After KDE 4.1 release: GHNS and other issues

[Riccardo Iaconelli]

Il Thursday 31 July 2008 09:09:56 Kelly Miller ha scritto:
> Why?

Because with external C++ applets distributed on kde-look we will face the 
same problem that we're facing now - uninstallable applets show up and users 
get confused.

C++ applets should really be only released with kdeplasma-addons, so that for 
the user is one single package to compile and install, in case they want more 
stuff.

For inexperienced users is very hard to compile plasmoids they find online, 
and often they just give up or don't know what to do with the tarball they 
download.

On the other hand, with interpreted languages, you can make the installation 
and distribution easy for the people, as then it really just comes down to 
one click or drag and drop installation. And in 4.2, you will be able to 
package and upload it much more easily, too.

So, C++ is good as long as it's kept in KDE's SVN or as one collection of 
packages, but for the rest let's just use Javascript, Ruby, Python, or 
whatever binding you prefer.

Bye,
-Riccardo
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