Stefan: > We've put a lot of effort into building KDE3/4 + all its dependencies > with Sun Studio 12: > > svn list http://svn2.cvsdude.com/kdesolaris/trunk/
I'm really happy to hear that KDE on Solaris is coming along. I think it is great for users to have choice. > and we are very close to having the full KDE dependency enchilada, and > KDE, working (check out the blogs on the KDE Project page @os.o, with > screenshots). Looks really good. > We (not the Royal We, just we KDE dudes) would glady ARC KDE. But > first, i think it would be better to have a working full KDE, so we > can show it off to PSARC and wow them. :-P Awesome. I'm looking forward to seeing it. Is it possible to build the latest & greatst KDE using spec-files in spec-files-extra? If you guys would like some help on how to approach ARC, and how to best put together your materials for least pain, then feel free to touch base with me. It might make most sense to touch base off-line or arrange a phone meeting rather than clutter the mail list. As I said, I was very involved with how we made ARC'ing GNOME manageable, so I would be happy to share tips and tricks with you. Overall, one area where there could be more improvement would be for KDE and GNOME to better follow common FreeDesktop specifications. While there is some success in this area (e.g. desktop file and MIME support), there is still a lot of needless duplication of functionality in GNOME and KDE. Examples include configuration management, virtual file systems, accessibility, etc.). While not necessary a blocker for ARC, it would make the ARC process more simple if more progress were made in this area. The more common base-functionality, the less you have to ARC for each desktop. Brian
