KDevelop 1.3 release

[Richard Moore]

John Birch wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:14, Richard Moore wrote:
> > John Birch wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > We _really_ need to port 1.3 to kde2.0. I've been looking at this and
> > > have a script that does a lot of the mechanical work from kde1 to kde2.
> > > But there's a lot of work left.
> >
> > I'm willing to help with this - I've written a number of 1.x->2.x
> > ports and getting a basic version running is usually a fairly
> > simple task. KDevelop is a pretty complex app, but I think porting
> > it can be done in a couple of weeks.
> Yup - it's just work - not too much thinking to do...
> 
> >
> > > I would be willing to start this asap _after_ we release 1.3. Please lets
> > > get 1.3 out _then_ port it. Otherwise it's just messy and 1.3 is really
> > > close!
> >
> > Definitely - though it is possible that some code cleanups could
> > start before then. For example using QString and const QString &
> > where the code uses char * at the moment. This works fine on both
> > 1.x and 2.0, wheras the char *'s would be a bad idea under 2.0.
> 
> Clean-ups - Seductive, isn't it :-) I recommend we don't do this. It'll just
> delay 1.3. Let's just test and release then port...

Fair enough

> 
> >
> > > Remote debugging: Okay, it's not difficult, but I haven't any test bed
> > > for it so I left it alone. I talked to a few developers who wanted it but
> > > nothing eventuated, not even an offer to test :( So please go ahead.
> > >
> > > QT2.2 only version: Well, that might be a bit more work? Not thought
> > > about that, but interesting. This is probably a good idea. If I was a
> > > commercial company choosing to invest time into an IDE I'd pick one that
> > > works across platforms, over a linux only system.
> >
> > Much of this can be handled quite trivially using some macros,
> > though there would also be some additional work. I think Designer
> > is probably worth checking out as it does the same thing in the
> > other direction - a Qt app that uses macros to support KDE.
> 
> You're talking the 1.3 port, I assume? It'll be difficult to macro KParts for

Yes just the port, the 2.0 code is much more tightly bound to KDE.

> instance. And I suspect this wouldn't be easy even for the 1.3port. Please
> prove me wrong :-)

I'm not saying it's easy, but it should be possible.

Rich.

> 
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> 
> jbb
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