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by Alexis PM

Hello I want to do a little personal reflection, as a constructive criticism. As KDE 3 lover, I like TDE, but as user of a distro different of Ubuntu, I am not comfortable with the Ubuntu reminiscences dragged by TDE project. For example, the KDM defualt wellcome message ( http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=617 ), the 'My computer' and 'Menu T > System menu' icons ( http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1195 ), and all problems around the use of su instead of sudo (for example http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/?0::1470 ) in the no-sudo systems (the vast majority of distributions). IMHO I think it would have been easier and cleaner if TDE forked directly of the kde.org source code tree or from a distro compilation packages not so manipulated or customized as Kubuntu do (for example http://snapshot.debian.org/package/kdebase/4%3A3.5.10.dfsg.1-2 ) . Best regards!

12 years, 5 months

A Project Proposal: Trinity 3.5.14

by Darrell Anderson

A proposal: We rename 3.5.13.1 to 3.5.14 and release Real Soon Now. We rename R14 to R15. We do some serious testing with the version changes to ensure our build scripts work. We set a goal to release 3.5.14 within a month. We stop twiddling our thumbs and move forward. Few people are going to pay attention that 3.5.13.1 is available. Not to mention that after almost a year we release only an SRU version? People will pay more attention that 3.5.14 is available. Basic marketing psychology. Yes, currently 3.5.14 (3.5.13.1) does not support a HAL-less system. We add Serghei's udisks support and run some serious short term testing. Even if udisks support is incomplete, within the month we advertise that 3.5.14 offers partial support for HAL-less systems and that R15 will provide full support. The free/libre software world moves fast. Trinity has not been in the news in any meaningful way for almost a year. Users are not going to wait for Trinity. People forget. The latest challenges with automounting means some serious work ahead before R15 can be released, not to mention that the bug tracker continues to grow with little resolution progress. We are falling behind. Not a great image. We decide whether Trinity is going to move forward or become a niche piece of software used only by a relatively few people. The longer we proverbially fiddle while Rome burns, the easier users forget about Trinity. We release 3.5.14 because we need a stable release, which 3.5.13 was not and the current R14 is not, and because we need to get Trinity back into the news. The current R14 (proposed R15) has too many bugs and build issues to be considered for release in the near future. How long do we keep fiddling? We should release 3.5.14 Real Soon Now. We get serious about releasing something Real Soon Now to keep Trinity in the news, or accept our fate as a niche project. We can do this if we get serious. Or we keep picking the lint out of our belly buttons. Basically, summer vacation needs to end. :-) Thoughts? Darrell

12 years, 5 months

suggestion - a list of all distros with Trinity as desktop environment

by Alexis PM

Hello Sun, 20 May 2012 in trinity-users mailing I suggest to place on TDE's website in a visible place (eg between Downloads and Screenshots), a list of all distros that have Trinity as desktop environment in its ISOs. This suggestion was well received for users, but never taken into account. I launched this new proposal now in trinity-devel, to test for more luck ;) . The list is: * Exe GNU/Linux ( http://exegnulinux.net ): Debian live CD with graphical installation and only free/libre software by default. * Fedora TDE Live ( http://trinity.blackmag.net/trinity/rpm/f17/trinity-3.5.13/ISO ): Fedora remaster with TDE. * Porteus ( http://porteus.org ): Slackware based, the Slax's community continuation. It use TDE in the x86 version (KDE4 in the x86_64 version). * Trinity-Kubuntu ( http://apt.pearsoncomputing.net/cdimages ): Ubuntu remaster with TDE. * WifiSlax ( http://www.wifislax.com ): Slax / Porteus based with wireless security auditory focus. Best regards!

12 years, 5 months

KDE-3 FTP applications packaging request

by Alexis PM

Hello KDE-3 FTP applications proposed for 'adoption' by TDE: * kftpgrabber ( http://www.kftp.org http://archive.debian.org/debian/pool/main/k/kftpgrabber ): http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1194 * kasablanca ( http://kasablanca.berlios.de http://archive.debian.org/debian/pool/main/k/kasablanca ): http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=570 I propose both, because I use both for their different and complementary characteristics: kftpgrabber is richer in features but sometimes breaks when there are many files to transfer, kasablanca is more robust to transfer a large number of files but it is poorer in features. Thanks!

