I've never been a fan of forums, but it seems our users like them so we've created the Okular subforum inside the awesome KDE Community Forums.
It shows that moving existing topics to the okular forum we already have 61 of them .D
Of course bugzilla is still the place for bugs and wishes and the mailing list is still the place for development, but if you have other user questions, don't hesitate to share them in the forums!
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Monday, October 08, 2012
Okular tiled rendering manual
Mailson Lira has written a nice webpage explaining how his tiled rendering work for Okular works.
This is still not merged for 4.10 but we hope to get it ready by then.
And of course thanks to Google for his Google Summer of Code program that allowed Mailson to work on this project.
This is still not merged for 4.10 but we hope to get it ready by then.
And of course thanks to Google for his Google Summer of Code program that allowed Mailson to work on this project.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Randa 2012: First Half of Awesomeness
Time passes fast when you are enjoying the great company and the great location that the Randa 2012 meeting provides.
It's been a busy time for me in the Education part of the meeting.
I've worked on the following items:
- Fix memory leak
- Make molecule downloading more user friendly
- Let kalzium open molecules both from command line and from clicking in the file manager
- Look and feel improvements to the calculator
And of course this is just the things that resulted in commits, between the various random things I've helped people around with their questions that fall inside my area of expertise, for example helped Frederik Gladhorn integrate the KDE translation system on the Qt AT SPI project so we can provide an even more polished accessibility solution to our users and also "chaired" the KDE Edu discussions whose results you can find in the Notes links at http://community.kde.org/KDEEdu/Sprint2012
And finally to get some relax I've also contributed to the soluttion of the puzzle containing last year's group photo
And also got photographed for next years puzzle ;-)
Thanks all that donated to the pledgie and made Randa 2012 happen!
And now back to Awesomeness!
It's been a busy time for me in the Education part of the meeting.
I've worked on the following items:
kdeedu
Kalzium
- Fix uninitialized memory use- Fix memory leak
- Make molecule downloading more user friendly
- Let kalzium open molecules both from command line and from clicking in the file manager
- Look and feel improvements to the calculator
Rocs
- Fix uninitialized memory useStep
- Fix uninitialized memory useWebsite
- Make it a bit more localization friendly (now we should not show images with text besides the KDE Edu logo)kdegames
Thanks to Ben we now have kdegames on jenkins, which made me fix some bugs there :)Killbots
- Make tests work without the game being installedkmahjongg
- Fix compilation when libkmahjongg is not installed in default folderskshisen
- Fix compilation when libkmahjongg is not installed in default folderskdelibs
- Fix a bug with menubars when editing toolbarsl10n-kde4
- Regular tasks of moving files aroundAnd of course this is just the things that resulted in commits, between the various random things I've helped people around with their questions that fall inside my area of expertise, for example helped Frederik Gladhorn integrate the KDE translation system on the Qt AT SPI project so we can provide an even more polished accessibility solution to our users and also "chaired" the KDE Edu discussions whose results you can find in the Notes links at http://community.kde.org/KDEEdu/Sprint2012
And finally to get some relax I've also contributed to the soluttion of the puzzle containing last year's group photo
And also got photographed for next years puzzle ;-)
Thanks all that donated to the pledgie and made Randa 2012 happen!
And now back to Awesomeness!
Sunday, September 09, 2012
Trobadour knowledge about QImage
If you are using QImage::Format_RGB32 and the QImage constructor that takes uchar * data make sure your format is 0xffRRGGBB (i.e. the missing alpha channel is exactly 0xff) otherwise some operations won't work.
Thursday, September 06, 2012
KDE SC 4.10 Release Schedule
KDE SC 4.10 Release Schedule has just been made official. If everything goes to plan (and we have been able to keep with schedules quite good lately) we should be enjoying new 4.10 goodness by late January 2013.
By the way, Soft Feature Freeze is in 7 weeks!
By the way, Soft Feature Freeze is in 7 weeks!
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
The death of http://www.kde.org/announcements/changelogs/*.php
The KDE SC Release Team has decided to not use the http://www.kde.org/announcements/changelogs/*.php files generated from the changelog_branch_*.xml anymore.
If you want your bugfix to be linked from the announcement make sure it has the "Version Fixed In" correctly set so it appears in this query (and in the future replace 4.9.1 with the correct version ;-))
If you want your bugfix to be linked from the announcement make sure it has the "Version Fixed In" correctly set so it appears in this query (and in the future replace 4.9.1 with the correct version ;-))
Monday, August 13, 2012
KDE Randa Meetings Pledgie
Lots of people meeting and shaping the future of KDE software. Help make it happen!
