Proposal: kde-libs.org, a repository of contributed libraries

[Aleix Pol]

On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 6:28 PM, kdea <k.dea at mail.com> wrote:
> I didn't know https://inqlude.org/ . Some things I see:
>
> - It seems to be for big libraries, not for little, user-contributed libraries.
How is something good for big libraries but not for small?
Also users won't contribute libraries, it will be developers.

> - It seems to be for C++ qt libraries, not for pure qml plasmoid libraries.
Can you point to one library that fits such use-case other than your
one component?

> - It seems to be an index of libraries, not a repository of libraries.
It can be whatever we like. It's free software and it's KDE.

> I proposed something similar to http://kde-apps.org/ (but for libraries instead of programs) because it is a repository (stores the software), allows browsing/searching by cathegory (a cathegory could be "qml plasmoid libraries"), it is easy to upload the software by the author, and it is easy to browse/search software by the visitors. So it is ideal as a repository for little, contributed libraries. In few words, the bazaar model in the free software ecosystem.
>
> Perhaps https://inqlude.org/ can evolve to something like that, but in this moment I think that http://kde-apps.org/ could be easily adapted to the proposal.
>
> Thank you
>
>
> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2016 at 1:22 AM
> From: "Aleix Pol" <aleixpol at kde.org>
> To: "plasma-devel at kde.org" <plasma-devel at kde.org>
> Subject: Re: Proposal: kde-libs.org, a repository of contributed libraries
> On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 1:47 PM, kdea <k.dea at mail.com> wrote:
>> Hi, yesterday I published a new version of my "Take a break" plasmoid (
>> http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Take+a+break?content=174127 ). It now
>> includes a little-but-useful library, "TextSize.qml", that contains a
>> description and an example of use.
>>
>> Is there any repository of contributed libraries, where I can upload the
>> library to, and where other developers can easily browse/find libraries to
>> (re)use in their plasmoids?
>>
>> If not, I would like to propose to create such repository. For example, it
>> could be similar to "http://kde-apps.org/[http://kde-apps.org/]" page, but only for libraries
>> (let's say "http://kde-libs.org/[http://kde-libs.org/]"). The users of the page would be
>> developers, and the "things" uploaded/downloaded/browsed/searched would be
>> libraries, instead of programs.
>>
>> In this way, before developing a new plasmoid, the developer would search
>> for reusable libraries, contributed by other developers. I think it would
>> promote the creation of modular plasmoids, with more reusable parts, and the
>> sharing of solutions to common problems.
>
> Isn't that what inqlude.org should be?
>
> Aleix
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