[Administrativa] Re: [kde-solaris] status on kde3.1: screenshot

Eva Brucherseifer kde-solaris@mail.kde.org
Tue Feb 18 14:10:14 2003 

Sorry for this large mail, it slipped through my fingers :-(

As a general rule: The size limit of an email is 40k since many of us read 
mail behind a phone line. If you have data >40k, please put it on a server 
and mail the link, so that people can choose wether to download or not. If 
it's only a little larger, I usually let it pass.

Sorry again,
eva
list admin


On Tuesday 18 February 2003 05:42, Stefan Teleman wrote:
> Hi!
>
> For those interested, i am attaching a screen snapshot (png) of my Sun
> workstation's screen running KDE 3.1 -- taken 10 minutes ago. :-)
>
> --Stefan
>
> -----
>
> On Friday 14 February 2003 12:21, Cory C. Omand wrote:
> > Stefan,
> >
> > I would very much like a copy of your build environment - I don't
> > want to put you out the cost of postage and a CDR, however.  Is
> > there any way I could download this from some high bandwidth
> > location?  Maybe your work deserves a sourceforge project with some
> > download area?  In the event a download is impossible, you can mail
> > a CDR to this address:
> >
> > C. Omand
> > MSTP NWK10-206
> > 7777 Gateway Blvd.
> > Newark, CA  94560
> >
> > Send me your address in the packet, and I'll send you back a money
> > order for your trouble.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Cory.
> >
> > Stefan Teleman wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > To begin, i would like to thank everyone for their kind and
> > > supportive replies. I am very very happy to work on this project.
> > >
> > > As far as my build environment at home goes:
> > >
> > > Sun Ultra 60 2x 360MHz UltraSPARC IIi 2GB RAM
> > > Elite 3DM6 graphics board
> > > SunOS starwars 5.8 Generic_108528-18 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-60
> > > Forte-7 with patches (32-bit)
> > > Forte-7 flags:
> > > -features=%all,extensions -instances=extern -library=Crun,Cstd
> > > -template=wholeclass,extdef -verbose=template -xO3
> > > -xtarget=ultra2 -xarch=v8plus -dalign -xprefetch=yes -xlibmopt
> > > -mt -D_REENTRANT
> > >
> > > What i have finished porting and i am currently running:
> > > qt-x11-free-3.1.1
> > > arts-1.1
> > > kdelibs-3.1
> > > kdebase-3.1
> > > kdenetwork-3.1
> > > kdemultimedia-3.1
> > > kdebindings-3.1
> > > kdeaddons-3.1
> > > kdeadmin-3.1
> > >
> > > Non-KDE packages:
> > > kbear-2.1 (works very very well)
> > >
> > > What i am currently working on:
> > > kdegraphics-3.1
> > > kdegames-3.1
> > >
> > > Additional libraries:
> > > libpng-1.2.5
> > > libmng-1.0.0
> > > libjpeg-6.2.0
> > > libtiff-3.6.0
> > > libxml and libxslt (Gary Pennington's port)
> > > libpango-1.0
> > > libglib-2.2.1
> > > libatk-1.0
> > > libgdk-2.2.1
> > > libgtk-2.2.1
> > > libfreetype-6.3.2
> > > libxine-1.0beta4
> > >
> > > I have built (and in some cases ported the code here and there
> > > for minor fixes) all these additional libraries with Forte-7.0 on
> > > my Sun box, since i want to provide a clean and consistent KDE
> > > release. My plan is to package all the required extra libraries
> > > into a separate package (calling it requiredlibs or something),
> > > so everyone can use the fully consistent build.
> > >
> > > Yes, i would definitely like to have these fixes incorporated
> > > into the main source tree, no question about it. I wouldn't want
> > > to cause a code branch in KDE, since that quickly becomes so
> > > difficult to maintain and merge.
> > >
> > > A lot of the fixes pertain to declaring and implementing
> > > bool::operator==(const T& t) const and
> > > bool::operator< (const T& t) const, for those types which are
> > > used in containers (std::list<T> and QValueList<T>) -- the
> > > compiler does not generate these operators automatically (nor is
> > > it required to :-). In some cases, the operators were declared
> > > and implemented non-const, so the compiler rejected them. Many
> > > other fixes came down to my implementing the sigaction(2)
> > > interface for signal handlers, as opposed to the original
> > > implementation with BSD-ish signal(3C), which Forte does not like
> > > very much in C++ (had to write the whole song and dance extern
> > > "C" signal handler function and function pointer and so on)..
> > >
> > > A lot of problems in khtml/* (and elsewhere) were caused by GCC's
> > > -foverloaded-virtual flag, which is not available on Forte, and
> > > because of which, many member functions were not declared virtual
> > > when they should have been, or they were declared virtual in a
> > > leaf inherited class, and not starting at the base. This lead to
> > > run-time linker errors (undefined virtual table symbol in these
> > > classes, tons of undefined symbols mayhem, etc), which are very
> > > hard to catch without testing thoroughly.
> > >
> > > I would be very happy to burn you a CD with a snapshot of my work
> > > area and mail it to you. It's no trouble at all for me to do
> > > this, i have already promised the same thing to two other guys
