Schedules/KDE4/4.4 Feature Plan

This is a list of planned features for the 4.4 release.

See also:

• Schedules/KDE4/4.4 Release Schedule
• Schedules/KDE4/4.4 Release Goals
• Schedules/KDE4/4.3 Feature Plan

Legend:

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

kdeaccessibility

Status	Project	Description	Contact

kdeadmin

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	system-config-printer-kde	Restore feature parity with KDEPrint3 where possible.

kdeartwork

Status	Project	Description	Contact

kdebase-apps

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	Konqueror	Improvements in session-management	Eduardo Robles Elvira <[email protected]>
TO DO	Konqueror	Improvements in tab-bar widget	Eduardo Robles Elvira <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Konqueror	New Konqueror bookmarks using Akonadi and Nepomuk, awesome bar
IN PROGRESS	Konqueror	Sidebar cleanups; re-introducing the history module
IN PROGRESS	Dolphin	Version control intergration
IN PROGRESS	Dolphin	Improved search bar including search configuration
IN PROGRESS	Dolphin	Refactoring of Information Panel. KMetaDataWidget and KMetaDataConfigurationDialog should be moved to kdelibs.

kdebase-runtime

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	KWallet	Single Sign On using PAM	Michael Leupold <[email protected]>
TO DO	network kioslave	Backend for UPnP	Friedrich Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	network kioslave	Backend for LISa	Friedrich Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	network kioslave	Backend for SMB	Friedrich Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	network kioslave	Integrate with remote and zeroconf kioslaves	Friedrich Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	smb kioslave	add kwallet support	Carlo Segato <[email protected]>
DONE	thumbnail kioslave	Support for comic-book cover previews (.cbr, .cbz, .cbt files)
IN PROGRESS	Nepomuk	Integrate Filesystem service to handle mounting/unmounting of removable devices
IN PROGRESS	Nepomuk	Add nepomuk kio slave which handles all stating of Nepomuk resources
IN PROGRESS	Nepomuk	Port Nepomuk to Virtuoso: query service, strigi service
IN PROGRESS	Locale KCM	Add support for new Currency Code and Decimal Places features in KLocale.
IN PROGRESS	Device Automounting	Add support for storage device automounting

kdebase-workspace

Status	Project	Description	Contact
Non-Plasma, Non-KWin
TO DO	Icons KCM	More configurable icon sizes	Christoph Feck <[email protected]>
TO DO	Fonts KCM	More configurable fonts	Christoph Feck <[email protected]>
TO DO	System Activity	Show CPU usage etc	John Tapsell <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Date/Time KCM	Plasma themed clock
IN PROGRESS	System Activity	Add scripting support
DONE	Solid	RemoteControl Manager/Interface + Lirc backend
DONE	System Activity	KAuth integration
DONE	System Settings	Improve module appearance for Icons View and provide searching hints
IN PROGRESS	System Setitngs	Reorganize modules
IN PROGRESS	Mouse KCM	XInput2 support
IN PROGRESS	Attica KCM	Initial import
KRunner
DONE	KRunner	Window management runner
TO DO	KRunner	Solid device runner	Jacopo De Simoi <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KRunner	Add Firefox support to the bookmark runner
TO DO	KRunner	Solid device runner	Jacopo De Simoi <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KRunner	Single runner mode
TO DO	KRunner	Manage actions in default interface	Jacopo De Simoi <[email protected]>
Plasma - Priority Features
IN PROGRESS	netbook shell	a plasma shell and various containments/applets tailored for netbooks (tech preview status in 4.4)
Plasma
TO DO	libplasma	better text box look with new svg elements	Marco Martin <[email protected]>
TO DO	libplasma	Allow display of multiple Holiday Regions in same Calendar widget	John Layt <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	knowledge base plasmoid	new plasmoid: Opendesktop.org knowledgebase client
IN PROGRESS	Quicklaunch Plasmoid	new icon size/rows config ui
IN PROGRESS	libplasma	Allow user to choose Calendar System to be displayed in Calendar widgets
IN PROGRESS	opendesktop plasmoid	show friends activity
DONE	libplasma/kwin	slide animation for popups done by kwin
DONE	System tray	Plasmoid support in the system tray
DONE	System tray	config ui to decide between always shown, always hidden and auto hide for each systray item
IN PROGRESS	Plasma Addon	Wikipedia KRunner
IN PROGRESS	Plasma Addon	Webslice Plasmoid, qgraphicswidget
IN PROGRESS	Plasma Addon	Battery popup layout improvements
IN PROGRESS	Plasma Mouse Plugins UI	Yet Another UI Redesign
TO DO	libplasma	Plasmoid Cloning - because having to set things up from scratch repeatedly gets old fast	Chani <[email protected]>
TO DO	taskbar	"other desktops" group - I may not have time for this, feel free to take it	Chani <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Plasma Weather Ion	New Weather Ion for the wetter.com data source provider
IN PROGRESS	Plasma Animator	Create new Plasma::Animator API based on Qt 4.6 Kinetic
TO DO	Plasma KineticScrolling	Port KineticScrolling to Qt 4.6 Kinetic
IN PROGRESS	Plasma-Netbook Animated Layouts	Create Animated Layouts to SAL and NewsPaper
IN PROGRESS	Notification queueing
IN PROGRESS	Trust Levels	package signing and verification
IN PROGRESS	JS plasmoid improvements	Animations, KIO and QFile bindings; latter two by security policy
IN PROGRESS	Kiosk improvements
IN PROGRESS	Activity Bar
TO DO	folderview	Hover action icons in the icon view	Fredrik Höglund <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	libplasma	Show the PopupApplet's BusyWidget inside the popup
KWin - Core
IN PROGRESS	KWin	Window tabbing
IN PROGRESS	KWin	Window tiling
DONE	KWin	Quick window maximization and tiling by dragging windows to the edge of the screen
DONE	KWin	Improved virtual desktop KCM
DONE	KWin	Improved window switcher (Alt+Tab)
DONE	KWin	SVG based window decoration theme engine (Aurorae)
DONE	KWin	Merged Ozone and Nitrogen window decorations into Oxygen
IN PROGRESS	KWin	Support for new EWMH hints
KWin - Desktop Effects
DONE	KWin	Mouse action support in Present Windows effect
DONE	KWin	New present windows mode to only display windows from a single application
DONE	KWin	Improved flip switch effect
KDM

