News Archive for February 2000

Using a very equilibrated tone and sound arguments, Paul advocates efficiently the need for more effort, as well as fresh energy and experience, in the exciting domain of bridging the gap between the dying present and the bright future of what we often call computing for all.

Our friendly handshake for your excellent words, Paul.

• 7 new application templates
  • KDE1 OpenGL
  • KDE2 SDI
  • KDE2 mini
  • KDE2 MDI
  • QT2 SDI
  • QT2 MDI/QWorkspace
  • QT2 MDI/QextMDI
• complete integrated internal debugger
• extended documentation, inclusive a KScribble tutorial and example code
• improved editor: visible bookmarks, comment/uncomment code in editor window, support for multibyte character
• improved other components: dlgeditor, classviewer
• Htdig search engine support
• translations (online help, manual) into many languages
• better OS support: KDevelop is now available for Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD, Solaris and Unixware

Version 1.1 of the KDE Development Kit was also announced.

"This year's CeBIT appearance of the KDE Project will be hosted by SuSE on their main booth in hall 3, booth E045. SuSE staff as well as members of the KDE Core Team will be demonstrating KDE 1.1.2 including the new SuSE Desktop. The highlight will be a preview of the upcoming KDE 2.0 release including KOffice, the KDE Office Suite."

Q: What exactly will SourceForge be hosting?
A: Initially, they will be hosting only our CVS repository (currently hosted at a university in Germany). They will also very likely host our FTP server sometime soon if everything goes well.

Q: Is that it?
A: Well, that depends. SourceForge has a very rich set of tools at our disposal, including mailing lists and bug tracking. We will evaluate those tools on a case-by-case basis to see if they fit our needs.

Q: Will the www.kde.org website be hosted by VA Linux.
A: No.

Q: Why are you switching to a new host? What was wrong with the old one?
A: First, we are very grateful to Uni-Luebeck for hosting our CVS for as long as they did. However, the KDE project is just getting too big. Our server and bandwith needs are quite high and getting higher at a continuous rate. Uni-Luebeck has been very good to us in the past.. but it's just not fair to them (and to the students there) to continue hogging their resources and their system administrators. By moving to a host dedicated soley to Open Source projects, we can expand our resources and make necessary demands without feeling like we are imposing on someone or getting in the way.

Q: What will developers have to do to work with the new system.
A: The only big change is that the CVS now uses ssh instead of the old unsecure pserver mechanism. That means that all developers must have ssh installed on their development machines. All developers with up to date entries in kde-common/accounts will be automatically added to the SourceForge CVS. More details will be forthcoming when they emerge.

Q: Will non-developers still have CVSup access?
A: Yes.

If you have any other questions, please direct them to Kurt Granroth <granroth@kde.org>. I will answer most questions directly but will compile a list of frequently asked ones if such a need arises.