Development/Software Engineering Framework

• Subversion (Moving to Git)
• KDE Projects: Git repository browser.
• KDE QuickGit: Git source code browser.

The kde sysadmin team:

• Dirk Müller
• David Faure

• kde-scm-interest

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• CMake
• Custom CMake module documentation

• Alexander Neundorf

• kde-buildsystem

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http://lxr.kde.org

The kde sysadmin team:

• Dirk Müller
• David Faure

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• KDE Review Module
• KDE Review Board

• kde-core-devel: Discuss KDE patch review and tools

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• kde-commits mailing list records all commits to KDE svn.
• The CommitFilter is used to filter relevant commits based on path of the commit.
• SVN CCMAIL: feature used to notify relevant mailing lists or individuals of specific commits.
• SVN BUG: feature used to close bugs, and also notifies all bug subscribers of the commit.
• SVN CCBUG: feature used to notify closed bugs of updates. Commonly used when porting fixes between branches. Also notifies all bug subscribers of the commit.

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• kde-commits

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Design review takes place on

• mailing lists
• project wikis
• face-to-face/BOF sessions and sprints
• kdereview

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• kde-core-devel is used to announce new additions to kdereview.

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• http://techbase.kde.org
• http://wiki.koffice.org

• Danimo is the MediaWiki admin for techbase.kde.org.

• kde-www

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• Doxygen is used to generate api documentation from documentation strings in code.

• Allen Winter administers api.kde.org.

• APIDOX tutorials Make KDE API docs better.

• doxygen2qthelp used by trolltech to create qt documentation.

• http://userbase.kde.org
• meinproc is used to generate user documentation.
• kde-docbook Records all SVN commits with the GUI magic word.

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• http://userbase.kde.org Create tutorials and tips.
• kde-doc-english Used to coordinate user documentation.
• kde-docbook Help update documentation after GUI changes.

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• Bugzilla 3.0.x.
• KBugBuster

• Matt Rogers and the KDE sysadmin team maintain the KDE bugzilla installation.

• kde-core-devel Discuss alternative bug trackers for KDE.
• kde-bugs-dist Records all updates on bugs.kde.org.
• kdelibs-bugs Records all updates to kdelibs bugs.
• konq-bugs Records all updates to konqueror bugs.
• kdevelop-bugs Records all updates to kdevelop bugs.
• amarok-bugs-dist Records all updates to amarok bugs.

• https://bugs.launchpad.net, Leonev
• trac
• Redmine - kind of "Trac on Rails"

• Krazy hosted at EnglishBreakfastNetwork (EBN).
• Coverity is used to find possible sources of defects and suggested optimizations. Results are displayed per module as part of Dirks Dashboard builds.

• Adriaan de Groot
• Allen Winter

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• Continuous build server reports broken builds on linux.
• CDash build server stores results of Nightly builds for KDE modules.

• Dirk Mueller maintains the dashboard
• Bill Hoffman is involved with the CDash service provided by Kitware.
• http://www.cdash.org/mailinglist.html

• kde-core-devel Find out how to submit test build results.

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Unit tests may be written with the QTest framework. Tests can be run with the command 'make test'.

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• Techbase Unit tests tutorial

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• The early adopter/user community
• SQO-OSS

• Adriaan de Groot
• Paul Adams

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• kde-optimize mailing list coordinates optimizations in KDE.
• Krazy and Coverity tools also include some optimization checks.
• KDE macros for optimization of common algorithms.

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• kde-optimize
• Coverity report for KDE libs.

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• http://usability.kde.org/
• http://openusability.org/projects.php
• Season of usability

• Celeste Lyn Paul
• Ellen Reitmayr

• kde-usability
• KDE Human interaction Guidelines.

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• http://research.kde.org
• SQO-OSS
• http://nepomuk.kde.org/ Semantic desktop project funded by the EU.

• Adriaan de Groot
• Sebastian Trueg leads the kde-nepomuk project.

• Nepomuk KDE mailing list

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• Requirements come from user feedback on http://bugs.kde.org and from commercial interests.
• Developers may do some research into requirements for applications based on User Research Profiles.

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• http://bugs.kde.org Fill new wishlist items.
• kde-core-devel Discuss new ways for kde to gather requirements.

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• The KDE marketing team manage marketing and promotion from official kde sources.
• http://dot.kde.org is the community forum around promotional announcements.
• http://www.kde.org/announcements is the official source of promotional announcements regarding KDE.
• Design and maintenance of KDE websites is organised on the kde-www mailing list
• The Marketing working group coordinates several marketing efforts such as promoting planning and branding.
• KDE e.v provides a booth box for conference booths containing posters, leaftlets and other information needed at a conference stand.

• Wade Olsen
• Troy Unrau
• Jos Poortvliet

• kde-promo
• Submit dot articles

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• The Community Working Group helps with community advice when needed
• Code of Conduct Based on the Ubuntu Code of Conduct, documents guidelines for acceptable behaviour within the community. Can be summarized as 'Be Excellent to Eachother'.
• http://community.kde.org. In development website.

• Anne Willson
• Juan Carlos Torres
• Lydia Pintscher
• Martin Fitzpatrick
• Tom Albers

• Send an e-mail to community-wg@kde.org

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Developers communicate with each other through

• mailing lists
• IRC
• Blogs
• Conferences

Developers communicate with users though

• Blogs to some extent (mainly early adopting users).
• Forums to some extent where the developer chooses to.
• News announcements

Users communicate with each other and developers through

• Forums
• kde mailing list
• #kde irc channel.

• Chris Lee administers planetkde.org

• Add your blog to planet kde if you contribute to KDE in some way, including development, testing, advocacy, translation, documentation etc.

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• Maintained at Schedules.

• Cyrill Berger - KOffice release coordinator.
• Allen Winter - KDEPIM release coordinator.

• release-team

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• Schedules/KDE4/4.6_Feature_Plan

The KDE release team

• kde-core-devel - Discuss the KDE approach to feature planning.

• Launchpad.net offers a blueprints system.
• Scrum in Open Source Projects

• Many distributions package KDE3 & KDE4.

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• kde-packagers - Private mailing list for packagers. Includes information relating to security releases.

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• The kde-artists team creates offical artwork for KDE.
• kde-look.org for non-offical artwork.

• Nuno Pinheiro

• kde-artists

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• http://l10n.kde.org/ is used for level of completion of translations in KDE.
• GNU gettext is used for translation in KDE.
• .po files are edited directly in KDE svn to update translations.
• A kde4 based translation client (Lokalize) is being developed in kdesdk/.
• Krazy includes sanity checks/plurals checking for translation.

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• kde-i18n-doc

launchpad.net features a web-based tool called rosetta, which allows for easier fly-by translations. This is considered not to be useful as fly-by translators often do not follow guidelines or consistency rules when translating.

• KDE e.v. is a registered non-profit organization that represents the KDE Project in legal and financial matters.

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• KDE e.v. membership
• Join the Game

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• A Fiduicary Licence Agreement is available, which will allow KDE developers to optionally assign copyright of their contributions to KDE e.v. This would allow easier relicencing of contributors content in the event that KDE needs to move to another licence. It also allows the e.v. to more easily represent the work in the unlikely event of a court dispute involving KDE code.
• KDE licencing policy allows commercial and non-commercial development and proprietry and non-proprietry development.
• Projects/KDE_Relicensing Effort to relicence KDE code to use version 3 of GNU GPL and LGPL. This work is unfinished but not still being performed. Many contributors are no longer contactable.

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• Supporters of KDE contribute sponsorship money to KDE e.v.

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• Become a supporting member

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