> > > who are also interested in this. I can do it this coming weekend,
> > > since it's a 3-day weekend. :-) My only caveat: for your own
> > > sanity, please do not re-run 'configure'. :-) It will re-generate
> > > the Makefiles, and i had to hand-patch all the Makefiles one by
> > > one, because the linker flags are not being generated correctly,
> > > and because sometimes the Makefiles are generated with bogus
> > > blank lines which cause make to croke.
> > >
> > > The two applications which are currently still giving me grief:
> > > - Konqueror in web mode (i probably need to redo a full clean
> > > build from scratch of everything, because i've been patching
> > > khtml like crazy and rebuilding it locally, which usually leads
> > > to a big mess) -- it connects to the web site, then suddenly dies
> > > with SIGBUS -- this smacks of a bad build and/or inconsistent
> > > symbols.
> > > - Noatun -- sometimes it works, sometimes it SIGSEGV because it
> > > can't create a Noatun::Session object (in Engine::initArts(),
> > > d->session is NULL after Arts::DynamicCast()). I'm still
> > > scratching my head on this one. :-) I have seen this problem
> > > reported on the 'net on other platforms, but haven't found any
> > > post as to how to fix it -- i feel so alone on this one :-). I
> > > really want to fix this one because when Noatun decides to work,
> > > it's a beauty.
> > >
> > > Everything else works beautifully -- Konqueror in file manager
> > > mode is a beauty, the cd-player rocks, the sound quality is
> > > fantastic even with no speakers, the icons are _great_ --  they
> > > render extremely quickly, and the speed is very very nice!
> > >
> > > Just let me know where to send the CD -- it's really no problem
> > > for me to burn it and send it to you -- actually i'm dying to try
> > > out my new Yamaha (24x write mode) CD-burner on my Sun :-).
> > >
> > > I'd like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding.
> > > I will try my best to make it worth the wait. After i'm done with
> > > the 32-bit version, i'm moving on to 64-bit. :-)
> > >
> > > Once again, thank you everyone for the very kind and encouraging
> > > words. :-)
> > >
> > > --Stefan
> > >
> > > ----
> > >
> > > On Thursday 13 February 2003 12:56, Cory C. Omand wrote:
> > >>Stefan,
> > >>
> > >>Are you compiling on Solaris 8 or 9?  If you are setting up on 8,
> > >>could I get a copy of your sources to compile a similar set of
> > >>packages for S9?  What sort of build environment are you using?
> > >>Have you considered a setup like GAR?
> > >>
> > >>Regards,
> > >>C. Omand
> > >>
> > >>Stefan Teleman wrote:
> > >>>Hi!
> > >>>
> > >>>Here is my status update:
> > >>>
> > >>>I am currently running (on my Sun Ultra 60 box) KDE 3.1 compiled
> > >>>with Forte 7:
> > >>>qt-3.1.1
> > >>>arts-1.1
> > >>>kdelibs-3.1
> > >>>kdebase-3.1
> > >>>kdenetwork-3.1
> > >>>kdemultimedia-3.1
> > >>>kdeaddons-3.1
> > >>>
> > >>>Since my original post, i have been fixing a lot of bugs in kio,
> > >>>khtml/css, khtml/dom, khtml/ecma and khtml/xml, and in many
> > >>> other places too (kdemultimedia, kdebase, kdenetwork), which
> > >>> made the code very unstable (amongst others, missing
> > >>> implementations of member functions declared in the header
> > >>> file). Unfortunately, every build iteration takes me about 4
> > >>> days, since i can only work on this in my free time (evenings
> > >>> weekdays and weekends), after which i test for about 3 days,
> > >>> and i fix whatever bugs i find. So, this comes to about one
> > >>> build a week. I am myself extremely anxious to finally post my
> > >>> port in Sun pkg format, online, so that everyone can try it
> > >>> out, and hopefully enjoy it. But, i don't feel comfortable
> > >>> making a release when i know for a fact there are still bugs
> > >>> which need to be addressed. Not to mention that, if i post a
> > >>> buggy, i will probably get flamed. :-)
> > >>>
> > >>>So, i am kindly asking everyone to bear with me for a little,
> > >>>while i fix these bugs and i come up with a nice, clean and
> > >>>stable release. I would like to assure everyone that i am
> > >>> working very hard on this port and, as soon as i have a stable
> > >>> (and relatively bug-free) build, i will post it online.
> > >>>
> > >>>Thanks everyone for understanding. :-)
> > >>>
> > >>>--Stefan
> > >>>
> > >>>-----
> > >>>
> > >>>On Wednesday 12 February 2003 04:21, Matthew Day wrote:
> > >>>>it's been alittle while since i've heard anything, i know a few
> > >>>>of you were trying to build 3.1 using the forte compiler for
> > >>>>solaris. How are these attempts going? does anyone have
> > >>>> packages yet? I'd dearly like to make them avaliable on my
> > >>>> website for everyone.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>not to mention i'd like to try it myself, and have a solaris
> > >>>>install coming up next week :-)
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Matt
> > >>
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