Kexi/Porting to Qt&KF 5
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Note
Draft. Based on notes from the Calligra 2014 Sprint. Each step leads to compiling (running?) state.
Started by jstaniek (talk) 19:06, 7 July 2014 (CET).
Started by jstaniek (talk) 19:06, 7 July 2014 (CET).
- Port Predicate lib to Qt 5
- Move koproperty lib to a separate repo, make it Qt-only and port to Qt5
- Move koreport lib to a separate repo, make it Qt-only and port to Qt 5
- Remove scripting or port scripting?
- Port Kexi (without KexiDB/calligradb, reporting, KoReport) to Qt 5 and port Kexi to Predicate and the new koproperty/koreport
- Reimplement report scripting using a simple QtScript solution to keep backward compatibility with Kexi 2
- Remove then unused calligradb lib and parts of KexiDB lib
- Improve Kexi stability after porting
- -- Kexi 3.0 release here --
- Make koreport lib dependent on Predicate and remove code/API that becomes redundant (e.g. KoReportData)
- Add a new QtScript-based scripting module
- Use the module in Kexi Reports too, keeping backward compatibility with Kexi 2 scripting (add unit tests before porting to be very sure that compatibility is kept)
Rules
- Use git scratch repos to avoid stress with buildbreaks
- Synchronize with (boud's?) branch of the Qt5 port
- Based on "Porting notes" below, keep porting of one aspect in one commit to simplify reviews
- Use the reviewboard for reviews
- Use kde-dev-scripts.git porting scripts, in particular
- Use the framework template (see Links) for libs that form separate frameworks (e.g. Predicate).
- convert-to-cmake-automoc.pl
TODO...
Notes and Status
TODO: details will go here TODO: publish detailed checklist (in a spreadsheet?)
Predicate
- Download and build info → Predicate.
- Windows and Mac-specific matters.
- It's a lib, so use the framework template (see Links).
- Porting to Qt 5 started by Wojtek Kosowicz (Jan 2015)
- Porting to Qt 5/Mac OS X started by Wojtek Kosowicz too (Jan 2015)
- Branches:
- qt5-kosowicz (Wojtek's Qt 5/Linux)
- qt5mac-kosowicz (Wojtek's Qt 5/Mac OS X)
Links
- Kexi tasks at todo.kde.org (KDE Identity needed), public read-only view
- Predicate tasks at todo.kde.org (KDE Identity needed), public read-only view
- Framework repository template - use for creating new frameworks
Docs
Background