Brian Cameron wrote:
> Awesome. I'm looking forward to seeing it. Is it possible to build > the latest & greatst KDE using spec-files in spec-files-extra? Yes. Actually, we are working on something called KBE "KDE Build Environment", which is modeled after JDS' CBE (using pkgbuild and spec files). And, speaking of this, i would like to give a lot of credit for the incredible work put in by Adriaan De Groot and Lukas Oboril, both of whom have been working very hard on KBE and the spec files. And also many Thank You's to Sun NL who has made a very nice server available for building and testing KBE and KDE. > 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. I would very much appreciate any help and insights from you (i heard about the GNOME ARC Mega-Case). So yes, most definitely your experience with that ARC Case would be very much appreciated and needed too! Thank 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. This sounds great. Thank you very much for the very kind offer to help. I'll ping you offline to set up a date/time for a phone meeting. --Stefan -- Stefan Teleman Sun Microsystems, Inc. Stefan.Teleman at Sun.COM
