24 Feb
2014
24 Feb
'14
7:40 a.m.
On Mon February 24 2014 12:57:21 am Michele Calgaro wrote:
Perhaps some user feedback before I do that. The files are easy to browse right now:
http://repository.slacky.eu/slackware-12.2/
Slackware 12.2 was the last Slackware release that supported KDE 3.5.10.
Considering the time span since these packages were released and unmaintained, I suspect
many of the packages will need more work than just TQt3 conversion. A handful are still
supported in KDE4 so we would need to find applicable patches to backport. Some of the
apps probably are best not merging as separate apps but pulling good features into
Trinity, such as kpager2.
If we create an R14-alpha branch then merging new apps belongs in the main trunk. My great
concern is quality control, as I shared in my previous check list. Much like the very old
Fram oil filter commercial years ago, these old apps mean we pay now or pay later with
respect to bugs biting us in the backside. I rather we have a good quality control check
list up front to minimize surprises later.
--
Darrell
(1957). If you
folks want additional apps, I have a long list of KDE3 apps that could be added. I still
have access to the >sources and Slackware build scripts.
Darrell,
could you file a new bug report with the list of apps and source references that you
have? It would be a kind of "meta" bug.
Those apps may or may not be included in the trunk later on (past R14.0.0. release is
possible), but it would be interesting in seeing what is available. Perhaps what is
useless for a user, it is useful for other, and viceversa :)