[Kexi-devel] What's new in KReport & KProperty & Predicate

Mon May 11 10:57:22 UTC 2015

Hi,
Update for KReport:
Both static (compiled in) and normal plugins load. We use the new
KPluginMetaData stuff.
I am working on example app that uses all this to show report preview,
then the report designer.

See the plugins-staniek branch of
ssh://git@git.kde.org/clones/kreport/staniek/work

commit bea4cc4e4d87fe42bca1239bb936c9ced94e76b2
Author: Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org>
Date:   Mon May 11 12:47:27 2015 +0200

    Cleanup the prerenderer a bit

commit 5737f59af4c618c0e711ea9421e2b0a033fc85f6
Author: Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org>
Date:   Mon May 11 11:41:07 2015 +0200

    Implement built-in and static plugins style API, use KPluginMetaData

commit c708a48c394c6937cc3519dd5c36124790118225
Author: Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org>
Date:   Sat May 9 21:35:51 2015 +0200

    Move internal includes to build-interface; more forwarding headers

commit 89522a401edb86f80fc7d3b3bd74e4e1308f6863
Author: Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org>
Date:   Fri May 8 01:39:00 2015 +0200

    build plugins/barcode/

commit 17cfa98c811ac8457b1031543ff301fd2b17446d
Author: Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org>
Date:   Fri May 8 01:37:47 2015 +0200

    add dep on KF5 CoreAaddons

commit 49205bee7ba3be6b6d57766f22d5aab21b259169
Author: Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org>
Date:   Fri May 8 01:36:39 2015 +0200

