[Kde-hardware-devel] 2009 introspective

[Sebastian Kügler]

On Tuesday 05 May 2009 16:01:38 Adriaan de Groot wrote:
> On Monday 04 May 2009 21:53:48 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > I'm putting together a "where are we now, where are we going" snapshot of
> > as many of the "big pieces" in KDE 4 as possible, and I'd like some input
> > from you on Solid.
>
> All in all, I don't think there has been a tremendous amount of discussion
> on this list, not about Solid or anything else.
>
> > * What have been the defining achievements in the last year?

* Getting a rather complete and well-integrated powermanagement framework into 
  KDE: PowerDevil (including KCM, Plasma applet as primary UIs)

* Not sure if it belongs here (but it has to go somewhere): multi-head support 
thanks to the Kephal library

> Best I can come up with -- but then I'm not in much of a position to know
> what Solid should do, so for me it's a matter of "USB plugging works on my
> systems" -- is that there are better plans for UPnP integration across the
> KDE desktop, with at least three "rival" non-communicating disconnected
> efforts going on (Amarok internals, coherence, Jolie and network:/ are
> keywords here).
>
> > * What are the main focus points and or goals for the project in 2009?

* Network management is from my POV the single most lacking component right 
now. Development of it is well underway though, and it might be releasable as 
early as this summer
* More platform independence (Solid backends for Solaris, Win32 and Mac would 
be nice). Not sure if that's interesting enough for somebody to work on.

> I'll leave that for Kevin.
>
> > As an example of what I'm looking for, here's the answer set of Plasma:
>
> Thanks for the example; I'm not sure that this list (as distinct from what
> Solid does) is in any shape to answer as comprehensively as you have.

I don't think it's that bad. The fact that not a lot is happening on this list 
doesn't mean nothing's happening. Solid is actually one of those technologies 
that are rather stable in its core, thanks to Kevin, and now being integrated 
in lots of applications and add-ons.

We can surely come up with more interesting bits, I'll think about it (and 
poke Kevin, I'm meeting him later today).
-- 
sebas

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