[Kde-pim] progress

[Jos Poortvliet]

OK. So, what about the following text (which isn't exactly how one
normally would write a happy release announcement, but we're FOSS, we
want to be realistic, right?):


The <a href="http://pim.kde.org/">KDE PIM</a> project has been busy
with the new infrastructure <a
href="http://pim.kde.org/akonadi/">Akonadi</a>, which is planned for
KDE 4.1. Their plans for the KDE 4.0 release ranged from improvements
(KBlog, Kalarm, <a
href="http://mikearthur.co.uk/index.php/2007/08/09/korganizer-journal-improvements/">KOrganizer</a>),
behaving like KDE 3.5 (KAddressbook, KMail) to "probably won't be
ready" (KPilot). Users would be able to use KDE PIM applications from
the 3.5 series, which have incorporated many fixes and improvements in
the last year, thanks to the work of the <a
href="http://www.kdab.com/">KDAB company</a> and other developers on
the enterprise branch. Those changes, mostly small features and many
bugfixes, will <a
href="http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-pim&m=119205551912005&w=2">probably
be merged back</a> into the KDE 3.5 series for a future release, and
the branch is already shipped by default by many distributions. Of
course, those improvements also made it into the KDE 4 versions of the
KDE PIM applications.


Now I would love some details, esp about KBlog and improvements in
general. Even just links to a commit. Much more interesting and funny
to read. And every other comment is fully welcome.

On 10/11/07, Allen Winter <winter at kde.org> wrote:
> On Thursday 11 October 2007 5:00:03 am Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I haven't seen too many blogs about the KDE pim progress in beta 3.
> > Could anyone write something about the current status and the
> > improvements done over the last few months? Preferably in a blog, so I
> > can link to it ;-)
> >
> Jos,
>
> An overview:
>
> KAlarm is moving ahead quite nicely, thanks to David.
>
> KOrganizer seems to be working pretty well.. I am doing
> some cleanups to the interface and other nits.  Nothing
> major.  There are some neat, new features in KOrg, though.
> Maybe the folks who wrote them (Brun, Loïc) could
> write about those features a little.   I do remember
> a couple of blogs from Loïc.
>
> KMail is blocked by KSSL, which is blocking KIO::TCPSlaveBase,
> which is blocking SMTP.  Also, IMAP isn't working.  But, Thomas
> and others have put a bunch of work into KMail.  If SMTP
> and IMAP were fixed I think KMail would be ok.
>
> Kontact also needs some love, but i doesn't seem to be that bad.
>
> I assume KMobiletools is operational.  I never tested it.
>
> Kevin has been giving KAddressbook some of his time.
> Kevin, perhaps a status report?
>
> KNode... no idea. Volker?
>
> Akregator.. no idea.  Frank?
>
> KNotes.  I think Guillermo has KNotes under control.
>
> KPIlot.. no idea.  vanRijn?
>
> ..and I still can't compile kitchensync
>
>
> I probably forgot some stuff.  But, basically, there is nothing
> earth-shattering.  KMail could be in trouble for the 4.0 Release.
>
> -Allen
>
>
>
>
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