On Friday 30 November 2007 22:12:21 Allen Winter wrote: > On Friday 30 November 2007 14:34:51 Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote: > > Hi, > > > > from http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.0_Module_Status#Module_Status > > I > > read there is no Release Maintainer for kdeutils. So who decides/cares > > there? > > I guess this list, then. > > > The Release Team, so I'll copy this over to our mailing list. > > > With KHexEdit currently there is a tricky situation. Under > > kdeutils/khexedit > > live two separate projects, the program KHexEdit and the binary editor > > plugin > > (see the subdirs core, gui, parts), project name Okteta*. I personally > > only > > care for Okteta, but not for the program (see footnote why). > > > > Right now KHexEdit is roughly ported and runs, but is not fully functional > > (painting draws outside of PaintEvent, view tabs running wild and crash the > > program, html/rtf export not working). So not really in release state (yet). > > Two solutions: > > 1. Exclude from release and hope for me getting Okteta ready for the next > > one. > > 2. Search maintainer and fix KHexEdit. > > > > I favour #1 (one program to rule things, no conflicts ;) But I understand > > those who like #2 more, just tell me what you think. > > In case most like #2 more I would blog and mail a maintainer query to Danny > > for inclusion in the digest. > > > > So? > > > > * Both projects share no code, as the plugin was written from scratch. > > Instead > > of modifying KHexEdit to make use of the libs, I decided to write a program > > also from scratch, using the libs. I am only halfway done, see > > playground/utils/okteta. Bookmarks, Undo, and embedded search dialog are > > still missing to match KHexEdit's features, but else looks good. > > > > Friedrich > > > > If khexedit (the application) is truly terrible and unmaintained then we > shouldn't > release it. We should remove khexedit from kdeutils and plan on Okteta for > 4.1. > In the meantime, Okteta should be developed in playground. > IOW: I agree with option 1. > > This is the same plan we are following for KAider replacing KBabel. > >
So should I add a kdeutils table to the Module Status page saying that khexedit will be removed for 4.0 and that okteta will be new in 4.1?? Freidrich: I assume you will be happy to do the khexedit move to unmaintained/4? -Allen
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