KDevelop/Meeting2011

Randa 2011 KDevelop Meeting

Agenda

Thu

• get up with an agenda

Plugins

requirements for plugins in extragear/kdevelop/*:

• kdereview
• maintainer
• releasable
• unit tests (and none failing)

plugins to merge:

• kdevplatform/
  • controlflowgraph
    • TODO: investigate status, get out of kdereview
  • execute script
    • TODO: investigate status, get into kdereview
• kdevelop/
  • qmake
    • TODO: Milian: investigate status, get into kdereview
• kdevelop/plugins/
  • merge php/php-docs
    • TODO: Milian
  • css
    • TODO: investigate status, get into kdereview
  • execute browser
    • TODO: investigate status, get into kdereview
  • xdebug
    • TODO: investigate status, get into kdereview

notes on /plugins:

• not a single big repo (devs against it)
• TODO: document easy "build-all" process on techbase

note for developers: kdevplatform API breakages must be fixed in every stable repo, i.e. everything in https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/kdevelop must be compiling

Build Bot & Unit Testing

• TODO: Get a build bot running
  • either on every commit (much work)
  • or at least once a day (single to implement)
• TODO: Get a unit test bot running
  • requirements:
    • no failing unit tests (XFAIL is OK)
    • no agressive performance tests (time limit, memory limit, ...)
• TODO: investigate cdash
  • kdelibs dashboard is down, not a good impression
• TODO: ask PovAddict on his experience with build bot + unit tests

Gluon

• try to rebase gluoncreator on kdevplatform
• put improvements into the platform
  • plugin based diff-viewer (i.e. to compare designer files, images, ...)
  • improved history viewer (timeline, ...)
• alternatively try to reuse parts of kdevplatform in gluoncreator
  • problem: kdevplatform (rightly so!) expect full kdevplatform availability

Thu

• wrap up & leave home

Discussion TODO

not so controversial

• [DONE] merge control flow into kdevplatform
• [DONE] merge qmake into kdevelop
• [DONE] extra-plugins module: css, execute-script, execute-browser, andreas' custom project manager, ...
• gluon integration
• handle rename/delete of file in editor view

controversial

• browser-like tabs
• welcome page
• drag&drop
• merge aliex's thesis work

very controversial

• destroy areas
• chromium-like UI

unsorted

• remove/disable/fix failing unit tests
• discuss close view on delete file, rename view on rename file
• fix QWarnings (esp. timer issues etc.)
• discuss switching branch -> reload files
• extend drag'n'drop support (esp. toolviews, ...)
• go through review requests
• port mailing list to kde infrastructure
• pluginsmodule
• website contents
  • promotion stuff
• krunner (session)
• extended cli support (open in existing instance)
  • extended dbus interface