SIGs/KDE/Meetings/2008-03-18

Meeting Time

 * 2008-03-18 16:00 UTC
 * #fedora-meeting on freenode

Participants

 * KevinKofler
 * LukasTinkl
 * RexDieter
 * SebastianVahl

Agenda

 * topics to discuss:
 * PolicyKit integration (#428212 )
 * KDE4 in Desktop User Guide  (Request by Marc Wiriadisastra )
 * Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do not see any KDE4 content there, just F8/KDE3 references. ?? -- Rex
 * Status of konq-plugins
 * recent bugs:
 * kmix/mute doesn't work (#437962 )

Transcript

 * fedora-kde-sig-2008-03-18.txt

Summary
PolicyKit integration:
 * KevinKofler adapted a patch which should work but is not tested yet.
 * It fixes PolicyKit related problems in KDE3 and KDE4.
 * Although these bugs have been reported against either KDE3 or KDE4 they probably affect both versions.
 * KDE4 (#428212: unable to mount partitions in dolphin ):
 * The patch uses "kdesu dbus-send" when HAL returns a PermissionDeniedByPolicy error.
 * KDE3 (#378041: unable to mount removable/ntfs ):
 * The uid is only passed to the 4 filesystems for which HAL allows it without throwing an "unknown error".
 * But HAL would the the better place to fix this by doing one of these:
 * not listing the uid= option as allowed if it's going to error with a "TODO" on it.
 * doing something sensible with uid=, even if it's PermissionDeniedByPolicy for non-root.
 * Because HAL seems to work fine in F7 the patch will be included in F8 only (for KDE3).

Desktop User Guide:
 * The current DUG is outdated and only for KDE3.
 * MarcWiriadisastra will update it for KDE4 after the beta is released.
 * We should review all other pages for needed changes.

Status of konq-plugins:
 * konq-plugins contains additional plugins for konqueror (mostly from former kdeaddons).
 * The package will be submitted for review ASAP.
 * But it still needs some testing because it's unmaintained upstream.

kmix/mute doesn't work:
 * The bug was not reproducible by other KDE SIG members.
 * So not working muting in kmix seems to be a local/configuration issue.

Open discussion:
 * kaudiocreator:
 * kaudiocreator is too unstable to ship it.
 * So it will be marked as deferred from KDE4Status (so that FeatureKDE4 is able to reach 100%).
 * PackageKit:
 * OpenSuse seems to be developing a KDE4 frontend for PackageKit.
 * But Fedora 9 will ship gnome-packagekit as a frontend.
 * pk-update-icon isn't automatically started at login because it is located in /usr/share/gnome/autostart.
 * Bug #437048 will be re-opened to request moving it to /etc/xdg/autostart.

Comments
(These comments are written after the meeting)


 * ReviewRequest for konq-plugins: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438126