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In this week's KDE Commit-Digest, we have included a feature on the recent release of Necessitas Alpha 3—the project to get Qt working on the Android platform. Several tasks are listed that must be completed for the project to move out of alpha; no coding expertise required. Pitch in if you want to help get Qt working on Android.

From the left, top: Hanna, Arjen, Ralf,
bottom: Laszlo, Stuart and Leinir (click to biggen)

Over the last couple of years it has become almost a tradition to have a Gluon sprint prior to Qt Developer Days in Munich. This year was not different. Through much effort, a sprint was pulled together for the Gluon team, in part commemorating the first of these sprints two years ago, where the Gluon Vision was first laid down, and in part to assist in the work towards the next release.

For people who prefer the KDE 3.5-style desktop, a new version of the Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) has been released. Trinity is a continuation of the KDE 3.5 Desktop Environment with ongoing updates and new features. Trinity Desktop Environment 3.5.13 source code is available and the project also provides packages for Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora. Read on for an overview of what is new in Trinity 3.5.13!

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

• Mercurial Plugin for Dolphin
• New FlashExport Tool in kipi-plugins
• Improvements in rekonq WebKit settings
• More intuitive global search box in Kexi
• Public Transport adds a dialog to configure journey searches and a quick journey search button
• Speed improvement when accessing network shares in KDE-Libs: skip slow operations while listing them, also improved speeed of HTTP Digest and NTLM authentications
• Bugfixes in Amarok, Calligra, Nepomuk, and KGpg.

Read the rest of the Digest here.

Today KDE released updates for its Workspaces, Applications, and Development Platform. These updates are the third in a series of monthly stabilization updates to the 4.7 series. 4.7.3 updates bring many bugfixes and translation updates on top of the latest edition in the 4.7 series and are recommended updates for everyone running 4.7.0 or earlier versions. As the release only contains bugfixes and translation updates, it will be a safe and pleasant update for everyone. KDE’s software is already translated into more than 55 languages, with more to come.

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

• Work on grouping for names in KDE Base
• Added minimal global search implementation with autocompletion in Kexi
• New Gaussian autobrush type in Calligra
• Amazon-based music store in Amarok
• Fixed handling of redirections with HTTP DELETE and PUT requests in KDE Libs
• Geolocation filter option added to Digikam filtering sidebar.

Read the rest of the Digest here.

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

• Progress in C++2011 support in KDevelop
• Table selection tool in Okular
• Work on PPTX, Webbrowser Widget, PDF conversion, and optimizations in Calligra
• Scrooge can download values of units with regular expressions
• GPodder.net podcast status synchronzation in Amarok.

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In a cooperative effort, the Mer team and the basysKom integrators have succeeded in booting a Plasma Active image on NVidia Tegra 2 devices, opening the door bringing Plasma Active to a wider range of hardware. The image is based on Mer, a successor to the MeeGo operating system.

Today Nokia announced the start of the open governance model for Qt, known as the Qt Project. The Qt Project allows both companies and individuals to contribute to the development of Qt. KDE supports this move and is excited about the possibilities it brings. We have been waiting for opportunities to take a more active role in Qt's future for a long time and open governance will make this easier. KDE has been working closely with Qt during its 15 year lifetime and the Qt Project promises to bring this collaboration to a new level.

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

• New features in KMail: renaming attachments, disabling filters
• Telepathy gets KWallet support for passwords, integration of global presence into kded-modue
• Rewritten array classes in Okteta
• Improved reliability of session closing in Konsole
• Fix of broken root certificates in KDELibs KSSL
• First version of a QML screen locker using KGreeter
• Bug fixes in KTorrent, digiKam, BlueDevil, and Calligra

Read the rest of the Digest here.