[kde-community] Some proposals for discussion about future releases

2014-04-22 Thread Mario Fux
Good morning With the KDE Frameworks 5 [1] and Plasma [2] well underway the only thing of the old KDE Software Collection are the KDE Applications that don't yet have a release plan or schedule for the Qt5/KF5 port. Beneath these big changes in a lot of our software there are quite a few other

[kde-community] Proposal One: KDE (Core) Apps and Suites

2014-04-22 Thread Mario Fux
Proposal: Reduce the amount of KDE Core Apps according to a definition and release the other apps in independent groups or suites like e.g. KDE Edu, KDE Games, KDE PIM, Amarok or the Calligra Suite. Details: We could decide on a group of KDE Core Apps (for the Desktop) based on a definition lik

[kde-community] Proposal Two: The Sigma Release Days and independent releases

2014-04-22 Thread Mario Fux
Proposal: Offer the possibility for the suites/groups of apps to release independently and make two, three or more release days ("Sigma" as the greek symbol for the sum) per year where and when we make big promo for KDE software. Details: Promo wise it could make sense to still have some releas

[kde-community] Proposal Tre: More formal release and announcement processes

2014-04-22 Thread Mario Fux
Proposal: To make the release and announcement process smoother and less redundant work and to reach more people we should formalize and script some (more) of the processes involved. Details: In the last weeks and months we had a plethora of releases and announcements. Just take a look at the d

Re: [kde-community] Proposal One: KDE (Core) Apps and Suites

2014-04-22 Thread Luigi Toscano
On Tuesday 22 of April 2014 11:31:02 Mario Fux wrote: > About the current modules [1] we have and released it's a very unbalanced > thing. Just compare KDEAdmin or KDEToys with KDEEdu or KDEPIM. So I think a > reduction and rearrangement is the best thing. Just a very tiny note for the record: w

Re: [kde-community] Proposal One: KDE (Core) Apps and Suites

2014-04-22 Thread Aleix Pol
On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Mario Fux wrote: > Proposal: > Reduce the amount of KDE Core Apps according to a definition and release > the > other apps in independent groups or suites like e.g. KDE Edu, KDE Games, > KDE > PIM, Amarok or the Calligra Suite. > > Details: > We could decide on a

Re: [kde-community] Proposal Tre: More formal release and announcement processes

2014-04-22 Thread Carl
On Tuesday, April 22, 2014 11:37:33 AM Mario Fux wrote: > Proposal: To make the release and announcement process smoother and less > redundant work and to reach more people we should formalize and script some > (more) of the processes involved. > > Details: > In the last weeks and months we had a