On Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at 3:50 AM Volker Krause <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'd like to propose moving the KMime library (https://invent.kde.org/pim/ > kmime/) to Frameworks. That's part of the long ongoing effort of moving PIM > libraries with uses outside of the PIM Gear modules to Frameworks. > > KMime basically implements the data format of email. It has been under KF-like > stability guarantees in the 4 era already but ended up in Gear after the KF > split in 5. Most recent API changes were the result of a review during Akademy > in preparation of the KF move, ie. I'd not take this an indication on the > ability to keep API/ABI stability. > > As we haven't done such a move in the 6 era yet, here's a possible process/ > timeline we discussed during the PIM sprint: > * Review/approve this until mid January (latest). > * Apply the build system and naming changes to comply with KF standards in > KMime master > * Release KMime with KF 6.23 in February, continue to release KMime 25.12.x > from the release branch as part of Gear. > * Depend on KMime KF 6.23 in PIM in time for 26.04, stop releasing KMime with > Gear 26.04. > > If we cannot keep that schedule, shift everything back by 3-4 months, so that > the switch occurs after the 26.04 Gear branching. > > Would that work? >
It seems reasonable to me. -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth!
