kdelirc news

[Burkhard Lück]

Am Donnerstag, 11. Februar 2010 15:33:09 schrieb Michael Zanetti:
> Hello kdeutils team,
> 
> We from kdelirc have made some major changes in branches/work/kdelirc. We
>  have refactored also the last parts from the old KDE3 version. The whole
>  framework is now much more extensible for future development.
> 
> Also, since lircd handling has moved to solid we should now be able to run
>  on other platforms and support different types of remotes.
> 
> During the rework also the UI changed a bit and we have moved the systray
>  app from a standalone app to a kded module.
> 
> Because of those major changes I think the name KDELirc doesn't fit any
>  more and would like to ask if I'm allowed to rename the application.
>  Currently we are going for "KRemoteControl" as a more generic name.
>  However, as we don't have an application in the menu any more (just a kded
>  service and a Remote Control Configuration kcmshell plugin) the name isn't
>  of any big importance any more. It's more how the directories in the
>  codebase are named. Anyways, if someone knows a better name (I know there
>  are some people who hate Ksomething names) I'm open for suggestions.
> 
> So if everyone (especially Friedrich) agrees with my proposal I would like
>  to merge the branch back in a month or so (when we are finished with
>  polishing the ui and bringing back the last outstanding features).
> 
Please don't forget to keep the documentation up to date ;-)

Thanks.
-- 
Burkhard Lück