Frameworks Overview

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Tuesday 24 September 2013, Ben Cooksley wrote:
> On Sep 24, 2013 7:33 AM, "Alexander Neundorf" <neundorf at kde.org> wrote:
> > On Monday 23 September 2013, Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> > > Hey,
> > > 
> > > On Monday, September 23, 2013 00:27:21 Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
> > > > On Thursday 19 September 2013 Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> > > > > http://community.kde.org/Frameworks/Overview
> > > > 
> > > > I have put the data on Inqlude (see http://inqlude.org/edge.html).
> > > 
> > > Thanks. One issue though, we're duplicating incomplete information that
> 
> is
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> > > in flux. (For example, I know of at least one framework that has been
> > > added to tier2 (I think) since last week. The information will need
> > > constant updating for a few more months. Having it in to places doesn't
> > > make that easier.
> > > 
> > > Can I update the info on inqlude.org somehow, so we can ditch the wiki
> > > version?
> > > 
> > > > It would be nice, if we could improve the presentation of the
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> different
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> > > > libraries along with the code. The goal of Inqlude is to make them
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> easily
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> > > > accessible not only to us, but also to Qt developers who don't
> > > > necessarily know anything about KDE or might have (more or less
> 
> founded)
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> > > > objections against using KDE libraries. To reach this we'll need to
> > > > present KF5 in a bit  more independent way, and make sure that each
> > > > library can stand on its own.
> > > 
> > > Technically, this is the current focus. We're splitting kdelibs.
> > > 
> > > As to communication, it probably needs a bit of boilerplate. (Which the
> > > bits I wrote don't contain purposefully.) Otherwise, you're right, we
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> need
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> > > to work on the presentation side here.
> > 
> > IMO, if projects.kde.org would have the wiki enabled, the project pages
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> there
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> > could be an easy way to have simple homepages for all the frameworks:
> > https://projects.kde.org/projects/kdesupport/attica
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> Due to maintenance and performance concerns, sysadmin would like to move
> away from Chiliproject.

Oh, really ?
What alternatives are you looking at ?
Personally I like redmine/chili a lot.

> Enabling the wiki would complicate this when a
> replacement is found.
> 
> It would also create competition with the main wikis.

I don't think so.
As Cornelius put it "To reach this we'll need to present KF5 in a bit 
more independent way, and make sure that each library can stand on its own."
IMO a kind of separate home page for each library is part of that.

Alex