kdebindings

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	pykde4	Python 3 support for PyKDE4	Simon Edwards <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	qyoto	Create a new generator for the C# assemblies
TO DO	qyoto	Replace the current C# cmake macros with more sophisticated ones that also work on windows.	Arno Rehn <[email protected]>

kdeedu

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	KStars	Display Comet Magnitudes whenever possible	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Information links in-place for each technical term	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Tool to suggest star-hopping techniques???	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Extend conjunction tool to have one object unspecified, but have a genre of objects specified instead	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Simulate Lunar Eclipses	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Simulate Satellites and Iridium Flares	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Social and Geographical Integration for KStars	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Marble widget for Geolocation tool	Médéric Boquien <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Better printed star charts	Jason Harris <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Better rendering of comets/asteroids	Jason Harris <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Texture mapping of the skymap???	Jason Harris <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Cantor	Import to kdeedu - currently in kdereview
IN PROGRESS	KAlgebra	Support for lists
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Add "download region" feature
IN PROGRESS	Marble	GeoData Model/View rework
IN PROGRESS	Parley	Rewritten practice
DONE	KAlgebra	Improved MathML Presentation support
DONE	KAlgebra	Added 2D parametric function plotting
DONE	KAlgebra	Improved jump detections
DONE	KAlgebra	Made lambda expressions more usable
DONE	KStars	Improve Observing List Wizard
DONE	KTurtle	Add F2 context help
DONE	KTurtle	Add SVG export for the canvas
DONE	KTurtle	Add HTML export of the code
DONE	KTurtle	Add printing support for the canvas
TO DO	Marble	Add proper support for GPX waypoints, tracks and routes display	Anders Lund <[email protected]>

kdegames

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	KBreakOut	Level Sets	Fela Winkelmolen <[email protected]>
TO DO	KBreakOut	Sound	Fela Winkelmolen <[email protected]>
TO DO	KDiamond	Intelligent animation pre-caching	Stefan Majewsky <[email protected]>
TO DO	KDiamond	Refactor Board and Diamond classes	Stefan Majewsky <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kolf	Replace with Kolf 2 (help on coding, artwork and level design desired) >>delayed to KDE 4.5<<	Stefan Majewsky <[email protected]>
TO DO	KsirK	rewrite AI code or at least correct most problems related in bug #170777. Volunteers wanted!	Gaël de Chalendar <[email protected]>
TO DO	KsirK	Boost playing over Jabber	Gaël de Chalendar <[email protected]>
TO DO	KSquares	Re-write computer player, make it act faster and more intelligent	Eckhart Wörner <[email protected]>
TO DO	KSquares	Add more types of boards: hexagonal, triangular	Eckhart Wörner <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Gluon	release first gluon lib with one game. [1]
IN PROGRESS	Granatier	New Bomberman like game for KDE 4
IN PROGRESS	Granatier	Implement all Bonuses from the default theme
DONE	Granatier	Add support for a background
TO DO	Granatier	Sidebar with informations regarding the players, like bonuses, handicaps ...	Mathias Kraus <[email protected]>
TO DO	Granatier	Arena Editor	Mathias Kraus <[email protected]>
TO DO	Granatier	Replace Phonon with QtMultimedia for better sound	Mathias Kraus <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KAtomic	Level Sets
IN PROGRESS	KsirK	Polish the skin editor (doc, contextual help, ...)
IN PROGRESS	Palapeli	New puzzle game for KDE 4
DONE	Bovo	Highlight the last move to be easier to spot
DONE	Bovo	Enable undo after the game has ended, to be able to correct a fatal mis-click
DONE	KBreakOut	Improved keyboard support
DONE	KBreakOut	Fullscreen support
DONE	KDiamond	Improve time display
DONE	KGoldrunner	Add Mazes game (37 levels), contributed by Steve Mann.
DONE	KsirK	Previous/Next in start new game as described in bug #170774
IN PROGRESS	Kigo	New Go game for KDE 4
DONE	Kigo	Fix smaller issues with KNS2
DONE	Kigo	Beautify the default theme
IN PROGRESS	Kigo	Allow arbitrary jumps in the undo/redo history
IN PROGRESS	Kigo	Improve final score visuals

kdegraphics

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	libkexiv2	Store metadata in libexiv2 containers, do not lossily encode to QByteArray. Bug 183171	Marcel Wiesweg <[email protected]>
TO DO	libkexiv2	Expose exiv2 API for accessing embedded previews in RAW files.	Marcel Wiesweg <[email protected]>
TO DO	libkdcraw	Make color management options more flexible	Marcel Wiesweg <[email protected]>
DONE	libksane	Add basic twain support on Windows
DONE	libksane	External API for specifying preview resolution
IN PROGRESS	libksane	External API for handling selections
TO DO	libksane	Improve auto-selection	Kåre Särs <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	gwenview	Rework start page
IN PROGRESS	gwenview	Implement picture importer
IN PROGRESS	gwenview	New save-as behavior (go to saved as document)
TO DO	gwenview	Show Nepomuk info in image meta info	Aurelien Gateau <[email protected]>
TO DO	gwenview	Persistent changes	Aurelien Gateau <[email protected]>
TO DO	gwenview	Folder thumbnails	Aurelien Gateau <[email protected]>

kdelibs

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	katepart	Add interface to access highlighting information, port html-export plugin	Milian Wolff <[email protected]>
TO DO	KCalendarSystem	Add new astronomical calculation support classes to be used in kdelibs to build new astronomically based calendar systems, and in kdepim to build new version of libkholiday.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KCalendarSystem	Add new calendar systems: Bahaii, Ethiopean, Chinese, Japanese, Buddhist, etc.	John Layt <[email protected]>
DONE	KCalendarSystem	Add new calendar systems: Indian Civil (Saka), Pure Julian, Pure Gregorian.
TO DO	kdecore	Group policy (Windows) backend for KAuth	Dario Freddi <[email protected]>
DONE	KDEPrint	Add Odd/Even page selection and server-side page selection when using CUPS.
TO DO	KDEPrint	If no file printing support in Qt4.5, migrate FilePrinter class from Okular to enable file printing for all apps via QPrinter. To be discussed on k-c-d first.	John Layt <[email protected]>
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	kdeui	Implement caps-lock warning for password entry widgets	Michael Leupold <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KLocale	Implement ISO 4217 Currency Code support (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217).
IN PROGRESS	KLocale	Separate numeric decimal places and monetary decimal places.
TO DO	KLocale	Implement support for number grouping other than thousands using LC_NUMERIC and LC_MONETARY formats, e.g. India 00 00 000 and China 0000 0000.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KLocale	Implement support for additional Country Code standards: ISO Alpha 3, ISO Numeric 3, FIPS-10.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KLocale	Add support to number and money format for negative numbers to display in a font colour.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KLocale	Implement separate backends for each supported platform/desktop to use platform localisation in place of KDE locale.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	kdeui	Improvements to KDatePicker/KDateTable for feature parity with Plasma Calendar widget, i.e. holiday support, select calendar system, etc.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	Khtml	Improvements in kwallet integration	Eduardo Robles Elvira <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	kfile	Move KMetaDataWidget and KMetaDataConfigurationDialog from Dolphin to kfile
DONE	katepart	Add mapping support for the vi input mode's normal mode
TO DO	katepart	Add visual block mode and make the basic commands support it	Erlend Hamberg <ehambergαgmail.com>
IN PROGRESS	katepart	Improve TemplateInterface, i.e. snippet support
IN PROGRESS	kdecore	Move event-filter installation out of KApplication and into a new class
IN PROGRESS	kdecore	Polkit-1 backend for KAuth
IN PROGRESS	kdeui	Support floating point font sizes
IN PROGRESS	kdeui	Finish the time chooser widget
IN PROGRESS	kio	Limit number of connections per host (per application), add job priorities
IN PROGRESS	kio	Support for automatically renaming conflicting files during copy and move operations
TO DO	kio	Better file information in file conflict dialog	Todd <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	kio	Remember downloads via Nepomuk
IN PROGRESS	webkit	Move KDE integration of QtWebKit into kdelibs (but not KPart!)
IN PROGRESS	buildsystem	Modular build of KDE modules
DONE	katepart	Enable command line scripting again
DONE	katepart	Support byte-order mark in unicode files
IN PROGRESS	katepart	Improve katepart Vim mode.
IN PROGRESS	nepomuk	Add const versions of the accessor methods to the Nepomuk::Types classes

kdemultimedia

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	KMix	Nicer OSD (icon, mute state)	Christian Esken <[email protected]>
TO DO	KMix	Amend Keyboard Shortcuts	Christian Esken <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KMix	Allow arbitrary ordering of controls
IN PROGRESS	KMix	Add WhatsThis help on controls (Bug 70042)

kdenetwork

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	Kopete	UPnp Support	Matt Rogers <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kopete	Jabber Jingle video support	Detlev Casanova <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kopete	Jabber Jingle ICE support	Detlev Casanova <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kopete	Add support for urls to Bonjour plugin	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kopete	Rich text support for ICQ	Roman Jarosz <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KGet	Support for verifying signed files
IN PROGRESS	KGet	Support for custom NewTransferDialog in BTPlugin
IN PROGRESS	Kopete	Contacts plasmoid
IN PROGRESS	Kopete	Telepathy protocol plugin
IN PROGRESS	Kopete	Telepathy Tubes Desktop Sharing plugin
IN PROGRESS	Kopete	Akonadi Logger(modify the history plugin)
IN PROGRESS	Krdc	Telepathy Tubes support
IN PROGRESS	Krfb	Telepathy Tubes support
IN PROGRESS	Krfb	Core restructuring
IN PROGRESS	Telepathy	Account Management KCM
IN PROGRESS	Telepathy	Mission Control launcher KDED
DONE	Kopete	Create avatars from a webcam device
DONE	Krdc	Redesigned workflow to create a new connection
DONE	Krdc	Full Screen Switching

kdepim

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	Akregator	Port to use KNotificationItem
IN PROGRESS	KAlarm	Implement Akonadi support
IN PROGRESS	KAlarm	Provide audio-only alarms

kdepimlibs

Status	Project	Description	Contact

kdeplasma-addons

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	plasmaboard	Added a virtual keyboard plasmoid for touchscreen users
IN PROGRESS	KDE Observatory	A new plasmoid for visualizing KDE projects status (commits, commiters, bugs, krazy status, etc)
IN PROGRESS	opendesktop	Add messaging
IN PROGRESS	opendesktop	Add friendship management
IN PROGRESS	ocs engine	Add possibility to use different providers, port all dependent plasmoids to new infrastructure

kdesdk

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	Lokalize	Integrate snowball stemmer for glossary	Nick Shaforostoff <[email protected]>
TO DO	Lokalize	Continue implementing XLIFF spec	Nick Shaforostoff <[email protected]>
TO DO	Lokalize	Segmentation [editing] functionality	Nick Shaforostoff <[email protected] >
TO DO	Lokalize	Remote translation memories	Nick Shaforostoff <[email protected]>
TO DO	Lokalize	Integrate with nepomuk (fast stats retrieval, tag cloud - incl sharing!)	Nick Shaforostoff <[email protected]>
DONE	Kate	Add common vim commands like :wq, :new, :bp/bn, etc.
TO DO	Kate	Replace old snippet plugin through TNG plugin	Joseph Wenninger <jowenn(you_know)kde(here_too)org>
TO DO	Kate	Integreate GHNS into snippets TNG	Joseph Wenninger <jowenn(you_know)kde(here_too)org>
IN PROGRESS	Kate	Refactor parts from snippets TNG plugin into a common library for use by the plugin and for use in kdevelop

kdeutils

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	Ark	Add an options dialog (maybe)	Harald Hvaal <[email protected]>
TO DO	Ark	Support for custom options from the compression interface (eg. a slider for selecting compression level for rar files)	Harald Hvaal <[email protected]>
TO DO	Ark	Add feedback for the latest operation in the status bar	Raphael Kubo da Costa <[email protected]>
TO DO	Ark	Add feedback for the latest operation in the status bar	Raphael Kubo da Costa <[email protected]>
TO DO	Ark	Try multiple plugins for each archive type before failing	Raphael Kubo da Costa <[email protected]>
TO DO	Ark	Make the internal previewer optional	Raphael Kubo da Costa <[email protected]>
TO DO	KGpg	Make keyserver actions possible to use on multiple keyservers at once	Rolf Eike Beer <[email protected]>
TO DO	KGpg	Add "caff" mode for keysigning	Rolf Eike Beer <[email protected]>
TO DO	KGpg	Allow searching for trust path in keyring	Rolf Eike Beer <[email protected]>
TO DO	KGpg	Add improved key import result window (with useful summary, filtering, reasonable default size etc.)	Rolf Eike Beer <[email protected]>
TO DO	KGpg	Make generating a key a KJob so it get's better notification support	Rolf Eike Beer <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	add editing capability to Decoding table	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	add Kate-like search tool	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	add support for import by drop, both url and data	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	copy again puts also a value or char variant of the data to clipboard	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	add support for memory mapping of files and 64-bit addressing	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	add further export formats like s-record and intel 16	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	add support for jobs like io, printing, string search or filter	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	Add Okular like embedded notifications	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	Store bookmarks and other view settings for next load	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	Add global toggle option for the offset display, hex or decimal	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	add QIODevice for AbstractByteArrayModel and make mimetype detection use this instead of only filename	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	Add Kate-like combined dialogs to query for actions on files	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	Improve the titels of the changes to the bytearray to be more descriptive, best using ids to avoid text string	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	Merge row and column widgets into one	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	Refactor mouse input to controllers for the bytearray widget	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	Add a general KPart adapter to Kasten, than finish port of Okteta KPart to Okteta Kasten	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	Make all user interaction in the KastenCore managers plugin-based	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	Add UTF-8 option to bytearray lineedit	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	Add marking of bytearray section to widgets, so tools like strings or pod decoder can mark the source, instead of selecting it	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	printer-applet	Restore feature parity with KDEPrint3 where possible.
IN PROGRESS	Okteta	Make dialogs for Goto, Search & Replace embedded
IN PROGRESS	Okteta	Add tool to view decoding of complex structures
DONE	kdelirc	Communicate to lirc through solid
IN PROGRESS	kdelirc	Integrate solid backend into kdelirc frontend
TO DO	kdelirc	Cycle mode function	Frank Scheffold <[email protected]>
TO DO	kdelirc	Add a try button in configurations	Michael Zanetti <[email protected]>
DONE	Okteta	Rename libkakao to Kasten and make the Okteta KPart use it
DONE	Okteta	Add embedded dialog to set selection range
DONE	Okteta	Add Base64 encoder
DONE	Okteta	Added data generators, like pattern, sequence or from clipboard
DONE	Okteta	Added option to split views

Other

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	kdesupport	Add libattica to kdesupport