Akademy is co-located with the Qt Contributors Summit this year
Hey folks :) Akademy (https://akademy.kde.org/2021) is getting closer and this year we will have the Qt Contributors Summit co-located with Akademy. This is a great opportunity to work closely together with other Qt contributors and discuss the future development of Qt. If you are a contributor to Qt or want to bring KDE's perspective to Qt development discussions then you should consider attending some of the sessions or holding one yourself. Organisation is happening on the Qt wiki here: https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_Contributors_Summit_2021_-_Program If you have any questions please let me know. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org
Re: Akademy is co-located with the Qt Contributors Summit this year
On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 12:16 PM Lydia Pintscher wrote: > > Hey folks :) > > Akademy (https://akademy.kde.org/2021) is getting closer and this year > we will have the Qt Contributors Summit co-located with Akademy. This > is a great opportunity to work closely together with other Qt > contributors and discuss the future development of Qt. > If you are a contributor to Qt or want to bring KDE's perspective to > Qt development discussions then you should consider attending some of > the sessions or holding one yourself. > Organisation is happening on the Qt wiki here: > https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_Contributors_Summit_2021_-_Program > > If you have any questions please let me know. > > > Cheers > Lydia > > -- > Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher > KDE e.V. Board of Directors > http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org Hey folks :) This is a quick reminder that we are 2 weeks away from Akademy. I'm really looking forward to seeing you all, even if "just" online. The Qt Contributors Summit is joining us and the schedule linked above is filling up with content relevant for Qt contributors. If you're joining for the Qt Contributors Summit please indicate this as part of your Akademy registration. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org
Re: kio-gdrive changes needed to conform to new Google requirements
Hi everyone, The board has gotten a reminder about this again and that the deadline is looming in 21 days. On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 3:07 PM Carl Schwan wrote: > I can probably help a bit with e.g. doing the video but starting the process > needs to be done by someone who has access to the google account (probably the > board). Awesome. Thank you. I can sit down with you and do that part. Poke me when you have time please. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - https://lydiapintscher.de - WD:Q18016466 KDE e.V. Board of Directors http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org
Re: Goal selection: please help refine the proposals
Hi everyone, (This time also sending this to kde-devel for everyone not subscribed to the kde-community.) Please do help get the proposals we have in shape for voting, which starts on August 15th so a little less than 2 weeks from now. There are still a few that need some love or even champions to make them eligible for voting. If there is a proposal you care about please make sure it has all the necessary information and support. Cheers Lydia On Sat, Jul 6, 2024 at 7:00 PM Lydia Pintscher wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > We have gotten 44 proposals for KDE's new goals. Now it is time to > refine them before the vote. It would be great if you could spend a > few minutes helping with this. > > What is needed? Some of the proposals are already in decent shape but > others still need quite a bit of help to make them eligible for voting > and then have a chance in the vote. So please have a look at the > proposals at https://phabricator.kde.org/tag/goal_setting_2024/ and > help get them in good shape. > > Some questions to help you during the refinement phase: > * Does it have an understandable/catchy title? > * Is the description complete and understandable? > * Is there a team of goal champions? Do you care enough about it to > join the team? (Goals without at least 1 champion will not move > forward to the vote.) > * Is this something more than 1 team in KDE can contribute to? > * Are you willing to help make the goal happen? Add your name to the list. > * Is there already other relevant work ongoing that should be mentioned? > * Are there teams or people who should be made aware of the proposal? > * Is the proposal actually at the level of a goal or still more a > feature request? Can it be changed to be a suitable goal? > > As always please don't hesitate to ask if you have questions. You can > also join the Matrix room here: https://matrix.to/#/#goals:kde.org > > Cheers > Lydia > > -- > Lydia Pintscher - https://lydiapintscher.de - WD:Q18016466 > KDE e.V. Board of Directors > http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org -- Lydia Pintscher - https://lydiapintscher.de - WD:Q18016466 KDE e.V. Board of Directors http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org
Re: Query: Possible code contribution
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Ganesh Kumar wrote: > Hi. > This is Ganesh P Kumar, doing my B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering > in IIT Madras. As part of our curriculum we must contribute code to an open > source project. There is a deadline of 40 days for the project submission. > Given this small deadline, I would like to ask for suggestions from the KDE > Developer group about what would be a viable project during this time. We > are ok with working either with the KDE UI as such, or with any KDE > subproject. > Also, I would like to add that none of us have any dev experience in KDE > before. Would a project to fix several small little issues be viable? Then you could maybe work with the designers/usability team and help them out a bit. 40 days is really not much. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors / KDE Community Working Group http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Submit your proposals for GSoC 2014!
Hey everyone :) If you plan to work with KDE for GSoC 2014 please submit your proposal on google-melange.com now. Do not wait until the deadline. It is better to have the proposal in the system early so that more mentors can start giving you feedback. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors / KDE Community Working Group http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Baloo Indexer and options
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 11:02 PM, Lindsay Mathieson wrote: > On Mon, 21 Apr 2014 04:44:33 PM Nathan Bradshaw wrote: >> yes it can. remove $home and it is turned off. > > And for a number of people it doesn't. And yes this is a bug, which no doubt > will be fixed. But this is also why you give people options and overrides - > bugs happen and its arrogant to assume they won't. > >> also, Vishesh has already >> said in this thread that he will re-add an enable/disable button to the >> Vishesh is writing >> code and releasing it under a free software license, you are trying to >> badger him on him a mailing list to force your opinion on him. That is >> arrogant, rude, demotivating, non-contributing and whole slew of other >> negative stuff > > This is a developer list where these things are meant to be discussed. > > Vishesh think everyone should be using full content indexing should be > ubiquitous. A number of people disagree and have good reasons for this. > > I use baloo a lot, and am quite impressed with it, especially in kmail, which > was dogged by atrocious nepomuk performance for years, its been a remarkable > turnaround there. > > The new KCM has holes in it - I've logged a bug for cases where data can't be > indexed due to the blacklist approach. I've got a week off coming up - I'll > spend some time writing an alternate KCM myself and see how that works out. Sop calling people arrogant or worse on this list please. Enough people have told you now that this is inappropriate. > But this attitude of removing options that were in use because one person > thinks no one should need them, of making a major module non optional, of > asking "why wouldn't everyone want to index their data" - it gets peoples > backs up, it smacks of the gnome developers attitude and could be a PR mess. Also please stop hating on our fellow free desktop developers with an attitude like that. It's not helping anyone involved and especially not your argument. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors / KDE Community Working Group http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: GSoC & Kopete
On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 6:17 PM, Pali Rohár wrote: > Ok. Then I think it is too late now. I did not get response from > other Kopete devs (active in last years) and probably I do not > find other people who could help with GSoC and know some parts of > Kopete codebase... So also I did not put project ideas to wiki > page. But if you think that adding Kopete project ideas to wiki > page could be prospective for future, I can do that. Let me know. Please do add your idea to the ideas page. As long as you have the time and commitment to mentor a student and really want to do it we can make this work. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors / KDE Community Working Group http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Interested in contributing
Hey Namrata :) On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 4:16 AM, Namrata Bilurkar wrote: > Hello, > I am Namrata Bilurkar, currently studying in my pre final year of > engineering in India. I want to start making contributions to KDE and would > be grateful for any guidance on how to get started. > > Thanks in advance. Great to hear you're interested in contributing. Do you already have an area of KDE you are interested in? That'd be a good first step. Also have a look at http://flossmanuals.net/kde-guide/ Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors / KDE Community Working Group http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: robots.txt in quickgit.kde.org
On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Ben Cooksley wrote: > On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 11:53 PM, Ashish Bansal > wrote: >> Hi everyone, > > Hi Ashish, > >> >> "quickgit.kde.org" contains robots.txt[0] which is disallowing search >> engines to fetch the project repos. I just wanted to know if this is >> intentional or not? >> >> If I recall correctly, mirror of kde repositories on github was created just >> because it wasn't being indexed by the search engines. > > This is intentional, and is done to reduce the server load created by > indexers such as Google on the system hosting quickgit.kde.org. > (Generation of the pages, including the main index is substantially > more expensive than it appears due to the disk access required by > Git/SVN to return the needed information). Is there some place where search engines can easily index our source code or are we shooting ourselves in the foot here? Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors / KDE Community Working Group http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: robots.txt in quickgit.kde.org
On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Ben Cooksley wrote: >> Is there some place where search engines can easily index our source >> code or are we shooting ourselves in the foot here? > > We could probably make it available by publishing the source trees > used by LXR / EBN. > This would only have the main branches obviously rather than everything > though. > > I haven't checked, but LXR may already make it's copy of the code > accessible... I think making our sourcecode available to search engines is pretty important for the reasons already mentioned by others. Do you need help for it? If you write down what's needed I can help find someone to do it. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors / KDE Community Working Group http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: FOSSASIA 2016
