[Panel-devel] Panel-devel Digest, Vol 4, Issue 24

Damijan SELAN damijan.selan at siol.net
Thu Aug 25 14:26:14 CEST 2005 


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   1. Re: Another developer wishing to join... (Matt Broadstone)
   2. Re: Joining the team (Vinay Khaitan)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 17:42:19 -0400
From: Matt Broadstone <mbroadst at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Panel-devel] Another developer wishing to join...
To: panel-devel at kde.org
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On 8/24/05, Paul Drummond <paul.drummond at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> I am very interested in joining the KDE4/Plasma Team.
> 
> My name is Paul Drummond and I live in Sunderland in the UK.  I have four
> years professional experience developing C++ applications in Linux and
enjoy
> programming in Python Qt and PyQt.
> 
Hi there, welcome.

> At the moment I am trying to install KDE4.  Although I am interested in
> Plasma, I realise the priority at this stage is porting KDE4 but not sure
how
> closely related Plasma is to KDE4.
> 
Plasma is very closely related to KDE4. We are taking a few
apps(technologies if you prefer) from KDE3, merging them into one and
making it much more powerful in one fell swoop. Mind you we have
literally years to do this but that is the goal.

> For KDE4 development, do I use kde-devel or this mailing list?
Yes, for general kde development please use kde-devel. This ml, as you
may have guessed, is primarily for Plasma (though it has been known to
be used otherwise in the past ;) )

Anyway, welcome agian, if you need help getting back into things the
past few posts on the mailinglist have been directly related to this
line of question, so take a look. If all else fails, you'll find us
lurking on #Plasma.

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  -- Matt


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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 23:19:41 -0600
From: Vinay Khaitan <vkhaitan at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Panel-devel] Joining the team
To: wade at corefunction.com, panel-devel at kde.org
Message-ID: <56c5347705082422193a9d16c4 at mail.gmail.com>
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Don't you think, All of this should have gone to plasma Wiki ?
Well, I already though about contacting Aaron. I really feel,
manything is missing in plasma wiki for new developers. The wiki
should detail the process.


On 8/24/05, Wade Olson <wadejolson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Markus,
>  
>  Thanks for the email and welcome!
>  
>  I know that interest is booming for Plasma, which is turning into both a
> blessing and a curse for Aaron.  Hopefully with aKademy coming up shortly,
> more information and immediate tasks will be forthcoming.
>  
>  In the interim, for people who are just joining this young project, can I
> recommend:
>  * Give everyone a brief synopsis of your background
(student/professional,
> home country, software experience, KDE experience)
>  * List where you think you might fit in initially (and remember that not
> everyone can just step in and do the fun work of drawing on a whiteboard
and
> having legions do their C++ bidding)
>  * Do your project homework.  Learn as much about Plasma as you can from:
>      http://plasma.kde.org/cms/1086
>      http://plasma.kde.org/wiki/
>     
>
http://kde-artists.org/main/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,48/expv,0/board,
5.0
>      http://appeal.kde.org/wiki/Appeal
>      http://netdragon.sourceforge.net/ssuperkaramba.html
> (for historical reference)
>      Competitive analysis: Apple, MS, Gnome, 3rd party widgets
>  * Do your functional homework.  For example, if you plan on helping with
> usability, make sure you are familiar with sites like:
>      http://www.openusability.org/
>      http://www.kde.org/areas/guidelines/html/
>      (and many other interface guidelines...like apple.com's work)
>  Or, if you plan on coding, of course you want to be familiar with:
>      http://developer.kde.org/
>      http://www.trolltech.com/developer/
>      http://qtdeveloper.net/
>      Any site that help with OOA/OOD/Design Patterns
>  
>  These simple steps can help others learn more about you, help Aaron
> organize skill sets and person-power, and minimize initial delays due to
> lack of preparation.
>  
>  No matter how people feel about software development bureaucracy, there
are
> very basic project planning and resourcing tasks that have to be
coordinated
> with such a large disparate group forming so quickly.
>  
>  Not only is Plasma going to be unbelievable, but it's really going to get
> people to learn about more sophisticated programming techniques, usability
> and various testing methodologies.  I'd say this group is a microcosm of
> what going to go on with KDE in general as it expreiences growing pains.
>  
>  So welcome, and hold tight while things get organized, but hopefully
> there's plenty everyone can do in the meantime to sharpen their skills and
> familiarity.
>  
>  Wade
>  
>  *Note: This email does not necessarily reflect the views of those that
know
> their head from their arse.
> 
>  
> 
> On 8/24/05, Markus Hofmann <markus.hofmann at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> > 
> > I want to join the plasma team too.
> > 
> > For four weeks I read an interesting article about the plasma project
> > and I subscribed the mailing list. With the help of Hans I got kde4
> > compiled on my computer. 
> > 
> > I don't have experience in QT programming but I'm interested to learn.
> > 
> > I'm really motivated to help you.
> > 
> > Greeting
> > 
> > Markus
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