[Okular-devel] Lastest Okular in Windows

[Albert Astals Cid]

El Dilluns, 10 de novembre de 2014, a les 11:40:52, Paul Manners va escriure:
> Hi Albert,
> 
> From reading more KDE documentation, I understand that there is now a
> switch to KF5 as the underlying libraries of KDE applications.  I see that
> you have made quite a few commits to the okular git repository - are you
> able to tell me what the status is of Okular and KF5 integration/rework?

It is work in progress.

> I'm assuming that to get the latest version of Okular working (whether on
> Windows or Linux), that I would have to make sure that all the KF5
> dependencies are satisfied, right?

No, the next version of Okular is not yet basd in KF5.

Cheers,
  Albert

> 
> regards
> Paul
> 
> On 8 November 2014 20:04, Albert Astals Cid <aacid at kde.org> wrote:
> > El Dissabte, 8 de novembre de 2014, a les 18:26:45, Paul Manners va
> > 
> > escriure:
> > > Hi Albert,
> > > 
> > > I tried their IRC channel a few times at different times of the day but
> > > didn't get any responses.  I didn't want to cross-post but I'll give it
> > > a
> > > try in the next day or two if I don't hear anything back here.
> > > 
> > > Thanks for the response, and apologies if my question is slightly OT for
> > > this list.
> > 
> > Don't worry, it's not off topic, it's just that not many of use have
> > much/any
> > experience building Okular on Windows and i think the kde on windows
> > people
> > have more (not sure if they hang around here or not).
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> >   Albert
> >   
> > > Cheers
> > > Paul
> > > 
> > > On 8 November 2014 17:46, Albert Astals Cid <aacid at kde.org> wrote:
> > > > Hi, i think this question is probably better suited in the kde-windows
> > > > mailing
> > > > list than here.
> > > > 
> > > > Have you tried there?
> > > > 
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > 
> > > >   Albert
> > > > 
> > > > El Dissabte, 8 de novembre de 2014, a les 10:24:02, Paul Manners va
> > > > 
> > > > escriure:
> > > > > Good day,
> > > > > 
> > > > > I'm wanting to try out the latest version of Okular in Windows. 
> > > > > I've
> > > > 
> > > > spent
> > > > 
> > > > > some time reading though the documentation on KDE for Windows
> > 
> > Initiative
> > 
> > > > > site as well the okular website, forums, IRC and mailing lists.  I'm
> > > > 
> > > > trying
> > > > 
> > > > > to find a path of least resistance but the details I've found are
> > 
> > from
> > 
> > > > > posts that go back quite some time, so I'm not sure of their
> > 
> > validity.
> > 
> > > > The
> > > > 
> > > > > same goes for the documentation, where the timestamps when they were
> > > > > last
> > > > > modified are also from a few years back.
> > > > > 
> > > > > My findings so far are:
> > > > > 
> > > > > - There's no new release of KDE for Windows that includes the latest
> > > > > version of Okular.  The last release was May 2013 with KDE 4.10.2.
> > 
> > It's
> > 
> > > > > not clear to me if this project has gone into hibernation or if it's
> > > > > just
> > > > > that there have been build issues and bugs along the way with the
> > 
> > more
> > 
> > > > > recent version of KDE.  Either way, it appears I would have to do a
> > > > 
> > > > custom
> > > > 
> > > > > build of KDE 4.14.2 in order to get the latest release of Okular on
> > > > 
> > > > Windows.
> > > > 
> > > > > - With doing a build in Windows, the key thing to me seems to be the
> > > > 
> > > > choice
> > > > 
> > > > > of build system: either MSVC or MinGW.  I don't see any theoretical
> > > > 
> > > > reason
> > > > 
> > > > > why the latest version of VS (2013) would not work, but from my
> > 
> > research
> > 
> > > > > one would definitely not want to go with anything less than VS2008
> > > > > or
> > > > > VS2010.  Use of the emerge tool seems to be the way to go.  I'm most
> > > > > familiar with GNU tool chain so that would be my preference, but was
> > 
> > not
> > 
> > > > > able to find out whether there is less pain going the GNU or MS
> > 
> > route.
> > 
> > > > > I
> > > > > do have a requirement to make this work in OS X, but that is only
> > > > 
> > > > something
> > > > 
> > > > > I will look at in the future and dependent on whether I can test
> > 
> > Okular
> > 
> > > > out
> > > > 
> > > > > in Windows.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Any pointers or validation of my current assessment of the situation
> > > > 
> > > > would
> > > > 
> > > > > be greatly appreciated.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > Paul
> > > > 
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