25 Jan
2011
25 Jan
'11
7:35 p.m.
On Tuesday 25 January 2011 21:59:10 Timothy Pearson wrote:
No it hasn't. A true replacement, which is what I
was implying when I
wrote my earlier message, would have all of the same functionality in an
interface that is just as easy to use and powerful as the original was.
KDE4 is not a replacement of KDE3, it is a re-imagining/reboot of KDE with
completely different goals than KDE3.
In that case one have to use Qt4 and Qt3 software in parallel. I know you
are trying to port KDE3 to Qt3 but I think this work is still far from
being complete. I also skeptical about that a fully functional
port is possible: what about the much-beloved themes ant styles?
Also I heared Qt4 has some differences from Qt3 which make complete similarity
impossible.
Also note that Qt is going to renew on a regular basis: after Qt4 there will
be Qt5 which will lack any Qt3 compatibility features. That's why I would
suggest to stick with Qt3 and fork it.
If the applications have been reworked to use
Qt4, and contain the
same functionality, as long as maintained, i'm ok with the Qt4
version. If it's a KDE4 dependent application (uses KDE4 headers),
stick with the older one.
Yes, these are my thoughts as well. Ilya, we just don't have the manpower to maintain
that entire set of
applications. If you would like to step in and start TQt converting,
build testing, and adding to SVN some of those applications, then I would
assist wherever possible. But as it stands I have my hands full with TQt,
Serghei has his hands full with CMake, and everyone else is busy with
needed improvements to the system or distibution packaging. Please
remember that I and other developer here do not make any money off of
Trinity (any donations are being used to "feed" the servers with power and
Internet) and therefore we all must spend some time on our day jobs as
well! ;-)
I do not know how to deal with TQt and so, and also there is no Trinity in
OpenSUSE yet. Currently I maintain the KDE3 repository in OpenSUSE and this
takes much effort. I also port/pack the missing packages.