Copy&paste from the Pledgie site
For the fourth year, the intense sprints in Randa, Switzerland will include key KDE projects and top developers, all collaborating concurrently under one roof, isolated from noise and distractions.
Every previous Randa meeting has been concentrated and productive, generating exceptional results; organizers and participants expect the same and more this year. And the meetings have produced significant breakthroughs for KDE users and developers.
While the participants are unpaid volunteers, there are hard expenses like accommodation, food and travel to get the volunteer contributors to Randa. If you are not attending, you can still support the Randa meeting by making a donation. As in the past, the Randa meeting will benefit everyone who uses KDE software.
Copy&paste from the Pledgie site
For the fourth year, the intense sprints in Randa, Switzerland will include key KDE projects and top developers, all collaborating concurrently under one roof, isolated from noise and distractions.
Every previous Randa meeting has been concentrated and productive, generating exceptional results; organizers and participants expect the same and more this year. And the meetings have produced significant breakthroughs for KDE users and developers.
While the participants are unpaid volunteers, there are hard expenses like accommodation, food and travel to get the volunteer contributors to Randa. If you are not attending, you can still support the Randa meeting by making a donation. As in the past, the Randa meeting will benefit everyone who uses KDE software.
Sunday, August 05, 2012
Wednesday, August 01, 2012
4.9.0 is out!
Yay! I'm so happy that we got it out of the door, 4.9.x is going to be amazing :-)
Personally I'd like to thank Fabio d'Urso for being my new Okular co-developer (actually he did more commits than me, but don't tell anyone) and implementing the store annotations to pdf files feature both in Okular and in poppler. Fabio you rock :-)
Personally I'd like to thank Fabio d'Urso for being my new Okular co-developer (actually he did more commits than me, but don't tell anyone) and implementing the store annotations to pdf files feature both in Okular and in poppler. Fabio you rock :-)
Monday, July 23, 2012
Dear Lazyweb: Who is right g++ or clang?
#include <stdio.h>
class A
{
protected:
static void foo()
{
printf("HI\n");
}
};
class B : public A
{
friend class C;
};
class C
{
public:
void useFoo()
{
A::foo();
}
};
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
C c;
c.useFoo();
}
g++ compiles, clang complains that A::foo is protected and can't be used in C::useFoo.I know friendship is not inherited, but this is actually the reverse of inheriting, so does anyone has any pointer as to where i should open the bug? clang or gcc?
Friday, July 20, 2012
Joined the KDE Game!
A few days ago I decided to go to http://jointhegame.kde.org/ and "Join the Game".
For those of you unfamiliar with the term it means i became an official supporting member of KDE eV by donating 25€ each 3 months.
In exchange i get this nice image
A membership card and a welcome gift (waiting for them, i just joined so still not here), the invitation to attend the annual general assembly of KDE e.V. (which doesn't mean much since i'm already a KDE e.V. member) and regular first hand reports about KDE's activities.
That's cool and it's what the webpage lists as benefits, but I think the other huge benefit I get is that KDE has a more stable source of income (it's better to have 100 people donating 100€/year that one donating 15000€, because that one might decide otherwise for next year and you take a big hit).
So if you like KDE and want us to keep doing development sprints, paying for the hardware, etc. you might want to Join The Game with me so we get a more stable source of income.
Of course you can also donate a single time via paypal (and other means) at http://kde.org/community/donations/ but I sincerely think being a member of Join The Game is great and after all it's just 0.28€ per day, of course we live in though economic times so only you can decide if you can afford to be part of this great club ;-)
For those of you unfamiliar with the term it means i became an official supporting member of KDE eV by donating 25€ each 3 months.
In exchange i get this nice image
A membership card and a welcome gift (waiting for them, i just joined so still not here), the invitation to attend the annual general assembly of KDE e.V. (which doesn't mean much since i'm already a KDE e.V. member) and regular first hand reports about KDE's activities.
That's cool and it's what the webpage lists as benefits, but I think the other huge benefit I get is that KDE has a more stable source of income (it's better to have 100 people donating 100€/year that one donating 15000€, because that one might decide otherwise for next year and you take a big hit).
So if you like KDE and want us to keep doing development sprints, paying for the hardware, etc. you might want to Join The Game with me so we get a more stable source of income.
Of course you can also donate a single time via paypal (and other means) at http://kde.org/community/donations/ but I sincerely think being a member of Join The Game is great and after all it's just 0.28€ per day, of course we live in though economic times so only you can decide if you can afford to be part of this great club ;-)
Sunday, July 15, 2012
4.9 Dinner in Barcelona (4th August)
Following our tradition, the KDE-ers of Barcelona (and anybody from anywhere that wants to drop by) will celebrate the release of 4.9 with a dinner. This time will be on 4th of August at 21:30 in the Hola Manito Restaurant in Grà cia.