On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 3:32 PM Garvit Khatri wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to know who all from KDE will be attending this year's > FOSSASIA. It will be good chance to meet in person with the community > contributors. > > Also, I would like to know if there is a banner that I can use or get for > KDE or LabPlot that I could use to represent KDE. This is what FOSSASIA > asked me: "Please also talk to your communities and come with a banner of > your project to the event.". If I manage to get a banner they will provide > me a table to display it and help new contributors. > > Regards, > Garvit > Hey Garvit, There is a banner we used for FOSDEM for example but it doesn't seem economical to send that to Asia. If you want to have one printed locally please let the board know how much it'd cost and then we can see if that is possible in the budget. Cheers Lydia
Re: GSoC need help with idea
On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 10:22 PM Jaydeep Chauhan wrote: > Hello Everyone, > I'm Jaydeep Chauhan I wanted to discuss idea for GSoC which is not listed > and It's related with Ksystemlog. > Thank You. > Hey Jaydeep, Thanks for your interest in working with us this GSoC round. Just go ahead and ask your questions here. Then we can hopefully find the right person to answer them. Cheers Lydia
Re: Newcomer to KDE enviorment
On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 7:26 PM Manthan Sharma wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to KDE environment, can anyone guide me through process of build > application from source and submitting patch? > > Hi Manthan, Please have a look at the developer guide here: https://techbase.kde.org/Books Cheers Lydia
Re: Contribute
On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 8:37 PM Delveri chick wrote: > Hi Utkarsh, > > Welcome to the KDE community. It's a nice thing you want to help out. KDE > is a very large community developing and mentaining a wide range of > applications in the bundle including the file manager Dolphin, text > editor Kate, archiving toolArk and terminal emulator Konsole which are just > some of the prominent ones. Just choose anyone you are interested in and > join them on their IRC channel or Mailing list. They will be glad to hear > from you. Welcome once more and good luck. > > Cheers. > > Delveri > In addition also have a look at the books here: https://techbase.kde.org/Books They are good helpers to get you started. Cheers Lydia
Re: Contribute
On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 10:31 AM Olivier Churlaud wrote: > Hi, > > I just wanted to point out that these [1] [2] should now be given as the > right links, so that people read and improve the right version (since CERN > sprint). > > Nothing personal, I'll continue correcting this on the mailing lists and > moving forgotten pages when I see some, until everything points to the > right place :D > Ah thanks. I got the link from the banner on kde.org. Can you adjust that as well please? Thanks! Cheers Lydia
Re:
On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 7:14 AM, dinker goel wrote: > I am good in C++ programming language and keen to learn android app > development. As I have a basic knowledge about android app development and > still learning more.So, I am looking forward to fix some bugs which you can > direct me to do, first maybe in C++ project and in the process I become > familiar with your style of coding and afterwards in app development > projects. Great! Then you might want to have a look at GCompris and KDE Connect. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors / KDE Community Working Group http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org
Re: Wanted To Contribute In KDE
Anyone got anything interesting for Rishi to work on? Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors / KDE Community Working Group Wikimedia DE Product Manager for Wikidata http://kde.org - http://wikidata.org - http://open-advice.org
Re: Wanted To Contribute In KDE
On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Ben Cooksley wrote: > Hi Lydia, > > Rishi had earlier emailed me/Sysadmin and as part of that I sent him > some information on a task we'd like to accomplish as part of our > Phabricator migration. > I've yet to hear back how things are going though. Alright. Thanks :) -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors / KDE Community Working Group http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org
Re: Season of KDE -- please add your ideas
On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 3:43 PM, Aditya Sharma wrote: > I happened to create KDE Now during this Summer of Code. There are some This makes me super happy :D (Though maybe we want a different name?) > tasks left like KCalendar integration, writing tests and maybe add a few > more plugins. Can these be project ideas ? Yes totally. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors / KDE Community Working Group http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org
KDE e.V. annual report 2016
Hi folks :) The board is currently preparing the annual report of KDE e.V. for 2016. It gives an overview of all the things KDE e.V. and KDE have done in 2016. We want to include a number of development highlights of the year. If you have a good topic for a short article please let us know. We would need it by December 15th. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors / KDE Community Working Group http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org
Let's set some goals
Hey folks :) Since 2015 I and other people have been talking about Evolving KDE (http://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2015/04/18/evolving-kde) - meaning reflecting on where we are, where we want to go and how we will get there. We have made great strides with defining our vision (https://community.kde.org/KDE/Vision) and mission (https://community.kde.org/KDE/Mission) since then. It has not been an easy exercise but a necessary one because it gives us focus and clarity about our purpose. Our vision is: "A world in which everyone has control over their digital life and enjoys freedom and privacy." We stand behind this. We want to fill this vision with life now. Kévin Ottens, Mirko Boehm, David Faure, Frederik Gladhorn, me and many others came together at Akademy to discussed how to do that. How can we give the whole KDE community the opportunity to express what they think we should all be working on right now? How can we find all the creative ideas and ambitions that are hidden in so many of our community members? And how can we talk about them all together? I believe we have found a way. Starting today all of KDE is invited to propose goals to work on for the next 3 to 4 years. We will then discuss and refine them. Finally we will have a vote for the goals we should pursue together. Goals can be about anything you consider important - it doesn't have to be about writing code. The top 3 proposals will get supported in various ways for example with sponsorship of a sprint and presentation slots at next year's Akademy. This way we will shine a spotlight on the most important things we are working on and together support that work in the best way we can. The plan is to do this every year and add one or two goals to the mix every time. The timeline looks as follows: * Today until beginning of October: work on the proposals * All of October: talk about the proposal * First two weeks of November: vote on the proposals by everyone with a KDE contributor account * Middle of November: publish the results To make it more concrete, here are some examples of potential goals that could come out of this: * Improving the Developer Story: a new contributor should be able to create his first patch to any KDE application in 15 minutes or less; * Big in Asia: users in Asia should be able to write in their writing system in any of the software produced by KDE; * Appeal to All our Senses: a visually impaired user should be able to use all the software produced by KDE; * Virtual Reality Painting: artists should be able to paint in 3D straight from a VR world using software produced by KDE; * Speaking Your Language: 90% of the computer users worldwide should be able to use the software produced by KDE in a language in which they are fluent. Do you have an idea for a goal for KDE? Get a small group of people together and propose it today by adding it here: https://phabricator.kde.org/project/board/244/ Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors / KDE Community Working Group http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org
Re: Let's set some goals
On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Lydia Pintscher wrote: > Hey folks :) > > Since 2015 I and other people have been talking about Evolving KDE > (http://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2015/04/18/evolving-kde) - meaning > reflecting on where we are, where we want to go and how we will get > there. We have made great strides with defining our vision > (https://community.kde.org/KDE/Vision) and mission > (https://community.kde.org/KDE/Mission) since then. It has not been an > easy exercise but a necessary one because it gives us focus and > clarity about our purpose. > > Our vision is: "A world in which everyone has control over their > digital life and enjoys freedom and privacy." We stand behind this. We > want to fill this vision with life now. Kévin Ottens, Mirko Boehm, > David Faure, Frederik Gladhorn, me and many others came together at > Akademy to discussed how to do that. How can we give the whole KDE > community the opportunity to express what they think we should all be > working on right now? How can we find all the creative ideas and > ambitions that are hidden in so many of our community members? And how > can we talk about them all together? I believe we have found a way. > > Starting today all of KDE is invited to propose goals to work on for > the next 3 to 4 years. We will then discuss and refine them. Finally > we will have a vote for the goals we should pursue together. Goals can > be about anything you consider important - it doesn't have to be about > writing code. The top 3 proposals will get supported in various ways > for example with sponsorship of a sprint and presentation slots at > next year's Akademy. This way we will shine a spotlight on the most > important things we are working on and together support that work in > the best way we can. The plan is to do this every year and add one or > two goals to the mix every time. > > The timeline looks as follows: > * Today until beginning of October: work on the proposals > * All of October: talk about the proposal > * First two weeks of November: vote on the proposals by everyone with > a KDE contributor account > * Middle of November: publish the results > > To make it more concrete, here are some examples of potential goals > that could come out of this: > * Improving the Developer Story: a new contributor should be able to > create his first patch to any KDE application in 15 minutes or less; > * Big in Asia: users in Asia should be able to write in their writing > system in any of the software produced by KDE; > * Appeal to All our Senses: a visually impaired user should be able to > use all the software produced by KDE; > * Virtual Reality Painting: artists should be able to paint in 3D > straight from a VR world using software produced by KDE; > * Speaking Your Language: 90% of the computer users worldwide should > be able to use the software produced by KDE in a language in which > they are fluent. > > Do you have an idea for a goal for KDE? Get a small group of people > together and propose it today by adding it here: > https://phabricator.kde.org/project/board/244/ > > > Cheers > Lydia Hey folks :) Just a quick reminder that there is a little over 2 weeks left to get the drafts for your goals in. If you need help with anything please let me know. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors / KDE Community Working Group http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org
