Kubuntu Roadmap

Status

• Created: Date(2005-04-23T06:41:03Z) by MattZimmermanBR

• Priority: MediumPriorityBR

• People: JonathanRiddellLead, AndreasMuellerSecondBR

• Contributors: MattZimmermanBR

• Interested: BR

• Status: BrainDump, BreezyGoal, UduBof, DistroSpecificationBR

• Branch: BR

• Malone Bug: BR

• Packages: BR

• Depends: BR

• UduSessions: 1, 4, 8, etc BR

Introduction

Create a road map for Kubuntu development for the Breezy release cycle, leading up to Kubuntu 5.10

Rationale

Scope and Use Cases

Implementation Plan

Data Preservation and Migration

Packages Affected

User Interface Requirements

Outstanding Issues

UDU BOF Agenda

• KDE 3.5
• Packaging of CVS/SVN snapshots
• KDE release schedule
  • KDE 4.0 will be probably released in May/2006.
    • Alternatively the KDE team release a preview version with KDE 3.5 there isnt any date set, it is expected in September/October 2005
• better (User)Documentation ( onlinehelp ? )
• better Systemintegration ( tools/backend to reconfigure the system )
• selectable Userprofiles ( kioskmode )
• artwork ( window decorations )
• kdeaccessability
• automated packaging, snapshot packages from CVS (will get KDE developers on board)
• better menu hormony GNOME-KDE
• better communication with Debian
• kynaptic, Graphical package manager or Kapture
• Graphical installations/boot
• OEM set ?

• Replace KControl with System Preferences http://www.icefox.net/gallery/phpquickgallery/?gallery=2005%2FSystem+Preferences/

• http://www.simonzone.com/software/guidance/ configuration tools (users, init.d, fstab, X config)

• update notifier, gnome-app-install for KDE
• wifi and network configuration
• hwdb port to Qt
• Katapult (better than minicli if it worked)
• Icons move from crystal to hicolour (fix upstream)
• KDE 3.4.x in hoary-updates? (timeframe is 2 weeks after SVN transition complete)
• testbed for Appeal?
• Major problems with hoary: kcontrol sudo, i18n, python
• Move to main? kdewebdev, kdevelop, koffice 1.4, kdesdk, kdebindings: ruby, python
• Build community, review and accept packages, get a KDE MOTU team (led by motaboy?)
• Translations: can we use Rosetta?
• Need version control repository for debian/ directories which can be used by people who arn't yet maintainers
• unsermake
• netinstall images

• live CD Windows software, kubuntu branding has been created but not uploaded http://www.theopencd.org/ubuntu/winfoss/ (can we think of any KDE orientated software to include?)

• gcc 4 convertion, KDE compiles with gcc 4 but is not well tested
• KDE Roadmap:
  • Change to subversion (any day now)
  • KDE 3.5 (application only, for those who don't want to port to Qt 4 straight away, no release date)
  • KDE 4
    • Port to Qt 4
    • DCOP changes (port to DBUS hopefully)
    • Probably new build system (unsermake + ??)
    • Soundsystem (gstreamer for convertion then server independent?)

UDU Pre-Work

• Start preparing initial packages, buildsystem