kdereview status updates

[Aaron J. Seigo]

hi all ...

kdereview/plasma is getting full again. huzzah!

unfortunately that means i need to go through all that stuff now .. ;) 

here's my thoughts on things, please comment ...

Applets
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incomingmsg: 
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verdict: this one should go into addons when it's ready, but it's not quite 
there yet...

* there are layout issues when added to the canvas (last icon pokes out below 
the standard background)
* when added to the panel it doesn't re-arrange itself to fit and creates 
layout havoc
* being able to activate the application by clicking on the icon would be 
really neat, but not a showstopper for inclusion


leavenote
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verdict: the leave note itself is ok, but the daemon is problematic?

* the daemon seems to be a kdedmodule, but is loaded in its own process
* what need is there for a daemon at all? this should go through knotify, no?


news
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verdict: move to kdeplasma-addons (i'd like rssnow in kdebase when it's ready)

* we probably will want to note that this is an "elegant" interface, with 
rssnow being "fancy" in the applet comment

paste
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verdict: this one is ok, but perhaps not quite ready to move yet

* when first added to the canvas it has a size issue: you can see this because 
the standard background is the wrong size at first until it is resized
* doesn't work in the panel either
* extensibility should probably be worked out first, e.g. extending with 
scripts, or ..?

weather_station
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verdict: move to kdeplasma-addons 

* this one is really nice, imo; we could probably improve the config dialog a 
bit
* when added to the panel it sizes alright .. but it looks odd. not a 
showstopper for addition as it doesn't mess up the rest of the panel, but this 
could probably become a PopupApplet
		

DataEngine
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exec
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verdict: move to kdebase

rss
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verdict: move to kdebase

* could use the same DataSource subcass pattern to get rid of some internall 
complexity, but generally already nice =)


Runners
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katesession
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verdict: move to kdeplasma-addons

recentdocuments
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verdict: move to kdebase

this one is a bit funny actually: it didn't work. it even had a "FIXME: 
doesn't work" comment on the line that didn't work. heh. please make sure 
things actually work before moving them to kdereview ;)


ScriptEngines
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qedjescript
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verdict: move to kdebase

there's still work to be done here, i think, such is with package installation 
(i get bad packages at times) and i have to LD_PRELOAD libeet though that's 
due to the qedje libs. however, it's in generally decent shape and can mature 
in kdebase where more people will also be able to test it.

-- 
Aaron J. Seigo
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