    share internal includes between plugins and tests

On 27 April 2015 at 18:06, Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org> wrote:
> 2.9.3 is tagged and will be released on 29th so no new fixes will go
> into this version. If you're interested (you are, right?) please keep
> finding reporting bugs/wishes for improvements so they'd be part of
> 2.9.4 (before May 23rd [1]). Browse forums, there are requests that
> have to be formulated a bit more clearly in form of bug reports. Don't
> afraid to ask and continue discussions.
>
> Thanks a lot to everyone who contributed to Kexi 2.9.3!
>
> In the meantime I am a back to porting 3.x again. This is the usual cycle.
>
> [1] https://community.kde.org/Calligra/Schedules/2.9/Release_Plan
>
> On 21 April 2015 at 09:33, Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org> wrote:
>> Hi
>> Update: 2.9.3 Tagging is set to April 25th, and I am planning to drag
>> some fixes to Kexi by that date.
>> I encourage you to join this effort this week by testing and reporting
>> any issues. Even small notes are helpful, especially if there's an
>> easy fix :)
>>
>> This means less work on the porting side until 26th.
>>
>> On 20 April 2015 at 00:54, Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> More updates: dirty code for the plugin manager: see my private clone
>>> of kreport.
>>>
>>>  commit 46e2f69fcdd77bb11b40fe73a03fbaafe060a479
>>>     add the initial plugins autotest (doesn't build for now)
>>>
>>> commit 0c681d4062cf58a606b454deaafb6c2bc0582038
>>>     Add a new plugin system (UNFINISHED)
>>>
>>>
>>> On 19 April 2015 at 21:54, Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org> wrote:
>>>> On 18 April 2015 at 19:27, Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org> wrote:
>>>>> New code in kreport, please read:
>>>>>
>>>>> + 1a13b092b091e0dd8cbe72d091a666ed6ee24eab Port KoPageFormat to Qt5
>>>>> + a730d9b164f9165fe326fd6833e7391c3d127e0c Port
>>>>> KGlobalSettings::smallestReadableFont()
>>>>> + 2627fcb9d787c271c6c7fd50f0aa1cc0bfbfbade Port from KTemporaryFile
>>>>> + 844a355f0367545ca0b7c3e3ca1a0d09c7c04f3b More ifdefs for scripting code
>>>>> + 6eef4d819113af81369cac0f445148e66ae782b4 most dependent libs are private
>>>>> + 4a1cdfe33d3af764dfee297da760d48f68578dcb Remove unused method declaration
>>>>> + c55078ae3c653c82feaf1428bc11de6e2318f2cb Temporarily disable ods/odt renderers
>>>>
>>>> 1. The above means KReport links, btw :)
>>>>
>>>> 2. I've added to https://community.kde.org/Kexi/Porting_to_Qt%26KF_5
>>>> the following:
>>>>
>>>> "Add tests and/or examples to KReport, make it easier to understand as
>>>> a framework; Port some code from Kexi Reports (e.g. KexiReportView) to
>>>> KReport "
>>>>
>>>> This means... larger refactoring would be needed in Kexi/KReport to
>>>> make this true. This is why I propose to have it in post-3.0. This
>>>> does not mean unit test cannot be added now. Please consider adding
>>>> that... KReport has none!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 16 April 2015 at 23:15, Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>> Update:
>>>>>> - I am keeping new changes to kreport in
>>>>>> http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=clones%2Fkreport%2Fstaniek%2Fwork.git
>>>>>> @Adam, could you please review? These big boring patches do not fit to
>>>>>> reviewboard too much.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - I am finalizing the plugin manager work for kreport to make it as
>>>>>> recommended in https://community.kde.org/Calligra/Schedules/3.0/Porting_Notes#Plugin_system
>>>>>>
>>>>>> See also the updated
>>>>>> https://community.kde.org/Calligra/Schedules/3.0/Porting_Plan for more
>>>>>> overview.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 13 April 2015 at 00:43, Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org> wrote:
>>>>>>> Update:
>>>>>>> - Everything what's enabled in KReport (the *Manager isn't) compiles
>>>>>>> - Predicate rename to KDb in progress, for code see my kdb branch or
>>>>>>> the scratch repo:
>>>>>>> http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=clones%2Fpredicate%2Fstaniek%2Fwork.git&a=shortlog&h=c7751f3846b9054244337c887836e28ccae485bd
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 9 April 2015 at 10:45, Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Please publish the patch as an attachment as we did before.
>>>>>>>> We're waiting for admins and systems to synchronize everything.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sure, I don't touch kreport to avoid conflicts :)
>>>>>>>> Just updating calligra frameworks branch to reflect changes that
>>>>>>>> happened to koproperty.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 9 April 2015 at 08:01, Adam Pigg <piggz1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Excellent, I've got a lot of changes to push to kreport, am I waiting for rb to work?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>>>>>>>>>   Original Message
>>>>>>>>> From: Jaroslaw Staniek
>>>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, 8 April 2015 11:45 PM
>>>>>>>>> To: kexi-devel at kde.org
>>>>>>>>> Reply To: Calligra Suite developers and users mailing list
>>>>>>>>> Cc: Calligra Suite developers and users mailing list
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: What's new in KReport & KProperty & Predicate
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>>> Update: KProperty and KReport frameworks have moved to the official places:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> git clone kde:kproperty
>>>>>>>>> git clone kde:kreport
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The page [1] has been updated accordingly.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Notes
>>>>>>>>> 0. Consider API and state of KProperty ready to use within Calligra
>>>>>>>>> (for now Kexi and Plan) and elsewhere (if someone is in need)
>>>>>>>>> 1. There won't be pushes with --force anymore for kproperty and kreport :)
>>>>>>>>> 2. The reviewboard will be available soon and all usual infrastructure
>>>>>>>>> you know from the KDE repos.
>>>>>>>>> 3. kreport still doesn't build fully (this is a dependency for porting
>>>>>>>>> of Kexi and Plan)
>>>>>>>>> 4. please coordinate planned changes with me, innocent changes such as
>>>>>>>>> file renames may set your patch hard to apply.
>>>>>>>>> 5. predicate stays in the scratch repo for some time awaiting history
>>>>>>>>> editing, until we get proper dir layout
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [1] https://community.kde.org/Kexi/Porting_to_Qt%26KF_5
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 6 April 2015 at 16:17, Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Update:
>>>>>>>>>> - cmake build scripts for KProperty and KReport are largely following
>>>>>>>>>> the conventions of KF5 and e.g. KDiagram
>>>>>>>>>> - KProperty now uses CamelCase filenames and (mostly) the convention
>>>>>>>>>> of KProperty prefix for class names (so the KoProperty namespace is
>>>>>>>>>> removed)
>>>>>>>>>> - Consider KProperty are almost ready for placing in the final
>>>>>>>>>> repository. Example app in examples/ subdir works.
>>>>>>>>>> - part of the KReport is ported to use QLatin1String where needed,
>>>>>>>>>> also some includes are fixed; Adam is helping with this right now
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> TODO:
>>>>>>>>>> - more QLatin1String and include fixes for KReport
>>>>>>>>>> - port KReport to the new KProperty naming conventions
>>>>>>>>>> - some test app for KReport would help us to verify it without waiting
>>>>>>>>>> for Kexi to be ported
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Feel free to test and report any ideas/issues.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 3 April 2015 at 01:07, Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>> There's a number of new commits in the temporary repos [0].
>>>>>>>>>>> A short update and proposed plans.
>>>>>>>>>>> Let's make them work, test them so they're not blockers for porting