Of course everyone is invited to come and remember that if it's too far for you, you can always organize something in your own city, according to the KDE users map there is people around with a common interest!
Of course everyone is invited to come and remember that if it's too far for you, you can always organize something in your own city, according to the KDE users map there is people around with a common interest!
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Your chance to help #2: Improving bugzilla for old developers
A while ago our amazing sysadmins upgraded our bugzilla installation from something aging to something more modern. Hurrah! We are not a billion years behind in another software! Hurrah!
Unfortunately this meant we lost some of our ¿custom? code that allowed to show the Votes column in searches like this (click on the change columns link at the end).
One can still see the votes in a particular bug, but for things like wishes it was very useful to be able of sorting by votes.
So it would be extremely cool if you can try to implement this, be warned, it's probably not going to be easy to implement and moreover bugzilla is in perl, but i'll owe you a few beers if you make it :-)
If you want to help do not hesitate to contact me on aacid@kde.org and I'll forward you to the appropriate people, or even better just join the #kde-sysadmin channel in irc.freenode.net and present yourself as volunteer to do this job.
Unfortunately this meant we lost some of our ¿custom? code that allowed to show the Votes column in searches like this (click on the change columns link at the end).
One can still see the votes in a particular bug, but for things like wishes it was very useful to be able of sorting by votes.
So it would be extremely cool if you can try to implement this, be warned, it's probably not going to be easy to implement and moreover bugzilla is in perl, but i'll owe you a few beers if you make it :-)
If you want to help do not hesitate to contact me on aacid@kde.org and I'll forward you to the appropriate people, or even better just join the #kde-sysadmin channel in irc.freenode.net and present yourself as volunteer to do this job.
Your chance to help: Improving bugzilla for new developers
The other day I was talking with Fabio, a new Okular developer (a blog post on his awesomeness coming soon), and realized that he had permission to commit to the git repositories but not permission to close bugs in bugs.kde.org
This disconnect comes from the fact that bugzilla is not tied to your identity.kde.org user.
After speaking with the KDE sysadmins we agreed it'd be cool to enable permissions in bugzilla if there is a matching address (it would be cooler to match the accounts, but that's probably a gigantic task)
So we are looking for someone that can write some sql to do this:
1) find the user_id from someone's email address
2) insert an entry into user_group_map for the editbugs group and that user_id
3) insert an entry into user_group_map for the canconfirm group and that user_id
Additionally the code has to be smart enough to
1) print a notice if no bugzilla account was not found for the given email address
2) be written in a way as to not cause issues if the user already has those rights
The script can written in which ever language you prefer (though we expect some sanity in the choices if possible ;-))
If you want to help (and you know you want) do not hesitate to contact me on aacid@kde.org and I'll forward you to the appropriate people or even better just join the #kde-sysadmin channel in irc.freenode.net and present yourself as volunteer to do this job.
This disconnect comes from the fact that bugzilla is not tied to your identity.kde.org user.
After speaking with the KDE sysadmins we agreed it'd be cool to enable permissions in bugzilla if there is a matching address (it would be cooler to match the accounts, but that's probably a gigantic task)
So we are looking for someone that can write some sql to do this:
1) find the user_id from someone's email address
2) insert an entry into user_group_map for the editbugs group and that user_id
3) insert an entry into user_group_map for the canconfirm group and that user_id
Additionally the code has to be smart enough to
1) print a notice if no bugzilla account was not found for the given email address
2) be written in a way as to not cause issues if the user already has those rights
The script can written in which ever language you prefer (though we expect some sanity in the choices if possible ;-))
If you want to help (and you know you want) do not hesitate to contact me on aacid@kde.org and I'll forward you to the appropriate people or even better just join the #kde-sysadmin channel in irc.freenode.net and present yourself as volunteer to do this job.
Monday, June 25, 2012
KDE/4.9 branch created
KDE/4.9 branch created.
