Contribute/List of KDE Modules

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This document gives an overview of the different modules within KDE's SVN repository.

Overview

Module Name	Description	Release	Example
qt-copy	Qt	Qt	Qt Designer
arts	ARTS	KDE
kdelibs	Basic libraries	KDE	KDE Print System
kdebase	Basic programs and utilities	KDE	Konqueror
kdesupport	Support libraries	?	taglib
kdenetwork	Network	KDE	Kopete
kdepim	Personal Information Management	KDE	KMail
kdegraphics	Image viewing and manipulation	KDE	KolourPaint
kdeutils	Utilities	KDE	KHexEdit
kdeedu	Education	KDE	KStars
kdegames	Games	KDE	Atlantik
kdeartwork	Additional artwork for KDE	KDE	Screensavers
kdeaddons	Small add-on tools for KDE applications	KDE	Kate's add-ons
kdemultimedia	Multimedia	KDE	Kaboodle
kdeaccessibility	Tools for disabled people	KDE	KMouth
kdekiosk	KIOSK mode tools	KDE
kdebindings	Bindings to programming languages	KDE	dcop C bindings
kdesdk	Programming Tools	KDE	KBabel
kdetoys	Toys	KDE	kteatime
kdeadmin	System Administration	KDE	KPackage
l10n	Translations	L10N	British English (en_GB)
kdevelop	Developing Environment	KDE	KDevelop
kwebdev	Web development	KDE	Quanta
valgrind	Low-level debugger	Extra	Valgrind
extragear-addons	Extra add-on programs	Extra	kfish
extragear-graphics	Extra graphic programs	Extra	Gwenview
kdeextragear-multimedia	Extra mutlimedia programs	Extra	K3B
kdeextragear-network	Extra network programs	Extra	Konversation
kdeextragear-office	Extra office programs	Extra	Kile
kdeextragear-pim	Extra PIM programs	Extra	KBlueTooth
kdeextragear-security	Extra security programs	Extra	pwmanager
kdeextragear-sysadmin	Extra system administration programs	Extra	kiosktool
kdeextragear-toys	Extra toy programs	Extra	kfortune
kdeextragear-utils	Extra utility programs	Extra	filelight
kdeextragear-libs	Extra libraries	Extra
koffice	KOffice	KOffice	KWord
khtmltest	Test files for KHtml	Never
kofficetest	Test files for KOffice	Never
www	Web Sites	Web	KDE Web Site
kdereview	New applications	Never	knetworkconf
playground-artwork	Artwork sandbox	Never	KPlastik 2
playground-base	Basic application sandbox	Never	KControl
playground-edu	Education sandbox	Never	kgeography
playground-games	Game sandbox	Never	kqf
playground-ioslaves	KIO slave sandbox	Never	kio_sql
playground-multimedia	Multimedia sandbox	Never	kast
playground-network	Network sandbox	Never	ksniffer
playground-pim	PIM sandbox	Never	kickpim
playground-sysadmin	System administration sandbox	Never	ksystemlog
kdeplayground-utils	Utility sandbox	Never	kfeedbackwizard
kdenonbeta	Old sandbox for developers	Never
kde-common	Administrative stuff	Never	Accounts
bugs	Files for KDE Bugs	Never	KDE New Bug Wizard

Release rhythms:

• Qt: Trolltech has its own release cycles for Qt.
• KDE: released with KDE (1 or 2 per year).
• KOffice: released with KOffice (1 per year or even less).
• Extra: Each program has its own release cycle.
• L10N: the translations are released with the corresponding programs.
• Web: web sites are normally synchronized every half-an-hour.
• Never: these modules are never released.

Most Basic System

TODO (In short: the most basic system is made of Qt, arts, kdelibs, kdebase. With koffice, it makes a minimal system for working with KOffice. ???Recommended minimal: add kdegraphics and kdepim???

Qt

Qt-copy is a convenience to avoid to have to patch the official Qt release. (Note: it is not a fork.) Nevertheless KDE works with official Qt versions and also with Qt snapshots (except major bugs of course). Using snapshots is not recommended for using a stable KDE.

KIOSK

TODO (in short: the KIOSK mode allows to forbid users to change certain settings in KDE.)

kdesdk

TODO

kde-common

TODO (in short: this is the module contatining the administrative stuff of KDE. kde-common/admin is mapped in all/most modules.)

kdenonbeta

This was the old sandbox for KDE developers. It is in the process of being replaced by the kdeplayground modules.

kdeplayground

TODO (in short: these modules are the sandboxes for developers. Programs here might not work.)

kdereview

TODO (in short: the programs here are too good to be in kdeplayground but not good or stable enough to be in kdeextragear or even in the KDE release itself.)

kdeextragear

The kdeextragear modules contains stable applications that are not released with KDE but that have their own release schedule.

www

TODO: (in short: write protect by default. The www/developer.kde.org might be interesting to download to have the info offline.)