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= Fedora KDE Special Interest Group =
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== Mission ==
== Mission ==


The KDE SIG (Special Interest Group) is a group of Fedora contributors that maintain [[KDE]] packages in Fedora. Their mission is to provide high-quality, usable KDE software packages to Fedora users and developers and to support one another in maintaining those packages.
The KDE SIG (Special Interest Group) is a group of Fedora contributors that maintain [[KDE]] packages in Fedora, as well as the [https://spins.fedoraproject.org/en/kde/ KDE Spin] and [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Fedora_Kinoite Fedora Kinoite]. Their mission is to provide high-quality, usable KDE software packages to Fedora users and developers, and to support one another in maintaining those packages.


== Fedora KDE Spin ==
== Communication ==
The Fedora KDE SIG played an integral role in creating the Fedora 7 KDE-Live spin and continues this work for subsequent Fedora releases:
* [[Releases/FeatureFedoraKDE]]
* [[SIGs/KDE/LiveCD| Fedora-KDE-Live]]
* [[SIGs/KDE/Planning]]
* [https://pagure.io/fedora-kde/SIG/issues KDE SIG Tracker]


=== KDE changes in previous releases ===
=== Weekly meetings ===


Fedora 22:
The KDE SIG conducts meetings on Mondays at [https://time.is/18:00+UTC 1800 UTC], with a meeting duration of 1 hour. These take place [https://meet.kde.org/b/ale-swq-39j here] on KDE's [https://bigbluebutton.org/ BigBlueButton] instance. In here, we will discuss issues and improvements related the KDE software stack on Fedora, especially those that are filed on our [https://pagure.io/fedora-kde/SIG/issues issue tracker]. We mostly communicate using voice chat, and some of us will share camera feeds. There is also text chat if you prefer that. [https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/kde-sig/ Here] is the meeting calendar.
* [[Changes/Plasma 5|Plasma 5]]


Fedora 20:
=== Communication channels ===
* [[Changes/Plasma-nm|Plasma-nm]]


Fedora <strike>20</strike> [http://rdieter.blogspot.com/2013/11/sddm-change-pushed-back-to-fedora-21.html 21]:
We have [https://matrix.to/#/#kde:fedoraproject.org Matrix] and libera.chat IRC ({{fpchat|#fedora-kde}}) rooms.
* [[SIGs/KDE/KDMtoLightDM|Switching to LightDM or SDDM from KDM]]
* [[Changes/KDE Frameworks 5|KDE Frameworks 5]]


Fedora 15:
As of 2023-08-06 14UTC, the two rooms are not bridged together anymore thus writing a message to IRC will not reach Matrix users (and vice versa). Note that a lot of KDE SIG members and KDE developers have moved to Matrix thus the IRC channel is likely to get less  attention and we recommend joining via Matrix. See [https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/matrix-to-libera-chat-irc-bridge-unavailable/ Matrix to libera.chat (IRC) bridge unavailable].
* [[SIGs/KDE/F15Features|KDEPIM 4.6 testing]]
* [[SIGs/KDE/KDE47Packaging|Packaging of KDE 4.7]]


Fedora 13:
=== Issue and progress tracking ===
* list of [[SIGs/KDE/F13Features|planned KDE-specific features]]


Fedora 10 and further:
For more formal proposals, bug reports, suggestions, etc, we have a Pagure [https://pagure.io/fedora-kde/SIG/issues issue tracker].
* [[SIGs/KDE/Branding|Fedora KDE branding]] (Plasma, desktop, etc.)
 
* [[Features/KDE42]] (Fedora 11)
== How you can help ==
* [[SIGs/KDE/SpinPage|Fedora KDE spin page content]] (Fedora 12)
 
If you have no idea how to help us, here are some areas we always need help with:
* '''Packagers:''' There are so many interesting packages that are not yet packaged for Fedora. If you want to see it in Fedora, [https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/ here] are Fedora's packaging guidelines.
* '''Reviewers:''' Only a few people are doing kde-related reviews. [https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/ReviewGuidelines/ Help us review] so that more packages can be included.
* '''Testing/QA:''' If you want to help test KDE software, use the updates-testing repository, and report bugs [https://pagure.io/fedora-kde/SIG/issues here]. You might also like to get acquainted with Fedora's [[QA]] process.
* '''Wiki:''' Maintain KDE-related wiki pages and keep the info up-to-date. [[KDE|Here]] is a good place to start.
 