Re: Let's set some goals
Hey folks :) This is the final reminder to get your goal proposals in. Today is the last day. Then we'll go to the discussion/improvement phase. If you need any help let me know. If you are unsure if you should submit something lean towards doing it! We have a month to fine-tune it. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors / KDE Community Working Group http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org
time to review the goal proposals
Hey folks :) A little over a month ago I asked KDE contributors to submit proposals for goals that KDE should focus on over the next 3 to 4 years (http://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2017/08/20/evolving-kde-lets-set-some-goals/). I am very happy with the proposals that were submitted from different parts of the community. A lot of work and thought went into them and they all would make great focus areas for KDE over the coming years. >From today until the end of October we will go into the next phase and refine these proposals. You can help make them ready for the vote in November. Read them and add your thoughts and ideas as a comment to the proposal. What do you like about the proposal? What can you add to the proposal? What isn’t ideal or worth pursuing? Are they ambitious but achievable? Is now the right time to push them forward? Are they specific enough so we know what everyone needs to do to move them forward? Are they bringing us closer to our vision of a world in which everyone has control over their digital life and enjoys freedom and privacy? Those are just some of the questions you should ask yourself and comments about. Then if you are interested in seeing the goal pursued add your name to the list of interested people. Even better, if you are willing to put work into a particular goal add your name to the list of people who want to work on the goal. Head over to the list of all submitted goal proposals and start reading: https://phabricator.kde.org/project/board/244/ ;-) Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors / KDE Community Working Group http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org
Re: time to review the goal proposals
On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 8:58 PM, Lydia Pintscher wrote: > Hey folks :) > > A little over a month ago I asked KDE contributors to submit proposals > for goals that KDE should focus on over the next 3 to 4 years > (http://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2017/08/20/evolving-kde-lets-set-some-goals/). > I am very happy with the proposals that were submitted from different > parts of the community. A lot of work and thought went into them and > they all would make great focus areas for KDE over the coming years. > > From today until the end of October we will go into the next phase and > refine these proposals. You can help make them ready for the vote in > November. Read them and add your thoughts and ideas as a comment to > the proposal. What do you like about the proposal? What can you add to > the proposal? What isn’t ideal or worth pursuing? Are they ambitious > but achievable? Is now the right time to push them forward? Are they > specific enough so we know what everyone needs to do to move them > forward? Are they bringing us closer to our vision of a world in which > everyone has control over their digital life and enjoys freedom and > privacy? Those are just some of the questions you should ask yourself > and comments about. Then if you are interested in seeing the goal > pursued add your name to the list of interested people. Even better, > if you are willing to put work into a particular goal add your name to > the list of people who want to work on the goal. > > Head over to the list of all submitted goal proposals and start > reading: https://phabricator.kde.org/project/board/244/ ;-) Hey folks :) Just a quick reminder that we have a bit less than two weeks left to get the goals in shape and express what we want. If you have comments/wishes/ideas for improving and refining the goals please head over to https://phabricator.kde.org/project/board/244/ and start commenting if you have not already. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org
Evolving KDE – The goals are set!
Hey everyone :) Since Akademy in Almería we have been going through the process of defining goals for KDE for the next 3 to 4 years. Different ideas were proposed and refined. 10 of them made it into the community-wide vote to select 3 of them. Today I am proud to announce the result based on the 684 submitted votes. The 3 goals KDE will be focusing on over the next 3 to 4 years are: * Top-notch usability and productivity for basic software: We want our users to love our software and enable them to do their day-to-day work hassle-free. As part of this goal we will focus on polishing our basic software so everyone will be delighted to use it. For more details see the proposal: https://phabricator.kde.org/T6831 * Privacy Software: A central part of KDE’s vision for the future is privacy. As part of this goal we will work on improving privacy-related features, settings and applications all over KDE’s software. Once done KDE software enables and promotes privacy, which is crucial for a free and open society and protecting our users from harm. For more details see the proposal: https://phabricator.kde.org/T7050 * Streamlined onboarding of new contributors: KDE can only achieve its vision if we enable many people to join our community and support us with their specific knowledge and skills – be it programming, artwork, promotion, translation, event organizing or any of the other hundreds of areas needed to make KDE successful. As part of this goal we will identify and remove barriers to entry in our documentation, infrastructure and processes. For more details see the proposal: https://phabricator.kde.org/T7116 I am excited about what this will bring for the next years of KDE and how it will help bring great software to our users. What will happen next? I am helping the proposers of the goals come up with a plan. There will be sprints related to the topics in 2018 as well as a progress report at Akademy. None of these goals is going to be achieved without help. It’ll need all hands on deck – including yours!If you are able to help with one of them please add your name to the proposal on Phabricator linked above so you can be contacted once the plan for each of them becomes more clear. Thanks to everyone who submitted one of the great proposal, Ben for providing the list of voters and Kevin for his help in making sense of the votes. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org
Re: Evolving KDE – The goals are set!
Hey Dominik, On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 6:06 PM, Dominik Haumann wrote: > Hi Lydia, > > Maybe next Akademy should focus on these topics? Maybe prefer > talks specific to these three goals? Maybe even have a separate > track for these topics? Yeah good idea. I'll talk with the program committee about how to best integrate it into the program. > 684 votes is indeed a good number - this worked out well. :) Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org
Re: Babe project - Legal feedback
On Feb 3, 2018 21:19, "Camilo Higuita Rodriguez" wrote: My case is the following, let's say that there's a feature for streaming audio, and the users stream the song they are listening to, what would go down in that case? Who's in legal troubles? Also if I were to send an mp3 over email to a few friends, where's the illegal stand point there? The platform has some fault for allowing to "distribute" the file? Or the user who emailed the content? And yes, so far the platform only shares the playlist info, and if there are matches with your collection then you can listen to it. But it would be really cool to be able to somehow share your music... tipping around those copyright issues. What if the case is that the user has some kind of music cloud and gives access to that cloud to another user, still illegal? Lol as I see this it seems like the answer is : "don't you mess with music copyrights, whatever you do will get you in trouble somehow" Does anybody know of any KDE community member who is could ask these legal questions? Please get in touch with the KDE e.V. board about this if there is a chance this could get us into legal trouble. We already suggested a call to discuss the details. kde-ev-bo...@kde.org Cheers Lydia On Feb 3, 2018 3:07 PM, "Albert Astals Cid" wrote: > El dissabte, 3 de febrer de 2018, a les 18:07:27 CET, Camilo Higuita > Rodriguez > va escriure: > > Hi,everyone > > > > I'd like to discuss something with the community, and maybe get some > legal > > input: > > > > As some of you might already know I'm working on a open online platform > to > > share music information between users, such as public playlists, comments > > on tracks and on the playback progress like soundcloud, share popular > music > > suggestions, metadata, and discovery of new music from another users with > > integration with YouTube and Spotify etc... the platform will be > integrated > > into Babe music player and could be use in any other music player > > > > The legal matter comes here: > > 1- I would like to either have the option to *stream live* the music an > > user is currently listening to to a group of friends. here the music file > > isn't being storaged in the audience computer... > > How ilegal is it? How illegal is to stream live, but privately, > copyrighted > > music? and how illegal is it to stream owns music content to a selected > > group of friends? > > > > 2- If the stream part wouldn't be enought problem, I'd also like to sync > a > > user playlist marked as public to some other friends, that would mean to > > share music files between users, and technically downloading another > users > > music files. How illegal is this part? how illegal is to share a music > file > > for example, in a conversation in telegram or whatsapp, or even how > illegal > > is it to send a mp3 to a friend over an email or even over google drive? > > > > I'd like to get feedback about this issues. > > > > As the project is going to be hosted by the KDE community this streaming > > part won't be implemented to avoid legal issues, but however I would like > > to have this discussion to get as many feedback as possible. > > I am not sure you're approaching this the right way. > > For me it doesn't really matter if users can do illegal stuff with our > software, what matters is that the software is legal and that it has legal > uses (see KTorrent). > > What I think you should be asking yourself is "will I/KDE be in problems > for > shipping this sofware?" more than "can my user pontentially get in trouble > for > using my sofware to do illegal stuff?". > > Cheers, > Albert > > > > > Thank you. > > > > Camilo > > > > >
Submit your talk proposals for Akademy
Hey folks :) Akademy is coming up in September. It's a great place to tell the KDE community about all the important/interesting/funky/... work you've been doing. The call for participation is open and we're looking forward to your submissions. You can find all the information at https://akademy.kde.org/2019/cfp The deadline is by the end of the month. If you have any questions or need someone to bounce off your talk idea please let me know. Looking forward to seeing you in Milan! Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org
release schedule calendar
Heya folks :) toma is awesome and because he's awesome he created http://www.kde.org/releaseschedule.ics after I asked him to. We've had ics files for each cycle already but you'd need to subscribe to the new one each cycle. This one now combines them all and you can subscribe to it in your favorite calendar application and never forget an important release schedule date again. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher Amarok community manager kde.org - amarok.kde.org - kubuntu.org claimid.com/nightrose >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Where to start?