12 years, 5 months

Can I revert TQtCurve names back to QtCurve?

by Slávek Banko

Hi all. As you probably noticed, I tried to solve the problem with style QtCurve. One of the problems was compiling with Qt3 instead of TQt3. Unexpected problem is the automatic substitution TQt => Qt that performs moc-tqt / tmoc. It affects not only the classes and names from TQt3/Qt3, but all - in this case also TQtCurveStylePlugin, TQtCurveStyle, TQtCurveConfig. But tqt.h of course does not care nothing about these classes. And thus bringing into conflict results 'moc' and source files 'h' and 'cpp'. Therefore I wanted to ask if anyone would have any objections if I'll revert all classes TQtCurve* back to QtCurve*? Slavek --

12 years, 5 months

libkdcraw configure problem

by Mike Howard

Anybody had any success building libkdcraw lately? I'm using the latest from GIT, with tqt etc installed but I'm getting the following during 'configure'. The system is x86_64. checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (>= Qt 3.2 and < 4.0) (headers and libraries) not found. Please check your installation! As far as I can tell my system is setup correctly, other libraries/dependencies (avahi-tqt, python-tqt, sip4-tqt etc, etc) find the required libs & headers. I guess I'm doing something stupid or missing something peculiar to libkdcraw? Mike. -- Any question is easy if you know the answer!

12 years, 5 months

Missing check box widgets

by Darrell Anderson

Latest GIT. The check box widgets do not appear in Configure Desktop -> Behavior -> Device Icons Both existing and fresh profiles. Would somebody confirm? Darrell

12 years, 5 months

WHOA - 3513-sru 'Most' KHelpCenter App Manuals - MISSING (Bug 1178)

by David C. Rankin

Slavek, Darrell Slavek, We need to FIX the khelpcenter manuals. Most of them are missing. Darrell, since you seem intimately familiar with getting them to work, what do we need to look for? What is strange is that in some groups -- some are there and some are not. I'm not sure what to make of that. I've taken the time to summarize the application manuals that are missing from khelpcenter in 3513-sru. I have opened http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/bugzilla/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1178 to resolve this. Application Manuals Development <all missing> Edutainment <all missing> Games <all missing> Graphics <all missing> Internet Knetload Network Monitor - <missing> Multimedia K3b - <missing> Kaffeine -<missing> Kmix - <missing> KMplayer - <missing> Office kbarcode - <missing> kexi - <missing> kfromula - <missing> kivia - <missing> koffice - <missing> koffice workspace - <missing> kplato - <missing> kpresenter - <missing> kspread - <missing> ksugar - <missing> ksugar designer - <missing> kword - <missing> Settings wallet management tools - <missing> Settings-Modules Hardware Display - <missing> ICC Color Profile - <missing> Laptop Battery - <missing> Remote Controls - <missing> Security & Privacy KDE Wallet - <missing> System Administration IBM Thinkpad Laptop - <missing> Monitor & Display - <missing> Sony Vaio Laptop - <missing> System Dolphin - <missing> Kcron - <missing> Kdat - <missing> Kdiskfree - <missing> KNutClient - <missing> KPackage - <missing> Krusader-root-mode - <missing> KsysV - <missing> KUser - <missing> KwickDisk - <missing> ScreenSavers - <missing> Utilities Accessibility <all missing> Ark - <missing> KbookReader - <missing> Desktop SuperKaramba - <missing> Editors KEdit - <missing> IRKick - <missing> KCalc - <missing> KCharSelect - <missing> KDirstat - <missing> KFileReplace - <missing> KFloppy - <missing> KHexEdit - <missing> KMobile - <missing> KRegExpEditor - <missing> Krename - <missing> Krusader - <missing> PIM KGpg - <missing> Kjots - <missing> Ksig - <missing> Toys <all missing> -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

12 years, 5 months

tdelibs ABI break

by Timothy Pearson

All, This is just a quick note to let you know that the tdelibs ABI has been changed as of GIT hash 2a415e3. This will require a full rebuild of all libraries and applications which link against tdecore. Tim

12 years, 5 months

Slávek Banko: 3.5.13 software release update and backporting (changed on Archwiki)

by David C. Rankin

Slavek, I'm sorry I missed your request on IRC (x-chat was running minimized) I have corrected your name. (I think I'll blame Calvin for the screw-up, but it was probably me :) It reads: Slávek Banko: 3.5.13-sru developer, GIT maintainer, R14 backport selection and integration. Fixed: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Trinity#Developers Let me know of that is OK. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

12 years, 5 months

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