KDE Package Policy Explained

Submitted by kgranroth on Wed, 2001/04/11 - 1:17am
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KDE Official News

It's clear that the KDE Project has done a very poor job in communicating our policy on releasing binary packages. I say this because as the primary contact on the release blurbs, I am the one that gets swamped with emails asking "where is
insert-your-distro package?" and "how does this package work?" and "why are you discriminating against that-distro?" These emails obviously stem from the (incorrect) belief that the KDE Project is responsible for creating those packages. The following document will hopefully clear up just what our policy is in this situation.

Trolltech Previews Qt 3.0

Submitted by soehlert on Tue, 2001/04/10 - 1:03am
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Qt

Trolltech is now previewing Qt 3.0: "Among the new capabilities in Qt 3.0 are: database support; data-aware widgets that provide automotive synchronization between the GUI and the underlying database; a new version of Qt Designer that has become a full-function GUI builder; comprehensive internationalization; and a host of other improvements."

KDE/Qt Switching to Mozilla and JavaScript Technology

Submitted by Dre on Sun, 2001/04/01 - 10:12am
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KDE Advocacy, Discussions, and Rumors

According to internal email correspondence, TrollTech, makers of the Qt widget set on which KDE is based, has decided to use JavaScript and Mozilla technology as core components in the next versions of their products. The KDE core team appears quite enthusiastic about this novel development.