== More info ==


For Fedora 8 and further, it will also be central in integrating KDE 4:
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f8/en_US/sn-Devel.html#sn-kde4-dev KDE 4 Development Platform]  (Fedora 7 updates and Fedora 8)
* [[Releases/FeatureKDE4]]  (Fedora 9 and beyond, full KDE 4 desktop workspace)
* [[SIGs/KDE/Update policy]]
* [[SIGs/KDE/Update policy]]
* [[KDE/Debugging]]
* [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KDE/X11_Unsupported Fedora 40: X11 is now unsupported]


== References ==
== Joining the SIG ==


* [[KDE|KDE on Fedora]]  
Joining the KDE SIG is as simple as being part of Fedora and having a love for KDE. Once you are a contributor to Fedora, you can join the SIG by adding your name below and communicating with the rest of the team in the usual [[Communicate|Fedora channels]].
* [http://www.kde.org/ The Official KDE Website]


== Participants ==
== Participants ==


* [[User:Than|Than Ngo]]
* [[User:Than|Than Ngo]]
* [[RexDieter]]
* [[RexDieter|Rex Dieter]]
* [[User:Kkofler|Kevin Kofler]]
* [[User:jgrulich|Jan Grulich]]
* [[SebastianVahl]]
* [[ArthurPemberton]]
* [[LaithJuwaidah]]
* [[MaryEllenFoster]]
* [[User:Ltinkl|Lukáš Tinkl]]
* [[StevenParrish]]
* [[ShawnStarr]]
* [[User:MathStuf|Ben Boeckel]]
* [[User:Nigelj|Nigel Jones]]
* [[User:Arbiter|Lorenzo Villani]]
* [[Klaatu]]
* [[JaroslavReznik|Jaroslav Řezník]]
* [[User:slankes|Sven Lankes]]
* [[JuhaTuomala|Juha Tuomala]]
* [[User:angel|Angel]]
* [[JerryAmundson]]
* [[User:Maxamillion|Adam Miller]]
* [[User:thomasj|Thomas Janssen]]
* [[User:Chicagonpg|Shaun Mallette]]
* [[User:schaiba | Rares Aioanei]]
* [[User:markino | Marco Crosio]]
* [[User:Charged | Wolnei Cândido Tomazelli Junior]]
* [[User:yoyoned | Todd]]
* [[User:Hein | Eike Hein]]
* [[User:Rnovacek | Radek Nováček]]
* [[User:akia | Pavel Mynarsky]]
* [[User:cheeselee| Robin 'cheese' Lee (LI Rui Bin)]]
* [[User:Magnu5| Magnus Tuominen]]
* [[User:Heliocastro| Helio Chissini de Castro]]
* [[User:Krege | Dmitrij S. Kryzhevich]]
* [[User:Athmane | Athmane Madjoudj]]
* [[User:minh | Minh Ngo]]
* [[User:siddharths | Siddharth Sharma]]
* [[USER:jaysonr | Jayson Rowe]]
* [[User:jmarrero | Joseph Marrero]]
* [[User:mbriza | Martin Bříza]]
* [[User:jgrulich | Jan Grulich]]
* [[User:dvratil | Dan Vrátil]]
* [[User:gbcox | Gerald Cox]]
* [[User:iambryan | Bryan Sutherland]]
* [[User:sinnykumari | Sinny Kumari]]
* [[User:dmossor|Dan Mossor]]
* [[User:Lupinix|Christian Dersch]]
* [[User:andreasch|Andreas Christoforou]]
* [[User:germano|Germano Massullo]]
* [[User:wesleyotugo|Wesley Otugo]]
* [[User:Kieranmoore|Kieran Moore]]
* [[User:tdawson|Troy Dawson]]
* [[User:tdawson|Troy Dawson]]
* [[User:glennzo|Glenn Johnson]]
* [[User:Appadeia|Carson Black]]
* [[User:marcdeop|Marc Deop]]
* [[User:marcdeop|Marc Deop]]
* [[User:Bcotton|Ben Cotton]]
* [[User:Siosm|Timothée Ravier]]
* [[User:Siosm| Timothée Ravier]]
* [[User:ngompa|Neal Gompa]]
 
* [[User:thunderbirdtr|Onuralp Sezer]]
== Joining the SIG ==
* [[User:ptoscano|Pino Toscano]]
 
* [[User:yselkowitz|Yaakov Selkowitz]]
Joining the KDE SIG is as simple as being part of Fedora and having a love for KDE.  Once you are a contributor to Fedora, you can join the SIG by adding your name above and communicating with the rest of the team in the usual [[Communicate| Fedora channels]] .
* [[User:tosky|Luigi Toscano]]
 
* [[User:farchord|Steve Cossette]]
=== How you can help ===
* [[User:aleasto|Alessandro Astone]]
 
* [[User:loise|Marie Loise Nolden]]
If you have no idea how to help us with providing a good and qualitative excellent release of KDE in Fedora here are some proposals where we need help:
* '''Packagers:''' There are so many interesting packages that are not yet packaged for Fedora.  [https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/ Package it]  to improve the user experience.
* '''Reviewers:''' Only a few persons are doing the kde-related reviews. [https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/ReviewGuidelines/ Help us reviewing]  so that more packages could be included.
* '''Testers:''' If you love KDE use the development version or the updates-testing repository and report bugs, bugs, bugs, request enhancements or features. We need your feedback to improve KDE. See the [[SIGs/KDE/Testing|testing page]] for things to test.
* '''Bugs:''' Become a [[BugZappers| BugZapper]] and help us with kde-related bugs.
* '''Documentation writers:''' The documentation (esp. the [[Docs/DesktopUserGuide| DesktopUserGuide]] ) is GNOME-centered. Help us to provide an equivalent for KDE.
* '''Release Notes:''' The few people that are working on the new KDE-Spin are quite busy with development issues. If you want to help us in [[DocsProject/ReleaseNotes/Process| writing the release notes]] for the next version of Fedora we would give you all the info you need.
* '''Wiki:''' Maintain http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KDE and keep it updated with end user information.
* '''Artists:''' To provide a matching theme for [[Artwork/NodokaTheme| nodoka-theme]] (GTK2 and also metacity)
 
== Meetings ==
 
The KDE SIG meets online Mondays at 1800 UTC. The link to join and current topics are listed on the [https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/kde-sig/ KDE SIG Fedora Calendar].
 
