameworks-devel/2015-January/021332.htm
>>> l
>>
>> I said "I'm fine with KDE Applications depending on Plasma to improve 
>> workpsace integration" or something like that.
>>
>> BUT libkscreen and libmm-qt don't seem
>> workpsace-integration-improvement-libs  to me but basic libs to access
>> system stuff.
> 
> libkscreen is mainly for reading and settings X configuration. That's quite 
> workspace-specific. For use-cases typical for apps, there's way easier API 
> (QScreen, for example).

Fair enough.

> 
> libmm-qt ... I dunno, why would an app use it? (I can construct a weird use-
> case, but in the end, information about modem setup is a system / workspace-
> specific feature, not something typically done in apps.

Would it be needed if you want to create a Qt-only NetworkManager
configurator? If yes, then it's not workspace only.


> There are no hard boundaries, much depends on interpretation, but given it's 
> debatable, I think keeping these things together in kde/workspace makes sense.

Can this be revisited anytime if other users could be interested?

Ciao
-- 
Luigi




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