KDE Core/Platform 11/QtLibraryCollection
< KDE Core | Platform 11
immediate goal
- website with database of avialable libraries
- command line tool
scope
- libraries
- uses Qt
- open source as defined by DFSG
out of scope
- proprietary
- no selling mechanism
audience
- Qt developers
- both open source and proprietary
long term possibility
- built packages
host code?
Pro:
- More reliable
- don't have to rely on 3rd parties being online/available
- no broken links
Cons:
- Need to do legal
- More bandwidth and disk
Decision: host downloads .. tarballs + meta file (investigate using DOAP for the latter)
desired features
- Metadata editable in website:
- Name
- License
- Homepage link
- Documentation link
- Build system
- Use KDE Identity for log in
- Add/remove/update
- Search driven
- "Most downloaded" list
- Comments
- User ratings (multi-question survey)
- No approval process, but a "report problem" link*
- Uploads go under vendor namespaces, e.g. KDE/solid