For more information about the past and upcoming meetings please see the meetings subpage: [[SIGs/KDE/Meetings| KDE/Meetings]]
 
== Matrix ==
 
There is a Matrix room for developers and users of KDE in Fedora: [https://matrix.to/#fedora-kde:matrix.org #fedora-kde:matrix.org].
 
== IRC ==
 
There is a freenode channel for developers and users of KDE in Fedora: {{fpchat|#fedora-kde}}
 
== Programming Tasks ==
Since Fedora strives to release software on the leading edge we often have to do programming work upstream in order to get things to work together.  This can range from diagnosing and fixing bugs that upstream is not yet aware of to porting applications to a brand new framework.  Please visit the [[KDE_Programming_Wishlist| Programming Wishlist]] for a list of items that need programmer attention.
 
== Fedora Package Collection ==
 
=== Package Requests ===
 
* This section has moved to [[SIGs/KDE/Packaging/Requests]]
 
=== Best Practices ===
 
* For proper Requires:, consider using before the <code>%description</code> section this code:
<code>%{?_kde4_macros_api:Requires: kde4-macros(api) = %{_kde4_macros_api} }</code>
 
* Here are some example <code>%build</code> and <code>%install</code> sections:
<pre>
%build
mkdir %{_target_platform}
pushd %{_target_platform}
%{cmake_kde4} ..
popd
 
make %{?_smp_mflags} -C %{_target_platform}
 
%install
make install/fast DESTDIR=%{buildroot} -C %{_target_platform}
</pre>


* In the <code>%files</code> you can use at least the following macros:
== Historical ==
<pre>
%{_kde4_appsdir}
%{_kde4_bindir}
%{_kde4_configdir}
%{_kde4_datadir}
%{_kde4_docdir}
%{_kde4_iconsdir}
%{_kde4_includedir}
%{_kde4_libdir}
</pre>


* You can use the sample [[:File:SIGs_KDE_KDE4FAQ_kde4_foo.spec|kde4_foo.spec]] as a template.
* [[SIGs/KDE/Historical|Historical SIG pages]]: Those pages are outdated (see the top of this page for up to date content). They are kept here for reference.


[[Category:SIGs]]
[[Category:SIGs]]

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Fedora KDE Special Interest Group

Mission

The KDE SIG (Special Interest Group) is a group of Fedora contributors that maintain KDE packages in Fedora, as well as the KDE Spin and Fedora Kinoite. Their mission is to provide high-quality, usable KDE software packages to Fedora users and developers, and to support one another in maintaining those packages.

Communication

Weekly meetings

The KDE SIG conducts meetings on Mondays at 1800 UTC, with a meeting duration of 1 hour. These take place here on KDE's BigBlueButton instance. In here, we will discuss issues and improvements related the KDE software stack on Fedora, especially those that are filed on our issue tracker. We mostly communicate using voice chat, and some of us will share camera feeds. There is also text chat if you prefer that. Here is the meeting calendar.

Communication channels

We have Matrix and libera.chat IRC (#fedora-kde[?]) rooms.

As of 2023-08-06 14UTC, the two rooms are not bridged together anymore thus writing a message to IRC will not reach Matrix users (and vice versa). Note that a lot of KDE SIG members and KDE developers have moved to Matrix thus the IRC channel is likely to get less attention and we recommend joining via Matrix. See Matrix to libera.chat (IRC) bridge unavailable.

Issue and progress tracking

For more formal proposals, bug reports, suggestions, etc, we have a Pagure issue tracker.

How you can help

If you have no idea how to help us, here are some areas we always need help with:

  • Packagers: There are so many interesting packages that are not yet packaged for Fedora. If you want to see it in Fedora, here are Fedora's packaging guidelines.
  • Reviewers: Only a few people are doing kde-related reviews. Help us review so that more packages can be included.
  • Testing/QA: If you want to help test KDE software, use the updates-testing repository, and report bugs here. You might also like to get acquainted with Fedora's QA process.
  • Wiki: Maintain KDE-related wiki pages and keep the info up-to-date. Here is a good place to start.

More info

Joining the SIG

Joining the KDE SIG is as simple as being part of Fedora and having a love for KDE. Once you are a contributor to Fedora, you can join the SIG by adding your name below and communicating with the rest of the team in the usual Fedora channels.

Participants

Historical

  • Historical SIG pages: Those pages are outdated (see the top of this page for up to date content). They are kept here for reference.
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