"kde5" or "kf5" ?
Alexander Neundorf
neundorf at kde.org
Sat Feb 16 17:41:34 UTC 2013
On Saturday 16 February 2013, Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> On Saturday, February 16, 2013 10:49:11 Kevin Ottens wrote:
> > On Saturday 16 February 2013 10:31:38 Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > AFAIK KDE based on KDE frameworks will not be KDE 5, but still KDE4.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > So... I noticed that we install some things to directories containing
> > > "kf5", e.g.
> > > _set_fancy(PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR "${QT_PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR}/kf5")
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > but several other things to "kde5":
> > > set(BUNDLE_INSTALL_DIR "/Applications/KDE5")
> > > _set_fancy(LIBEXEC_INSTALL_DIR "${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}/kde5/libexec")
> > > _set_fancy(XDG_APPS_INSTALL_DIR
> > > "${SHARE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/applications/kde5"
> > > )
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I think this should be consistent, either "kf5" (which looses the KDE
> > > in it) or "kde5".
> >
> > I remember having that discussion with David at some point, if I manage
> > to
> >
> > retranscribe the conclusion properly, it was something along the lines of:
> > * If that's where we install parts of the frameworks or runtime
> >
> > dependencies of frameworks it should say kf5;
> >
> > * If that's where we install application parts or metadata it should say
> >
> > kde5.
> >
> > So in your example above the use of kf5 vs kde5 doesn't bother me much
> > except for probably libexec which is likely about runtime dependencies
> > of frameworks.
>
> There is no kde5.
>
> Everything refering to software, pathes and all that should be kf5. It does
> not make sense for our libs, neither does it make sense for frameworks.
>
> (Branding point of view, ignore at will. :P)
The tool kde4-config has also been renamed to kde5-config.
So if we go with "kde5", I don't see a strong reason to use "kf5" in the
plugin install directory.
Alex
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