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 17:35, Felix Rohrbach wrote: > Hi, > > first, thanks for your respose! > > Am Freitag, 10. Dezember 2010, 21:00:26 schrieb Aaron J. Seigo: >> On Friday, December 10, 2010, Felix Rohrbach wrote: >> > 1) With which project should I start? >> >> pick something that interests you. there are a lot of kde applications and >> all of them can use more attention and interest. if you pick something >> that interests you (because you use it, or you feel it's something that >> could be made better, or because you find the topic to be >> challenging/interesting) you are more likely, in my experience, to stick >> with it. >> > When I look at the applications I'm interested in they always seem to already > have all the easy-to-implement features I can think of, and all the other > things seem to hard for me as a starting point. But most likely I'm wrong with > that - I just don't have the experience to be able to say which feature is too > hard for me. So it would be really nice if someone could name me one > application (preferably from the section Internet or Multimedia) which has > easy-to-read, not too complicated code and a clear structure and which has > some tasks for a newbie like me. > I know you have junior jobs in your bugzilla, but they seem too little to > really get into a project, at least I would prefer a slightly bigger task. You could try Choqok for example. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher Amarok community manager kde.org - amarok.kde.org - kubuntu.org claimid.com/nightrose >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Where to start?
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 20:48, Felix Rohrbach wrote: > @Lydia: > I'll take a look at Choqok, but it seems to have all features I could think > of... You can check bugs.kde.org for feature requests for it. Or the brainstorm section on forum.kde.org. Or you can email the main developer. You should be able to find his contact details in the about dialog of the application. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher Amarok community manager kde.org - amarok.kde.org - kubuntu.org claimid.com/nightrose >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Amarok - PostGres
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 07:06, Juergen Sauer wrote: > Moin, > is anyone from the amarok team listening ? > Would you please explain, why the Postgres Support is dropped in Amarok 2? > > It seems to me like a very, very stupid desision. MySQL is not acceptable > anymore > due Orcale iditotic behavior! > Also embedded Databases are also iditic, due problems storing them in $HOME > filesystems, > which are standard NFS mounted in multiuser environments. > > Ideas to fix thoose criticals ? This is not the right mailing list for this. ama...@kde.org is. As for your question: Please check for a blog entry by Jeff Mitchell. He wrote a very long post about exactly this. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher Amarok community manager kde.org - amarok.kde.org - kubuntu.org claimid.com/nightrose >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: About Google summer of code.
Hi :) Yes KDE is planning to apply for GSoC 2011. (If there is a GSoC 2011, which I assume will be the case.) Students are selected based on their proposal and their interaction with the community. Things beyond that are up to the individual mentor. If you are planning to apply for a project in KDE please think about which area of KDE would be interesting for you and then get in contact with that team. Let me know if you have further questions. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher Amarok community manager kde.org - amarok.kde.org - kubuntu.org claimid.com/nightrose >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: GSoC 2011!
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 22:08, todd rme wrote: > Is there any sort of general way to submit ideas for people who aren't > mentors? > > -Todd The best way is to talk to the team in KDE who'd be responsible for the idea and see if they have someone who's willing to mentor it. If you don't know who to talk to or are unsure if your idea fits for GSoC talk to me on IRC or send an email with details. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher Amarok community manager kde.org - amarok.kde.org - kubuntu.org claimid.com/nightrose >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
GSoC ideas needed - 20 days until org application - last call
Heya folks :) We have 20 days left until org application opens for GSoC 2011. By that point we should have as many rocking ideas as possible on this wiki page: http://community.kde.org/GSoC/2011/Ideas It will be used to evaluate our application. Please add your ideas. It'd be awesome if we could offer a few ideas related to accessibility this time. If you have questions or are unsure about ideas please let me know. Cheers and thanks Lydia PS: Please forward to other potentially interested groups in KDE - I just made a selection from last year's list. -- Lydia Pintscher Amarok community manager kde.org - amarok.kde.org - kubuntu.org claimid.com/nightrose >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: GSoC ideas needed - 20 days until org application - last call
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 02:46, NR wrote: > hye lydia, > do we have to think upon ideas for different applications or for the same > applications what we had last year. Hi, I am not sure what you mean. If you are a student who applied last year I'd prefer if you did not send in the same application text like last year. But you can apply for the same part of KDE again. If you mean ideas from last years idea page: yes you can reuse them after talking to the listed mentor. Make sure it is still valid. Please clarify if this doesn't answer your question. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher Amarok community manager kde.org - amarok.kde.org - kubuntu.org claimid.com/nightrose >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: GSoC ideas needed - 20 days until org application - last call
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 12:49, NR wrote: > hye lydia. > i meant, > no body worked on KOPETE last year in GSOC, it was not included in the > event. > no body send his or her idea regarding development in kopete. > so here i am asking you whether we have to think ideas on the last year > applications which were included in GSOC 2010 (like panorama, marble etc) or > we can think upon other applications also(like kopete) > thank you Ah ok. Yes it is possible to come up with more than those apps included last year. However I'd like to make one restriction: Only apps that have a community that the student can rely on - no one-man shows and nearly dead apps. They can not provide what is expected of them in terms of mentoring and engagement of the student. One of the goals of GSoC is to get the student involved in a cool free software team. Given that I don't see this for Kopete atm I fear they are not a good fit to get some of KDE's slots. I am however happy to be proven wrong. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher Amarok community manager kde.org - amarok.kde.org - kubuntu.org claimid.com/nightrose >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: GSoC ideas needed - 20 days until org application - last call
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 17:36, Antonis Tsiapaliokas wrote: > Hello > > I looked into the http://community.kde.org/GSoC/2011/Ideas but there are no > ideas for the kmail... Since kmail doesn't have a maintainer, do you know who > is responsible for adding ideas for the kmail, as regards the GSoC 2011? Whoever from the KDE pim team is willing to mentor a student. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher Amarok community manager kde.org - amarok.kde.org - kubuntu.org claimid.com/nightrose >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
KDE accepted for GSoC 2011
Heya folks :) KDE got accepted for GSoC 2011 \o/ Mentors: I will send more detailed instructions for you later tonight. Students: Start thinking about your application _now_. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher Amarok community manager kde.org - amarok.kde.org - kubuntu.org claimid.com/nightrose >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: KDE accepted for GSoC 2011
Heya folks :) http://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2011/03/19/kde-accepted-for-google-summer-of-code-2011/ has the next steps for everyone. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher Amarok community manager kde.org - amarok.kde.org - kubuntu.org claimid.com/nightrose >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Re : KDE accepted for GSoC 2011
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 20:32, kusag...@gmail.com wrote: > Hey !! Good news !!! Does we had an announce in dot.kde.org? There will be yes. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher Amarok community manager kde.org - amarok.kde.org - kubuntu.org claimid.com/nightrose >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
junior jobs reminder
Heya folks :) This is just a quick reminder to mark bugs as junior jobs in bugzilla where possible and to file new ones. To do this add the keyword "junior-jobs" in the appropriate field. I have seen that quite a few projects seem to keep their junior jobs outside bugzilla in a wiki for example. Since the generic place that we're advertising for junior jobs is bugzilla you're missing out on people. What I suggest you do is something like Parley did here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238687 - so basically a dummy bug report pointing to wherever else you keep your junior job list. I'll try to get a new round of junior job promotion going soon. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher Amarok community manager kde.org - amarok.kde.org - kubuntu.org claimid.com/nightrose >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: GSOC 2011: MDI interface for Okular
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:29, Dawid Trendota wrote: > Hello, > My name is Dawid. I would like to propose an idea for GSoC 2011. > > Project title: Okular Tabs > > Brief explanation: Okular currently doesn't support viewing multiple pdf files > simultaneously. The basic idea is to provide this option by MDI interface. > User should be able to open several documents in tabs. Tabbed interface is > very convenient when you have to work with several documents simultaneously. > MDI interface will allow user to arrange created tabs: tile them vertically, > horizontally or cascade - users will be able to compare documents easily. > Possibility to search throughout all opened documents will be nice addition. > > Expected results: Okular with MDI interface ;). > > Motivation for project: Okular with MDI interface(or just with tabs) is > expected by many KDE-users. This idea was discussed on forum.kde.org, kde- > look.org, bugs.kde.org and Okular-devel and always it has many supporters. > Tabbed okular is also my personal wish. Hi Dawid, thanks a lot for proposing your idea here. Given the replies you got so far I fear this is not enough work for a GSoC project. (It is supposed to be around 40h of work per week over the course of the program.) I'd encourage you to have a look at other ideas as well (either from the ideas page, brainstorm in the kde forum or your own ideas). Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher Amarok community manager kde.org - amarok.kde.org - kubuntu.org claimid.com/nightrose >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Disabling Oxygen's window dragging for specific QWidgets?
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 08:09, Hugo Pereira Da Costa wrote: > I also said already that I would back off my position if Nuno disagrees > with me, but unfortunately Nuno is not even aware of this discussion, > because (as Martin already pointed out), it is not happening on the > right mailing list, (and does not have the right title, for that matter). Would you please let Nuno know about it then? And preferably also Celeste? Thanks. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher Amarok community manager kde.org - amarok.kde.org - kubuntu.org claimid.com/nightrose >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Build KMail only?
