Schedules/KDE4/4.2 Feature Plan

This is a list of planned features for the 4.2 release.

See also:

• Schedules/KDE4/4.2 Release Schedule
• Schedules/KDE4/4.1 Feature Plan
• Schedules/KDE4/Goals

Legend:

• todo => not started yet
• in-progress => started, but not completed yet
• done => completed

Other

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	System Settings	add Administrator mode button	? <?>

kdelibs

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	kross	Extend QtScript integration.
IN PROGRESS	KDEPrint	Reintroduce KDEPrint in some form, depending on what Qt4.4 delivers.
TO DO	KDEPrint	Add framework for standard actions for 'Send to...' for e-mail, fax, etc by printing to PDF/PS.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KDEPrint	Migrate FilePrinter class from Okular to enable file printing for all apps via QPrinter, modify to utilise new Qt4.4 features. To be discussed on k-c-d first.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KCalenderSystem	Add new calendar systems: Indian Civil (Saka), Ethiopean, Chinese, Pure Julian, Pure Gregorian. (Note, not all may live in kdelibs or be available as a global calendar system)	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KLocale	Implement KLocale based methods to return weekend days and day of religious observance. Currently KCalendarSystem provides dayOfPray(), but for Gregorian this is not correct in all locales where it is used. Currently KDatePicker hardcodes Saturday and dayOfPray() as weekend days which may not be correct in all locales. To be discussed first on k-c-d and with kdepim.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	Phonon	add Port class for fine grained control over data flow between Phonon objects	Matthias Kretz <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Phonon	make AbstractMediaStream/StreamInterface threadsafe
IN PROGRESS	Phonon	"low-level" PCM I/O with at least an ALSA implementation
IN PROGRESS	Phonon	VideoWidget snapshot function

kdebase-workspace

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	KDEPrint	reintroduce KDEPrint Print Management tools, e.g. KCM, kprinter, kjobviewer, etc. Depends upon progress of kdelibs side of KDEPrint and Qt4.4 feature set.	john Layt <[email protected]>

kdepimlibs

Status	Project	Description	Contact

kdenetwork

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	Kopete	MSNP15 implementation for MSN
IN PROGRESS	Kopete	UPnp Support
IN PROGRESS	Kopete	Updated contact list interface (uses Qt 4 rather than Qt 3)
TO DO	Kopete	Update Kopete to better support Decibel	Kopete Developers <[email protected]>

kdeutils

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	Power Manager	import either Guidance Power Manager or move kde4powersaver into kdeutils	? <?>
TO DO	Kjots	Import notes from KNotes as KJots pages.	Stephen Kelly <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kjots	Email KJots pages using default mail client (Bug #124509.	Stephen Kelly <[email protected]>

kdebindings

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	Smoke	Wrap some more APIs (at least Akanodi for all languages and Plasma for C#)
TO DO	krossjava	Integrate into e.g. SuperKaramba and fix issues that show up.	Sebastian Sauer <[email protected]>
TO DO	krossjava	Documentation++	Sebastian Sauer <[email protected]>

kdegames

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	libkdegames	New highscore management system
TO DO	kdiamond	Drag jewels	Stefan Majewsky <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	ksirk	Map scrolling arrows
TO DO	ksirk	KHotNewStuff skins	Gaël de Chalendar <[email protected]>
TO DO	ksirk	Jabber based net game finding	Gaël de Chalendar <[email protected]>

kdesdk

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	Kate	Port and reenable the Snippets plugin.
IN PROGRESS	Lokalize	XLIFF support
IN PROGRESS	Lokalize	various Translation Memory enhancements
TO DO	Lokalize	Kross-based scripting	Nick Shaforostoff <shafff-at-ukr.net>
TO DO	Lokalize	QA: glossary checklists	Nick Shaforostoff <shafff-at-ukr.net>