[Kde-imaging] Adding kipi plugin, do I need to become KDE developer

[Kevin Dalley]

Another question.

Can I add a menu item to the services menu.

I want to open photivo by clicking on an image, pulling up a menu, and 
choosing photivo.

I want the behavior to be similar to the "Open With" menu.

On 07/03/2013 10:00 AM, Kevin Dalley wrote:
> Sticking it in a branch is a good idea. While my plugin/photivo change
> works for me, there are sure to be a few changes before the final release.
>
> Photivo developers also talk about using digikam database directly,
> which would be great, but may be delayed.
>
> Benjamin, you are right, I am getting the digikam information into the
> file processed by photivo, which can then be read by digikam. The data
> in the 2 files should be nearly identical; photivo changes a few items,
> of course.
>
> I might borrow the plugin name.
>
> I sympathize with the student. Over the years, I have often been an open
> source developer. I was the GNU findutils maintainer for a while. Then I
> ran out of free time. Fortunately, these photivo/kipi changes are far
> enough along to be useful now. I will try not to drop out until the
> changes go out. :).
>
> On 07/03/2013 06:13 AM, Benjamin Girault wrote:
>> 2013/7/3 Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>:
>>> I propose to take a developer account and to put your code in a
>>> dedicated kipi-plugins branch to review it and prepare for production.
>>>
>>> Current photivo plugin is disabled at compilation time...
>>>
>>> Also, i would to know the viewpoint of Benjamin Girault (in this room)
>>> who have follow student last year about this project.
>>
>> Go ahead, the student who wrote this piece of code never showed up
>> again to finish what he started, even though he told me he would when
>> I contacted him. I am really disappointed by him and I am pretty sure
>> this code will never be finished. I have no problem with you using its
>> name for your plugin.
>>
>> Concerning the goal of his plugin, I think it was to get information
>> from a file processed by photivo and display them in digiKam, which is
>> the opposite of what your doing (but I may be wrong). Both
>> integrations are interesting, and I would be happy to see a better
>> interaction between the two softwares.
>>
>> --
>> Benjamin
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