On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 18:20, Rui Maciel wrote: > On 07/10/2011 04:34 PM, Tom Albers wrote: >> Calling technology of fellow community members cruft is very disrespectful. >> I suggest you read the CoC:http://www.kde.org/code-of-conduct/ >> >> Best, > > The definition of "cruft" is "anything unpleasant that accumulates over > time". This discussion is about the problems that Akonadi and other > dependencies represent to those who wish to port KMail to other > platforms. Akonadi may have it's value, which isn't disputed here, but > you have to agree that in this case it represents an unpleasant addition > to KMail. Therefore, it is only possible to interpret the use of this > expression of this particular term as being very disrespectful if you > interpret any reference to any problem that it may cause to anyone as > being very disrespectful. And that isn't true. There are different ways of talking about problems. Let's try to use the more constructive ones here, please? Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Desktop Summit registration
Heya folks :) everyone who is coming to the Desktop Summit and has not registered yet please do so asap. This is important. You'll for example not get wifi at the beginning if you don't and your registration on site will take longer. https://desktopsummit.org/register Cheers and thanks Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: why are bugs ignored over months?
The bug is fixed. As Aaron said this thread will end here. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Notice of moderation
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 20:39, Thomas Gahr wrote: > A propos moderation: > > Can it be seen in the list-info anywhere if a list is moderated or not? I don't think so. > Is kde-CORE-devel also set to full moderation or am I doing something wrong > because even though I've subscribed all my mails await moderation. Yes everyone is moderated there until they're explicitly set to not moderated. We're usually pretty quick with moderating so that is hopefully not a problem. If someone could patch listadmin (a commandline moderation tool for mailman) to do this so I don't have to go to the webinterface that would increase setting this bit more often dramatically for me. At the moment it only allows approving, rejecting, discarding and skipping mails. Since I have a lot of lists to moderate I use listadmin instead of going to the webinterface for each of them. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: (documentation) I'm pissed off! ... so I'm going to do something about it ... :)
Hi Pablo, great to hear you want to help. On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 21:37, Pablo Sanchez wrote: > Howdy, > > Please accept my Subject as an attempt to lighten the recent activity > on the list. :) > > What I'd like to do is contribute to writing documentation for the > `Window-Specific Settings' > > I don't have a clear understanding of how some of the features work > and what better way to figure it out than to write some > documentation. Ha! > > My plan would be to write something which I can weave in my day to day > work. I think it'll take me a while because like everyone else, I'm > super busy. > > Sooo, whom should I contact? At some point I'll need a > technical contact who can explain certain buttons, etc. But that's > later. For documentation on userbase.kde.org I'd recommend talking to Anne Wilson. For KWin-specific stuff Martin Gräßlin can help you. They're CC'd. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: goodbye
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 19:11, John Tapsell wrote: > Reindl, > > Sorry to see you go. I don't know why Aseigo is being childish - I > think this is all just taking its toll on him. This is one of the > advantages that companies have and we don't have - we can't pay people > to fix the essential things that are boring to do. John you are not helping here at all. We need to stick together in situations like this. Had we done that we'd not be where we are with this right now. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: goodbye
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:08, Sven Burmeister wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 22. September 2011, 10:01:47 schrieb Lydia Pintscher: >> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 19:11, John Tapsell wrote: >> > Reindl, >> > >> > Sorry to see you go. I don't know why Aseigo is being childish - I >> > think this is all just taking its toll on him. This is one of the >> > advantages that companies have and we don't have - we can't pay people >> > to fix the essential things that are boring to do. >> >> John you are not helping here at all. We need to stick together in >> situations like this. Had we done that we'd not be where we are with >> this right now. > > Please do not take this too far! It's generally bad to just shut people up > since it can lead to group think and hides real issues. Sticking together is > good and I think I know that your intent is positive but it looks like you > want to repress valid criticism as well. In the latter case "sticking > together" is bad - really bad because it mediates that not everybody is > treated with the same set of rules within KDE's community. > > Problems have to be spoken out, in a constructive and adult way. Same thing > regarding unacceptable behaviour and a wrong style of communication. If > sticking together means that one must not do that anymore you are doing a > disservice to the KDE project and its openness. Ok let me clarify that then. John calling Aaron childish was not helpful and not valid criticism especially not in this situation. I explained the details of it again on IRC. I am all for discussing problems but there are ways to do that without at the same time hurting your team mates. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Allow users to donate money towards bugs
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 23:49, Sven Burmeister wrote: >> Money introduces a dangerous dynamics into this. It values extrinsic rewards >> over intrinsic rewards, opens the can of worms of fair distribution of >> money, and it requires a new level of administration, which is hard to get >> right. > > Ok, so if the money you earn while coding for KDE is from a company that's not > dangerous. If you get money from google's summer of code (which is advertised > by KDE) it is not dangerous. If you collect money through donations – as > Sebastian did – it's not dangerous. But if you get a bounty for a bug fix it > becomes dangerous? How come? > > If one claims that bounties on features may lead to unmaintained code – why > still advertise GSoC? It does exactly that since years. On the other hand > there are lots of examples where features ended-up unmaintained without their > addition being paid for. So money is not the one cause and IMHO certainly not > the main cause – and KDE advertises projects that pay money for features – not > for a living but just some extra bugs. We (as in the GSoC admin team and most of the mentors) are well aware of the dangers that GSoC potentially brings but the overall benefit is bigger than the risk. > And of course, bug fixing is something completely different. Most of the time > it alters some lines of code but does not add any feature to maintain. It > fixes rather than adds. And maintaining working code seems less work than > buggy code. > >> Doing free software because you love it works much better. Enjoy the >> technical challenges, enjoy being part of a wonderful community, enjoy the >> feeling of accomplishment, when you get something great done. This pays >> much better than money for fixing bugs. It pays in happiness, but it also >> pays materially. Successful involvement in free software projects is a >> booster for many carreers. This will put you into a situation where you can >> earn the serious money, and if you are a bit lucky even with something you >> really love. > > I mostly agree with you but it's simply a fact that there are issues in KDE > that "nobody" cares about about, loves, has time for or however you want to > call it. Issues that nobody enjoys fixing or nobody has time for fixing etc. > They get fixed if somebody feels like it and money can help to feel like doing > otherwise unsexy work. > > And I would also claim that those currently contributing do not suddenly turn > evil (I'm exaggerating) because they get some money for a bug fix. There won't > be hundreds of people just getting on the KDE train to earn money. (And even > if, every bug fixed is positive for KDE. Features might be different.) > > I would like to take a more positive approach. Those that contribute to KDE do > so because they want to, because they are able to and because they like to, > they decide which bugs and features to work on. Adding some money to that will > still leave it up to the people to decide what they want to work on and how to > share their money with their community. I'd like to recommend watching Stormy Peter's excellent talk titled "Would you do it again for free". It has some very enlightening points about this topic. > If your company pays you for development it might put up some goals, e.g. in > kdepim feature x/bug z to meet the demands of client y. Your work is directed > according to the company's goals. Users offering bounties try to give an > incentive for things that "cannot" be loved and thus stay unfixed for a long > time. If you accept the former you cannot abolish the latter. Especially when > it comes to bug fixing! What's so dangerous about giving incentives to > otherwise pretty unsexy work, i.e. bug fixing? It changes the game and the motivation change is not restricted to that work no-one else wants to do. I also don't believe the train of thought that we have a lot of areas that no-one wants to touch. Most of these areas lack from exposure to people who would love to work on them. That's the first thing we need to fix and the CWG has been working on that with Finding the Unloved but I am sure there is a lot more that can be done. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
teacher needed for Ada Lovelace Day tutorial
Heya folks :) Ada Lovelace Day is on 7th of October and I and a few other people would love to have a programming tutorial on IRC on that day. It'd be a "for women and their friends" event, meaning men are welcome if they're nice but the main focus are women). The goal of the tutorial would be writing a first small KDE application or fixing a bug. If we have teachers for both we could also do two tutorials. I'm looking for a teacher for this. I and others will help with promotion. Any takers? Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: teacher needed for Ada Lovelace Day tutorial
