[Nepomuk] Nepomuk on Windows and Mac

[Patrick Spendrin]

Am 18.04.2012 22:42, schrieb logic.cpp:
> BH
> 
> Hello!
> Noob here with aspirations to develop a "semantic desktop file explorer" application where you can easily organize and find your files/content semantically instead of through the traditional directory tree explorers.
> 
> Question:
> What are the chances of developing a Nepomuk-based application for Windows and Mac?

For windows I can give you some overview of the current state:

Most of the required binaries can be build so the following issues remain:
Setting up a system where nepomuk actually does work (with indexer
running and the required database server). And the second big issue:
Make a distributable system out of it, meaning that you do not only need
to get that running on your developer system, but also on the users'
systems. This requires to make an installer which sets everything up for
the user etc.

> 
> If it is indeed possible, how can it be done; What are the dependencies / prerequisites? What parts need to be built from code? Are there any Linux-specific parts that need to be manually edited/ported?

Given that there is already dolphin available on Windows (only without
working nepomuk), you might rather want to try out getting dolphin to
work with nepomuk than to redo the work for the explorer part.

If you are really interested in developing such an application I could
at least give you some ideas where & how to start on windows.

> 
> Thank you

regards,
Patrick