Do not forget to push your fixes there too
Do not forget from tonight we have a freeze until RC1 is out
EOF
Do not forget to push your fixes there too
Do not forget from tonight we have a freeze until RC1 is out
EOF
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Qt Contributor Summit 2012
So here I am sitting on the lounge of the Qt Contributor Summit listening to jlayt-highschool-time music and doing two simple qtbase patches. I have to say that it's been a nice two days of technical discussion, here my highlights:
* RIM are shipping full Qt libraries for BlackBerry 10 and next unreleased/unannunced QNX release
* At last it is clear that QML Components are a pressing need and there were like 4 different talks/bofs/panels about it
* There's lots of random huge companies using Qt, from HP in plotters to Scania on cranes, so the future is bright :-)
* People at Nokia/Qt are worried about their future but no one really knows anything set on stone so all you get is fear cropping up
And now some pictures
https://twitter.com/tsdgeos/status/215727012717924352/photo/1
https://twitter.com/tsdgeos/status/216176177910530050/photo/1
https://twitter.com/tsdgeos/status/216176177910530050/photo/1
* RIM are shipping full Qt libraries for BlackBerry 10 and next unreleased/unannunced QNX release
* At last it is clear that QML Components are a pressing need and there were like 4 different talks/bofs/panels about it
* There's lots of random huge companies using Qt, from HP in plotters to Scania on cranes, so the future is bright :-)
* People at Nokia/Qt are worried about their future but no one really knows anything set on stone so all you get is fear cropping up
And now some pictures
https://twitter.com/tsdgeos/status/215727012717924352/photo/1
https://twitter.com/tsdgeos/status/216176177910530050/photo/1
https://twitter.com/tsdgeos/status/216176177910530050/photo/1
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Free Software - Free to pay
A few months ago a professor from the math department of FU Berlin filed a few bugs to poppler and Okular about video playing not being totally implemented/bug free.
After a few mail exchanges it became clear that given the always scarce resources in free software projects his bugs would not be fixed/implemented in a timely way since the poppler/Okular priorities and his' did not align.
Then the unexpected occurred, instead of complaining or giving up, he said "Well, i have a little money around" and I promptly suggested a few third party companies/individuals that would be interested in doing paid development and voilà ! some time after, those features were developed
One of the often overlooked features of Free Software is the non existent vendor lock-in, in the non-free software world, if the company creating the software you use thinks your feature is nice to have but not important enough to develop, you are out of luck, it'll never happen, in the Free Software world you can have someone else develop it for you and get it merged upstream relatively easily.
After a few mail exchanges it became clear that given the always scarce resources in free software projects his bugs would not be fixed/implemented in a timely way since the poppler/Okular priorities and his' did not align.
Then the unexpected occurred, instead of complaining or giving up, he said "Well, i have a little money around" and I promptly suggested a few third party companies/individuals that would be interested in doing paid development and voilà ! some time after, those features were developed
One of the often overlooked features of Free Software is the non existent vendor lock-in, in the non-free software world, if the company creating the software you use thinks your feature is nice to have but not important enough to develop, you are out of luck, it'll never happen, in the Free Software world you can have someone else develop it for you and get it merged upstream relatively easily.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Akademy-es 2012 - First day gone
So the first day of the Akademy-es 2012 is already gone.
My day started early in the morning in Barcelona getting train to go to Zaragoza. Got there in less than 2 hours. Nice :-)
After getting to the hotel we headed to the nice Seminario building where today's talks took place.
We started with the welcoming ceremony with the local autorities (City Council local free software companies association (CESLA)), followed by me doing a quick summary of all the talks that would follow in the whole conference.
After that, Paul Brown (of Linux Magazine Spain fame) did a great talk about the whys and how of some typical/silly questions we in the Free Software world get. This was my first time attending a Paul Brown talk and I have to say he is really a gifted speaker.
Then we recharged our energy with coffe and pastries and got prepared to listen AgustÃn explaining how KDE is great for companies and to Baltasar talk about Plasma Active, unfortunately I could not attend those last two talks since I was helping moving some stuff to the place where tomorrow talks will take place, but I'm sure they were awesome :-)
You can find some photos in Alex Fiestas' twitter, http://yfrog.com/kedhqjhj, http://yfrog.com/odsc5kkaj, http://t.co/euiscuzi, http://yfrog.com/ntnmmrnj, and of course you can watch the #akademyes hashtag.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
ktouchpadenabler 0.1.0 released
What is ktouchpadenabler?
ktouchpadenabler is a kded daemon that listens to the XF86XK_TouchpadToggle/XF86XK_TouchpadOn/XF86XK_TouchpadOff key presses and toggles/enables/disables your touchpad accordingly.
You can find it at http://download.kde.org/stable/extragear/ktouchpadenabler-0.1.0.tar.bz2
ktouchpadenabler is a kded daemon that listens to the XF86XK_TouchpadToggle/XF86XK_TouchpadOn/XF86XK_TouchpadOff key presses and toggles/enables/disables your touchpad accordingly.
You can find it at http://download.kde.org/stable/extragear/ktouchpadenabler-0.1.0.tar.bz2
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