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 19:08, Tomaz Canabrava wrote: > Must be a woman - teacher? Not necessarily but it would of course be nice. > what about annma? She said she can't promise she'll be available that day so can't do it. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Teaching the next Adas – join KDE for Ada Lovelace Day tutorials
Heya folks :) I'm really excited to announce that we'll have tutorials for Ada Lovelace Day (7. Oct) at KDE. Learn how to become a bugmaster or write your own little application. Find out more at http://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2011/10/03/teaching-the-next-adas-join-kde-for-ada-lovelace-day-tutorials/ Please send me a quick email if you're planning to attend and spread the word to your friends. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
help KDE e.V. finance a sprint
Heya folks :) KDE e.V. needs your help to secure funding for one of our next sprints. All you have to do is click a few buttons. A German bank is giving away 1000 Euro each to the 1000 associations who can get the most votes. Everyone has 3 votes. Please do vote with all 3 for KDE. Here's what you have to do: 1) go to https://verein.ing-diba.de/sonstiges/10115/kde-ev and click "Stimme abgeben" 2) enter your email and the captcha it asks for and then click absenden 3) you'll get an email to confirm your vote - click the link in the email 4) you'll get to a website - click "Stimme abgeben" You can do this 3 times in a row. If KDE is among the top 1000 associations we'll get 1000 Euro. Cheers and thanks! Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
tasks for Google Code-in
Heya folks :) Google Code-in (http://www.google-melange.com/gci/document/show/gci_program/google/gci2011/about) has been announced again for this year. Org applications will start on Monday and we'll try to get in again given last year's success. The kids were wonderful. Google changed the rules a bit this time. If we're accepted we need to add a large number of tasks at the beginning and can only add a second round in the middle of the program again. This means we need to start thinking of good tasks for the kids now. All this small stuff you wish you had time for - make it a task. If you're unsure if it's suitable find me in #kde-soc and I'll help you. Tasks can come from the following areas: * Code: Tasks related to writing or refactoring code * Documentation: Tasks related to creating/editing documents * Outreach: Tasks related to community management and outreach/marketing * Quality Assurance: Tasks related to testing and ensuring code is of high quality * Research: Tasks related to studying a problem and recommending solutions * Training: Tasks related to helping others learn more * Translation: Tasks related to localization * User Interface: Tasks related to user experience research or user interface design and interaction Please think of tasks. I'll go around with a wiki page or similar later to collect them. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: [KDE Usability] tasks for Google Code-in
On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 16:31, todd rme wrote: > On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Lydia Pintscher wrote: >> Heya folks :) >> >> Google Code-in >> (http://www.google-melange.com/gci/document/show/gci_program/google/gci2011/about) >> has been announced again for this year. Org applications will start on >> Monday and we'll try to get in again given last year's success. The >> kids were wonderful. >> Google changed the rules a bit this time. If we're accepted we need to >> add a large number of tasks at the beginning and can only add a second >> round in the middle of the program again. This means we need to start >> thinking of good tasks for the kids now. All this small stuff you wish >> you had time for - make it a task. If you're unsure if it's suitable >> find me in #kde-soc and I'll help you. Tasks can come from the >> following areas: >> * Code: Tasks related to writing or refactoring code >> * Documentation: Tasks related to creating/editing documents >> * Outreach: Tasks related to community management and outreach/marketing >> * Quality Assurance: Tasks related to testing and ensuring code is of >> high quality >> * Research: Tasks related to studying a problem and recommending solutions >> * Training: Tasks related to helping others learn more >> * Translation: Tasks related to localization >> * User Interface: Tasks related to user experience research or user >> interface design and interaction >> >> Please think of tasks. I'll go around with a wiki page or similar >> later to collect them. > > Some ideas (they may or may not be appropriate for this): > > 1. Rewrite individual or small numbers of plasma widgets in QML > > 2. Write comprehensive unit tests for a particular module > > 3. Make sure a particular module conforms to its coding style > > 4. I noticed openSUSE is working on something called openQA for > automated testing of software. It might be worth seeing if that could > be useful > > 5. Some sort of easy-to-use tracking and display of page hits and/or > search terms for userbase so we know what people are trying to find > out or learn > > 6. Integrate the amarok feedback system into one or more other applications > > 7. Improve detection and handling of duplicates in Dr. Konqi, such as > detecting duplicate backtraces > > 8. Some sort of fuzzy duplicate search, ideally with some sort of > learning algorithm, in bugs.kde.org (or bugzilla in general) that can > rank reports in terms of how likely they are to be duplicates to help > triagers focus their searches. Bug reports could also be run through > this before submission to help users find out if their bugs are > duplicates. This could be too difficult for such a project, though. > > 9. Something in bugs.kde.org to let users report a bug as likely fixed > or a likely duplicate. These sorts of reports should probably be > prioritized over normal comments since they can help reduce the > overall noise in bugs.kde.org, so having a dedicated way to do that > would be helpful. Maybe a general way for users to report bugs that > should probably be closed but that they do have permission to close > themselves. Once again this might be better done in upstream > bugzilla. > > 10. Scientific and technical QML components like plots, axes, meters, > dials, LEDs, thermometers, etc. Each person would either do one such > component or a small number of them. The goal would be to reproduce > the stuff offered by the QWT project in QML. > > 11. Remove all Qt3support or KDE3support instances from one > application or part of one application (depending on the size of the > application and number of such instances) > > 12. Integrate a simple, low-bitrate screencast tool into both KDE and > userbase so it is easy to make and upload visual walkthroughs of > various tasks. It should ideally be dedicated to this tasks, with > annotations and automatically pausing after each stage so the user can > do it themselves. > > 13. Make an interactive problem solver for Userbase that directs > people to particular articles based on their responses to a series of > questions. > > 14. Integrate userbase with the existing KDE help system. This would > probably involve two projects, one to have userbase search in the help > system (but would just show links that open the page in a web > browser), and a second to display userbase web pages directly in the > help browser. > > 15. Fix the search in KDE help. Maybe use strigi to index the help > and man files. A second project could be something in nepomuk to > automatically cross-reference help pages based on th
Re: [KDE Usability] tasks for Google Code-in
On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 17:33, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > Probably some kind of IdeaToRent program could be > useful for collecting and developing ideas in a > systematic way: > > http://www.ideatorrent.org/ideatorrent > http://drupal.org/project/ideatorrent No Google has its own system for that later that we need to use. Also the tasks are not of a scope that needs a lot of discussion/development. > This could even be one of the tasks for the students. We need the tasks before the kids start. Again: no need to cross-post to all lists. For questions/discussions find me in #kde-soc or email me please. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: tasks for Google Code-in
Ok it's time to actually collect the tasks :) Here's a blog with information: http://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2011/10/17/i-need-your-ideas-for-google-code-in/ and here is the ideas page: http://community.kde.org/GoogleCodeIn/2011/Ideas Last years ideas page for inspiration: http://community.kde.org/GoogleCodeIn/2010/Ideas Please add a lot of tasks. We can only add new ones half-way through the program. We need at least 5 tasks in each area. For questions find me in #kde-soc please. Cheers and thanks Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: help KDE e.V. finance a sprint
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 15:44, Lydia Pintscher wrote: > Heya folks :) > > KDE e.V. needs your help to secure funding for one of our next > sprints. All you have to do is click a few buttons. A German bank is > giving away 1000 Euro each to the 1000 associations who can get the > most votes. Everyone has 3 votes. Please do vote with all 3 for KDE. > > Here's what you have to do: > 1) go to https://verein.ing-diba.de/sonstiges/10115/kde-ev and click > "Stimme abgeben" > 2) enter your email and the captcha it asks for and then click absenden > 3) you'll get an email to confirm your vote - click the link in the email > 4) you'll get to a website - click "Stimme abgeben" > > You can do this 3 times in a row. If KDE is among the top 1000 > associations we'll get 1000 Euro. > > > Cheers and thanks! > Lydia Heya folks :) We've been in the top 70 at one point but fell down again to 731 now :( This is still running until Nov. 15th. Please spread the word and help us get to a higher rank again. We need to be in the top 1000 when it closes to be among the winners. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Just getting into KDE programming: what do I need to build just this module?
