Call for testing KF6-based version of RKWard

[DES Alfonso Cano Robles]

Hi.
I've been trying out this new build with AppImage on linux and I've noticed
that the filter search box in the workspace frame and in the dialog boxes
is not working at all (the icon to hide/show it is also missing).
I hope it helps.
Thank you,
Regards
Alfonso

El jue, 13 jun 2024 a la(s) 8:12 a.m., Thomas Friedrichsmeier (
thomas.friedrichsmeier at kdemail.net) escribió:

> Hi!
>
> Here's a short update on current progress towards a KF6 (aka KDE 6)
> based release of RKWard, and a call to start testing.
>
> As a bit of background, the transition from KF5 to KF6 is complicated
> by the fact, that some Linux distributions do not ship KF6 libraries,
> yet, and may not have them in their stable releases for a long time,
> while other distributions are already shipping some of our dependencies
> (importantly, kate) in a KF6-only version. To address this, I worked on
> getting out AppImage builds to a state that is (as far a I know) ready
> for productive use. Importantly, the AppImages can now be used with a
> full featured R installation on the host system.
>
> Of course, we plan on having Ubuntu daily builds, again, too, once
> backported KF6-libraries are available.
>
> AppImage packages - as well as Windows and Mac builds - are available
> from https://cdn.kde.org/ci-builds/education/rkward/master/ . Note that
> these packages are generated, automatically, straight from the
> development sources, and individual builds have not undergone human
> testing. That said, no major problems are currently expected on Linux
> and Windows, and we'll need your help to detect an address remaining
> issues!
>
> Unfortunately, on MacOS, the situation is currently more dire. While
> packages exist, these have not been tested at all. Since a number of
> large changes have been done to platform-dependent code regarding the
> startup procedure, there is a fairly high probability that these build
> will quite simply fail to start at all (but no major issues are
> expected once that difficulty is overcome). The problem is quite simply
> that we do not have the hardware for testing and fixing these builds.
>
> *If you own a Mac, we want your help!* The first step will be to
> download and (try to) run the .dmg, and report, what you see. Based on
> that, and depending on how much time you're will to invest, I'll be
> going to ask you for more info for diagnostics. Thanks!
>
> Regards
> Thomas
>


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Dr. Alfonso Cano Robles


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