>>>>>>>>>>> Kexi anymore.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> (we're assuming KF5 frameworks are installed from packages or built
>>>>>>>>>>> with the great kdesrc-build tool [1])
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> KProperty:
>>>>>>>>>>> - builds and installs
>>>>>>>>>>> - includes changes from Adam [2]
>>>>>>>>>>> - includes all changes from calligra/2.9
>>>>>>>>>>> - headers install to include/KProperty
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> KReport:
>>>>>>>>>>> - includes changes from Adam [3]
>>>>>>>>>>> - TODO: more build would work if "find_package(KProperty REQUIRED)" works
>>>>>>>>>>> - TODO: add the central CMakeLists.txt, like in KProperty, for now we
>>>>>>>>>>> have to build kreport/src/.
>>>>>>>>>>> - TODO: install headers to include/KReport
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Predicate:
>>>>>>>>>>> - not much recently, needs more patches ported from calligra/2.9,
>>>>>>>>>>> please help with this
>>>>>>>>>>> - soon also this [4]
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> All three:
>>>>>>>>>>> - TODO: dig in their central CMakeLists.txt files to make them
>>>>>>>>>>> configure similarly to KF5 packages so line such as "find_package(....
>>>>>>>>>>> REQUIRED)" adds necessary include path for the users of the libs;
>>>>>>>>>>> volunteers needed here
>>>>>>>>>>> - TODO: once we have all three usable, porting scripts will be in use
>>>>>>>>>>> - Note: no calligra activities from the 'frameworks' branch of
>>>>>>>>>>> calligra affect these 3 libs because the 'frameworks' branch no longer
>>>>>>>>>>> contains their code (so no merges from 'frameworks' are expected, only
>>>>>>>>>>> small merges by hand for bugfixes from calligra/2.9)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> [0] https://community.kde.org/Kexi/Porting_to_Qt%26KF_5
>>>>>>>>>>> [1] https://community.kde.org/Frameworks/Building
>>>>>>>>>>> [2] https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/123038/
>>>>>>>>>>> [3] https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/123039/
>>>>>>>>>>> [4] https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/122015/
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> regards, Jaroslaw Staniek
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> KDE:
>>>>>>>>>>> : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators
>>>>>>>>>>> : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org
>>>>>>>>>>> Calligra Suite:
>>>>>>>>>>> : A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org
>>>>>>>>>>> Kexi:
>>>>>>>>>>> : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi
>>>>>>>>>>> Qt Certified Specialist:
>>>>>>>>>>> : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> regards, Jaroslaw Staniek
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> KDE:
>>>>>>>>>> : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators
>>>>>>>>>> : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org
>>>>>>>>>> Calligra Suite:
>>>>>>>>>> : A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org
>>>>>>>>>> Kexi:
>>>>>>>>>> : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi
>>>>>>>>>> Qt Certified Specialist:
>>>>>>>>>> : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> regards, Jaroslaw Staniek
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> KDE:
>>>>>>>>> : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators
>>>>>>>>> : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org
>>>>>>>>> Calligra Suite:
>>>>>>>>> : A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org
>>>>>>>>> Kexi:
>>>>>>>>> : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi
>>>>>>>>> Qt Certified Specialist:
>>>>>>>>> : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek
>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>>> calligra-devel mailing list
>>>>>>>>> calligra-devel at kde.org
>>>>>>>>> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/calligra-devel
>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>>> calligra-devel mailing list
>>>>>>>>> calligra-devel at kde.org
>>>>>>>>> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/calligra-devel
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> regards, Jaroslaw Staniek
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> KDE:
>>>>>>>> : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators
>>>>>>>> : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org
>>>>>>>> Calligra Suite:
>>>>>>>> : A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org
>>>>>>>> Kexi:
>>>>>>>> : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi
>>>>>>>> Qt Certified Specialist:
>>>>>>>> : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> regards, Jaroslaw Staniek
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> KDE:
>>>>>>> : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators
>>>>>>> : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org
>>>>>>> Calligra Suite:
>>>>>>> : A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org
>>>>>>> Kexi:
>>>>>>> : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi
>>>>>>> Qt Certified Specialist:
>>>>>>> : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> regards, Jaroslaw Staniek
>>>>>>
>>>>>> KDE:
>>>>>> : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators
>>>>>> : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org
>>>>>> Calligra Suite:
>>>>>> : A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org
>>>>>> Kexi:
>>>>>> : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi
>>>>>> Qt Certified Specialist:
>>>>>> : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> regards, Jaroslaw Staniek
>>>>>
>>>>> KDE:
>>>>> : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators
>>>>> : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org
>>>>> Calligra Suite:
>>>>> : A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org
>>>>> Kexi:
>>>>> : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi
>>>>> Qt Certified Specialist:
>>>>> : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> regards, Jaroslaw Staniek
>>>>
>>>> KDE:
>>>> : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators
>>>> : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org
>>>> Calligra Suite:
>>>> : A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org
>>>> Kexi:
>>>> : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi
>>>> Qt Certified Specialist:
>>>> : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> regards, Jaroslaw Staniek
>>>
>>> KDE:
>>> : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators
>>> : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org
>>> Calligra Suite:
>>> : A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org
>>> Kexi:
>>> : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi
>>> Qt Certified Specialist:
>>> : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> regards, Jaroslaw Staniek
>>
>> KDE:
>> : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators
>> : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org
>> Calligra Suite:
>> : A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org
>> Kexi:
>> : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi
>> Qt Certified Specialist:
>> : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek
>
>
>
> --
> regards, Jaroslaw Staniek
>
> KDE:
> : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators
> : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org
> Calligra Suite:
> : A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org
> Kexi:
> : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi
> Qt Certified Specialist:
> : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek

-- 
regards, Jaroslaw Staniek

KDE:
: A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators
: and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org
Calligra Suite:
: A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org
Kexi:
: A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi
Qt Certified Specialist:
: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek