Schedules/KDE4/4.4 Feature Plan
dThis 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 |
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kdeadmin
Status | Project | Description | Contact |
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TO DO | system-config-printer-kde | Restore feature parity with KDEPrint3 where possible. |
kdeartwork
Status | Project | Description | Contact |
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kdebase-apps
Status | Project | Description | Contact |
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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 |
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TO DO | KWallet | Single Sign On using PAM | Michael Leupold <[email protected]> |
TO DO | smb kioslave | add kwallet support | Carlo Segato <[email protected]> |
IN PROGRESS | thumbnail kioslave | Support for comic-book cover previews (.cbr, .cbz, .cbt files) |
kdebase-workspace
Status | Project | Description | Contact |
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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
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KRunner | |||
DONE | KRunner | Window management runner | |
TO DO | KRunner | Single runner mode | Jacopo De Simoi <[email protected]>
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Plasma - Priority Features | |||
IN PROGRESS | netbook shell | a plasma shell and various containments/applets tailored for netbooks (tech preview status in 4.4)
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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 | 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]>
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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
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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 |
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TO DO | pykde4 | Python 3 support for PyKDE4 | Simon Edwards <[email protected]> |
IN PROGRESS | qyoto | Create a new generator for the C# assemblies |
kdeedu
Status | Project | Description | Contact |
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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 | 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 |
kdegames
Status | Project | Description | Contact |
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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]> |
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 |
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TO DO | libkexiv2 | Store metadata in libexiv2 containers, do not lossily encode to QByteArray. Bug 183171 | 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 |
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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: Indian Civil (Saka), Ethiopean, Chinese, Pure Julian, Pure Gregorian, etc. | John Layt <[email protected]> |
TO DO | kdecore | Group policy (Windows) backend for KAuth | Dario Freddi <[email protected]> |
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]> |
TO DO | KLocale | Investigate adding Currency Code and currency minor units support based on ISO 4217 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217). | 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 | |
IN PROGRESS | katepart | Add mapping support for the vi input mode's normal mode | |
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 | |
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 |
kdemultimedia
Status | Project | Description | Contact |
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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 |
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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 | 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 |
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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 |
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kdeplasma-addons
Status | Project | Description | Contact |
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kdesdk
Status | Project | Description | Contact |
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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]> |
IN PROGRESS | Kate | Add common vim commands like :wq, :new, :split, etc. |
kdeutils
Status | Project | Description | Contact |
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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 | 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 | 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 |
Other
Status | Project | Description | Contact |
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