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 12:51, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 17:16, Supreet Pal Singh wrote: >> Hey >> This book could come in handy while starting development for KDE. >> http://en.flossmanuals.net/kde-guide/ >> > > Thank you. Is that the same information that is in the KDE Techbase? > If not, why isn't it there? I do not think that spreading the > information out to other sites is really in the interest of the KDE > community. It is in the interest of the KDE community in several ways: * during the creation of the book various documentation was updated * it is a one-stop solution we can now give to people instead of pointing them to various wikis and so on * we can get these printed and hand them out at tutorials and other events * it can be bought as paper-back (and revenue will go to KDE e.V. to sponsor sprints and so on) * it was a massive effort to write this in 5 days and I think the writers have learned something applicable to our other documentation efforts Cheers Lydia PS: The book is open to editing and I'm sure the authors would appreciate input. -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
looking for project for 1 or 2 students
Heya folks :) I have a student who would like to work on a project. He already did a SoK for Alkimia. He is looking for a project for his studies. Ideally it would be related to data mining somehow. Potentially a second student would join the project. If you have ideas please let me know. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: looking for project for 1 or 2 students
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 18:48, David Narvaez wrote: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Tomaz Canabrava wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Lydia Pintscher wrote: >>> Heya folks :) >>> >>> I have a student who would like to work on a project. He already did a >>> SoK for Alkimia. He is looking for a project for his studies. Ideally >>> it would be related to data mining somehow. Potentially a second >>> student would join the project. >>> If you have ideas please let me know. >> >> Data mining? what about the Nepomuk? I'm sure a little bit of help >> there will be great. > > What about coupling this thread with those other threads about bug > triaging/squashing? One thing I wanted to propose in those threads was > mining the open reports and getting automatic insights based on > training from real-life triagers. We could base our code on > Nepomuk/Strigi and, if successful, we could even contribute that code > as a project for other Bugzillas around the FOSS world. While this would be awesome to have it is way too big for what I am looking for here unfortunately. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Dario Freddi - Re: KAuth and dbus service files
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 21:06, Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers wrote: > Dario Freddi wrote Nov. 23 2011 > >> Small advice: next time you are seeking for help, spare the others >> from your cheap irony, because you can just piss people off. I am >> certainly not losing my time helping somebody who is clearly too good > < to follow my advice. Good luck in solving your problem, and when you >> got a minute, learn to behave. > > To the kde-devel-People: > > since years is Mr. Freddi offending contributors and readers of this list. As > far as got it, a moderator for the list was introduced some years ago, to > improve this behaviour. > > Words like "spare your cheap irony", "you can piss people", "you are too good > to follow my advice", "learn to behave" may be even hardly acceptable under > uneducated people in a primary school and shows a very arrogant attitude, but > definitly do not belong to the normal interchange between readers of a KDE > forum. > He is endangering the good name of kde-devel. > > Please consider the reactivation of the moderator. Let's all take a deep breath here and stop this thread right now. It's not going anywhere productive. Dario is not perfect like everyone else on this list. But Dario is one of the people who I can always count on to help new contributors. No need for name-calling or bringing up old fights again. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Re: looking for project for 1 or 2 students
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 09:21, Andreas Cord-Landwehr wrote: > On Wednesday 23 November 2011 18:47:12 Lydia Pintscher wrote: >> While this would be awesome to have it is way too big for what I am >> looking for here unfortunately. > > Hi, I remember this mail some month ago about combining notes plasmoids. > Together with Akonadi+Nepomuk integration this could be a challenging project: > > http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-pim&m=131318930304775&w=2 I am not entirely sure if this fulfills the data mining part. However it seems like a nice project so I'll suggest it. Thanks! Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
need more tasks for Code-in
Heya folks :) We're almost half-way through Code-in. At this point the kids have completed an amazing 185 tasks since the start on 22nd of Nov. About another 90 are open for them to work on right now. The second (and last) round of tasks will be published on 16th and so far we only have 44 more tasks to publish then. I expect a big rush on the tasks towards the end of the program so we will very likely be able to get another 200 tasks or more done until the end of the program if we can provide them. Let's not waste this opportunity. So if you have tasks please please do add them now, and definitely before the 16th. If you have questions you can find the admins in #kde-soc. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: need more tasks for Code-in
Reminder that today is the last day to add new tasks before the end of Code-in :) Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
accomodation for FOSDEM
Heya folks :) We'll try to make a group hotel booking for FOSDEM again. To take advantage of this please add your name to http://community.kde.org/Promo/Events/FOSDEM/2012 before the end of the year. Assume that you will have to pay the room by yourself though. For exceptions please contact the board. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
free HCI course from Stanford
Heya folks :) Just wanted to let you know that there is a free human computer interaction course from Stanford that you might be interested in. The previous AI course seemed to have been great and they're extending it now. See http://www.hci-class.org/ for the HCI class and a list of other courses they're offering this round. The course starts in January. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: KDE 4.8 Thoughts
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 19:40, Ryan Gauger wrote: > KDE Developer Team, > > I upgraded to Ubuntu's Precise Alpha 1 a few days ago. After the upgrade > completed, I tried out KDE 4.8 RC 2. It worked great until the final release > of KDE 4.8 Final. KDE 4.8 Final is even better than the RC! In KDE 4.8, I > have yet to find any bugs. The updated theme is awesome too. I could not use > KDE 4.7 at all (network manager would not pull up the window to let me enter > the WEP password for the Wifi network). But 4.8's network manager works > great! This release also seems a lot more polished than ever before. Thanks > for another great KDE release! Thanks for taking the time to let us know you're happy with 4.8! This really means a lot to us. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
making commit digest stats more accurate and up-to-date
Heya folks :) The commit digest features some really nice statistics that are important for us like age and geographic distribution. I am however not sure how many of our committers actually filled it out and for how many of you it's completely outdated. It'd be awesome if you could take 2 minutes and update your stats at https://commit-digest.org/data/ Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
GSoC 2012 is on! important next steps
Heya folks :) Google Summer of Code 2012 is a go. KDE will apply again as a mentoring org. The next steps for mentors are to fill the ideas page and ideally give info sessions at local universities. Former GSoC students are especially encouraged to mentor this year. We will try to give this round a focus on accessibility. Please add ideas soon as students are starting to look for orgs/ideas. If you're a student who intends to apply start preparing now. More infos and links in my blog: http://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2012/02/07/gsoc-2012-is-on/ Let's get this rolling ;-) Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: GSoC 2012 is on! important next steps
Hi Abhishek, On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 20:36, Abhishek Sood A wrote: > Hi Lydia, > > I was excited about the kde-telepathy project and I have an idea that I > wanted to discuss and participate in GSOC-2012. I tried contacting people on > telepathy dev lists and on the IRC channels as well but could not get > response. Could you let me know if there is any one in particular in > telepathy team that i can talk to. Best talk to Martin. He's CC'd. He can probably help you. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Akademy sponsorship deadlines
Heya folks :) Some of you need sponsoring from KDE e.V. to attend Akademy. The board will handle sponsorship requests for travel and/or accommodation in 3 rounds. The budget is limited and only the funds not spend in a round will be transferred to the next round. (So you want to be in the first round.) The deadlines are: round 1: 1st of April round 2: 1st of May round 3: 1st of June We try to handle requests within one week after these deadlines. For more information about reimbursement rules please check http://ev.kde.org/rules/reimbursement_policy.php Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Akademy sponsorship deadlines
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 19:37, Martin Klapetek wrote: > On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 17:59, Lydia Pintscher wrote: >> >> Heya folks :) >> >> Some of you need sponsoring from KDE e.V. to attend Akademy. The board >> will handle sponsorship requests for travel and/or accommodation in 3 >> rounds. The budget is limited and only the funds not spend in a round >> will be transferred to the next round. (So you want to be in the first >> round.) The deadlines are: >> round 1: 1st of April >> round 2: 1st of May >> round 3: 1st of June >> We try to handle requests within one week after these deadlines. >> For more information about reimbursement rules please check >> http://ev.kde.org/rules/reimbursement_policy.php >> > > Is there any official form/way on requesting Akademy sponsorship? Or is > simple mail to the e.V. board enough? An email to the board is the way to go. It should include the amount you are asking for, what it will be spend on and maybe some justification why you should be sponsored (especially if the board doesn't know you). Useful to know is also if you are partly sponsored by someone else. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Akademy sponsorship deadlines
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 17:59, Lydia Pintscher wrote: > Heya folks :) > > Some of you need sponsoring from KDE e.V. to attend Akademy. The board > will handle sponsorship requests for travel and/or accommodation in 3 > rounds. The budget is limited and only the funds not spend in a round > will be transferred to the next round. (So you want to be in the first > round.) The deadlines are: > round 1: 1st of April > round 2: 1st of May > round 3: 1st of June > We try to handle requests within one week after these deadlines. > For more information about reimbursement rules please check > http://ev.kde.org/rules/reimbursement_policy.php One more thing: If you need a visa to go to Estonia keep in mind that you want to take care of that early. The 3rd round is definitely too late in that case. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Resigning as KMid maintainer
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 21:20, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas wrote: > Hi, > > This is to inform you about my resignation as KMid maintainer. > > Ciao and thanks for the fish. Hey Pedro, Sorry to hear that. Thanks for the work you've done. If you want to talk find me on irc. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
only 1 week left for Akademy talk submissions
Heya folks :) Just a quick reminder that there is only one week left to submit talks for Akademy in Tallinn. http://akademy.kde.org/cfp Submit now, don't procrastinate (yeah yeah I know how hard that is ;-)) Please also spread the word in your network. If you need help with your submission or have questions you can reach the program committee at akademy-ta...@kde.org. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Regarding Gsoc
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 07:19, kapil mittal wrote: > I want to take part in kde-gsoc 2012. Can anyone please help me about how > can i get started? http://community.kde.org/GSoC is an excellent start. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
KDE accepted for GSoC 2012 \o/
Heya folks :) I'm thrilled to let you know that KDE was once again accepted for Google Summer of Code this year. We've been a part of it since the beginning, meaning that this is our 8th year. Crazy! If you are a student and want to apply you should get busy now with the ideas page at http://community.kde.org/GSoC/2012/Ideas The admin team is around for help where needed. This year this will be Camila, Teo, Jeff, Leo and me. More might be added later. Mentors can sign up on http://google-melange.com now. Teo will publish a blog one Planet KDE soon with some more details. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Google Summer Of Code
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 23:00, Piotr Shipilo wrote: > Hello! My name is Piotr. I have some any questions about Google Summer > of Code. I was found very interesting projects for Amarok on KDE GSoC > Project page (http://community.kde.org/GSoC/2012/Ideas). Very much > Amarok projects required knowlege in C++ and QT (like for us). Can I > work together on a project with a friend who signs up to participate > with me. What is your attitude to work together as a team on the > project. > > Thank you for your attention. Waiting for your reply. Hi Piotr, It's unfortunately not allowed to do group projects in GSoC, not in KDE and not in any of the other organisations. KDE is going to run Season of KDE again however where this is possible. Season of KDE works similarly to GSoC but the projects are usually smaller and students do not get paid. There is however going to be some swag. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Submit your GSoC application now!
