KDev4 SDK Single or Multiple Projects?

[Matt Rogers]

On Jan 29, 2007, at 6:04 PM, Andreas Pakulat wrote:

> Hi,
>
> this is an RFC about how the KDevelop4 SDK (whatever the name will  
> be at
> the end ;) should handle multiple projects.
>
> Option 1:
>
> One project per Application instance, this is what is currently
> implemented, the projectcontroller opens/closes a project and makes  
> sure
> all plugins are loaded properly
>
> Option 2:
>
> Multiple projects per App instance, this would need a major change in
> the project controller and it would also need a Ui element to display
> the list of projects
>
> The benefit of 2 would be that people don't need two instances of the
> app when working on related projects. Even if opening a project only
> takes a few seconds (which I doubt if plugins get unloaded/loaded) to
> open its still annoying to close a project just to make a small
> adjustment in another one.
>
> Of course we'd then need some Ui for 2, either by putting the projects
> all in our project manager, or by providing a list of them in a  
> separate
> view.
>
> I'd like to get feedback from the Quanta folks, do you need
> multiple-projects/app instance support? Would it be just a feature or
> something that users really need?
>
> Any comments welcome.
>
> Andreas
>

Multiple projects is what has been planned from the very beginning.

--
Matt