Heya folks :) If you're planning to apply for GSoC and have not submitted your application yet please go to http://google-melange.com and do this asap. There are 11h left. Do not wait until the last minute. There are no exceptions for late submissions. Cheers and good luck Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Akademy sponsorship deadlines
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 17:59, Lydia Pintscher wrote: > Heya folks :) > > Some of you need sponsoring from KDE e.V. to attend Akademy. The board > will handle sponsorship requests for travel and/or accommodation in 3 > rounds. The budget is limited and only the funds not spend in a round > will be transferred to the next round. (So you want to be in the first > round.) The deadlines are: > round 1: 1st of April > round 2: 1st of May > round 3: 1st of June > We try to handle requests within one week after these deadlines. > For more information about reimbursement rules please check > http://ev.kde.org/rules/reimbursement_policy.php This is just a quick reminder that the deadline for the second round is soon. Don't wait if you need support from the e.V. to attend. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Akademy session chairs
Heya folks :) We are getting closer to Akademy and the program committee is still looking for people who would like to be session chairs during the first two days. These people would need to introduce the speaker and make sure everything is on time and maybe help the speaker a bit with the microphone during the questions part of the talk. Sounds like something you could help with? Email akademy-ta...@kde.org to let us know. Akademy can only be a success if we're all doing our little part. Being a session chair is a great opportunity to do your part. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: back developing [KRunner Bookmarks for chrome]
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Marco Gulino wrote: > Hi! > I was a developer in KDE area some years ago, had to drop it due to lack of > time, hardware, and usual various impediments :P > Now i'd like to spend some of my free time helping improving KDE. That's great to hear. Welcome back! Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: [kde-devel] KDE and Qt future?
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 8:06 AM, József Makay wrote: > Hi! > > I heard that Qt thing. Can you develop the Qt near the KDE or the full > desktop environment will go to trash? > > Best wishes, > Makay Please refer to http://dot.kde.org/2012/07/09/kde-rely-qt-protect-qts-freedom-contribute-it Short version: No KDE and/or Qt will not go to trash. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
letter from digia
Hi folks, as you might have heard digia is acquiring Qt. The board received a letter that we were asked to distribute to the community. It's attached. A dot story will hopefully follow soon. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org Qt_Digia_Letter_to_KDE.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
call for presentations: Qt Developer Conference
Heya folks :) The call for presentations for this year's Qt Developer Conference is published. It is important to have KDE represented there in the talk program. If you have something interesting to talk about please do submit something. The deadline is September 23rd. If you need feedback on your submission please poke me. http://www.kdab.com/call-for-presentations-qt-developer-conference/ Cheers Lydia PS: Please let me know if you submit something. -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Fwd: [Development] Two days left: Qt Developers Conference CFP
Heya folks :) 2 days left to propose a talk. Let's have a great KDE presence there. If you need help with your submission let me know. Cheers Lydia -- Forwarded message -- From: Thiago Macieira Date: Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 9:41 PM Subject: [Development] Two days left: Qt Developers Conference CFP To: developm...@qt-project.org This is the right mailing list :-) The Qt Developers Conference Call for Papers is still open. If you haven't yet, please submit your presentation proposal for the conference. We're looking for topics by developers, for developers, about Qt: developing with it, developing it; what's coming, what's already present, how to use it with or on other technology (devices, architectures, other libraries, frameworks, etc.) Be creative and submit your proposal at https://qtconference.kdab.com/node/12 -- Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center Intel Sweden AB - Registration Number: 556189-6027 Knarrarnäsgatan 15, 164 40 Kista, Stockholm, Sweden ___ Development mailing list developm...@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org signature.asc Description: PGP signature >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
10 Rasberry PIs available for projects
Heya folks :) A while ago Nokia has offered to sponsor 10 Rasberry PIs for KDE. (Thanks Nokia!) They have now arrived in the KDE e.V. office. We need to figure out what to do with them now. So if you have a cool idea that you're willing to do with one of them and that would benefit KDE please post it here within the next 2 weeks. (If there are more than 10 proposals I can be bribed with cookies :P) Oh and I forgot: 1 of them should go to Dario for a tutorial at the Qt Developers Conference in the US. So please. What's your cool idea for a Rasberry PI? Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
attending the Qt Developer Days
Heya folks :) KDE is a partner of the upcoming Qt Developer Days in Europe: http://qtconference.kdab.com/node/21 Thanks to KDAB this includes up to 20 tickets for KDE community members to attend the event. If you want one of those please contact the board at kde-ev-bo...@kde.org. (Be aware that you are expected to help a bit during the event to make sure everything is running smoothly.) We are working on the details of the event in the US still together with ICS. If you're interested in attending this event please contact the board as well. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Developing for KDE Based Linux OS
On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Rohit wrote: > Respected Sir, > > I am seriously considering developing from the KDE based Linux Operating > Systems. Also, I have interest in participating in Google Summer of Code > under your organisation. > > I have knowledge of C, PHP, Javascript, Python(basic) and Objective-C > Programming Languages. I am willing to learn any programming language needed > for the purpose. It will not take time as i am already familiar with the > concept. > > Also, I have been using Linux Operating systems since 2 Years. So, Please > Guide me in the Right Direction and tell me what All I need to learn for the > purpose. Hey :) Great to hear you want to join KDE development. I recommend you have a look at http://flossmanuals.net/kde-guide/ for some help with the first steps. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Ada Lovelace Day Tutorials on Tuesday - spread the word
Heya folks :) We'll be doing tutorials on Tuesday to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day. This is your chance to get involved in KDE if you've only been watching from the sideline so far. http://dot.kde.org/2012/10/14/kde-celebrates-ada-lovelace-day-tutorials Spread the word to your friends! Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Google Code-in tasks needed
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Lydia Pintscher wrote: > Heya folks :) > > Sorry for mass-mailing but this concerns pretty much everyone. Google > Code-in applications have started. I just submitted our application. > To be successful we now need to add tasks to this list: > http://community.kde.org/GoogleCodeIn/2012/Ideas > > Please only add tasks you are willing to mentor (or if you know > someone else is)! > > A few things to keep in mind: > * this is not just about code. We also need other tasks (likely even > more than coding tasks) > * we need at least 5 tasks in each category > * a task should take a normal KDE contributor about 2 hours (This is > to give you some idea of how much work a task should be. If you have > doubts/questions please come to me.) > * there are no translation tasks this time > * there are no easy/normal/hard tasks - all the same this time > * we get to choose 2 grand-price winners among our best kids. This > means students are much more likely to stick with one org this time. > * the kids don't get money this time > * Google expects a turn-around time on tasks of less than 36 hours. > I'd like to us try to get to less than 24 hours if at all possible. > * check the timeline > (http://www.google-melange.com/gci/events/google/gci2012). If you're > not available to approve and review tasks for some of that time please > add that to the task description > > We need this list finished latest by November 5th but earlier would be > a lot better. > Please spread the word to everyone who's not yet aware of it but should be. > > > Cheers and thanks for your help > Lydia > > PS: Please CC me on replies as I am not subscribed to all lists. Hey :) Just a quick reminder that tasks that will be considered to decide if KDE takes part or not need to be on the wiki by Monday. Please make sure you have as many of your tasks there as possible by the deadline. Thanks to everyone who already added tasks. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
FOSDEM: deadline extension for the cross-desktop devroom
Heya folks :) We've extended the deadline for the cross-desktop room at FOSDEM to the 21st of December. You can find the call for participation at https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2012-October/001643.html If you have a relevant topic to talk about please consider submitting a proposal now. There will not be another extension. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
Re: Enquiring about being a developer
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 10:29 AM, ravindra rakshit wrote: > I am quite new to this open source. The things like Qt framework and git are > new to me, so should I learn all this well before starting to participate as > a developer or a debugger? Iam familiar to C++, what more should i know? Hi Ravindra, Have a look at this book that was written to help people get into KDE development: http://flossmanuals.net/kde-guide/ If you have any questions please ask them here or on IRC in #kde-devel on freenode. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
<3 for some people
Hey :) I think it's time for showing some love and appreciation. I'll start by calling out: * Yash Shah and his team for organizing the upcoming KDE Meetup in India * Martin Gräßlin for rocking KWin and making sure the world knows about the cool stuff going on there * The Marble team for being amazing mentors during this year's Google Code-in. Who's on your list? Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE Community Working Group / KDE e.V. board member http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
