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    *[[Getting_Started/Build/Windows/emerge|Build KDE 4 on Windows]] using ''emerge''
    *[[Getting_Started/Build/Windows/emerge|Build KDE 4 on Windows]] using ''emerge''
    *[[Development/Tutorials/Debugging/Debugging_on_MS_Windows|Debugging on MS Windows]]
    *[[Development/Tutorials/Debugging/Debugging_on_MS_Windows|Debugging on MS Windows]]
    *TechBase pages related to MS Windows ports of KDE applications and libraries:
    *[[/Development Workflow|Development Workflow]]
    **[[/Missing features of kdelibs|Missing features of kdelibs]]
    *[[/Issues |Issues, TODOs, and status info]] (on individual apps, libraries, or other parts of the project)
    **[[Projects/PIM/MS_Windows|KDE PIM on MS Windows]]
    **[[Projects/Digikam/MS_Windows|Digikam on MS Windows]]
    *[[/Issues|Issues]]
    **[[/Issues/emerge|Issues, thoughts and jobs for emerge]]
    **[[/Issues/kdewin-installer|Issues and thoughts for KDEWin-Installer]]
    **[[/Issues/MSVC|Using MSVC compiler, debugger and editor]]
    *[[/Tools|Tools]] (required or useful)
    *[[/Tools|Tools]] (required or useful)
    *[[/Porting Guidelines|Porting Guidelines]]
    *[[/Porting Guidelines|Porting Guidelines]]
    *[http://community.kde.org/KDE_Windows/Meetings Meetings]
    *[http://community.kde.org/KDE_Windows/Meetings Meetings]
    *[[/TODOs|TODOs]]
    *[[/Windows CE|Windows CE]]
    *[[/Windows CE|Windows CE]]
    *Source code in the KDE git: [http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=emerge.git emerge]


    === Information for application developers ===
    === Information for application developers ===
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    *[[/Packaging|Packaging / Distributing KDE apps on Windows]]
    *[[/Packaging|Packaging / Distributing KDE apps on Windows]]


    ==Resources==
    ===(Release) status info===
    *Current release target is KDE 4.9 ([http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-windows&m=134856419908374&w=2]). Recently it has been suggested to skip to 4.10, however ([http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-windows&m=135784778022201&w=2])
    *Nightly builds (logs):
    **[http://www.winkde.org/pub/kde/ports/win32/dashboard/release/ Release-Series]
    **[http://winkde.org/pub/kde/ports/win32/dashboard/ master]
     
    == Qt5/KDE5 status ==
    * update dbus to nightly branch
    * get kdelibs building - what about split packages?
    * use updated mingw
    * disable dbusmenu-qt on Windows by default
    * fix Qt5 dependencies on all packages
     
    ==Further reading, and support ressources==
    *[mailto:[email protected] [email protected]] mailing list: [https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-windows  subscribe], [http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-windows&r=1&w=2 archives]
    *[mailto:[email protected] [email protected]] mailing list: [https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-windows  subscribe], [http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-windows&r=1&w=2 archives]
    *[irc://irc.freenode.net/kde-windows #kde-windows] channel on irc.freenode.net
    *[irc://irc.freenode.net/kde-windows #kde-windows] channel on irc.freenode.net
    *Source code in the KDE Subversion: [http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/kdesupport/kdewin/ kdewin]
    *Nightly builds: [http://winkde.org/pub/kde/ports/win32/dashboard/ dashboard]
    ==External Resources==
    *Related blogs: [http://aheinecke.blogspot.de/ aheinecke], [http://saroengels.blogspot.com/ saroengels], Not active: [http://chehrlic.blogspot.com chehrlic], [http://www.kdedevelopers.org/blog/104 jstaniek]
    *Related blogs: [http://aheinecke.blogspot.de/ aheinecke], [http://saroengels.blogspot.com/ saroengels], Not active: [http://chehrlic.blogspot.com chehrlic], [http://www.kdedevelopers.org/blog/104 jstaniek]
    *[[/In the Press|KDE on Windows in the press]]
    *[[/In the Press|KDE on Windows in the press]]
    *[http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.6/deployment-windows.html Deploying a Qt Application on Windows] (qt.nokia.com)
    *http://kdelibs.com (former KDElibs/Windows site, now outdated, aimed at ISVs)


    [[Category:MS Windows]]
    [[Category:MS Windows]]

    Revision as of 13:34, 18 January 2013


    "KDE 4 libraries and applications are available to you, no matter if you are a commercial developer, manager or free software hacker. You are invited to not only just use the toolkit - you can contribute your own solutions and improvements to the KDE community."

    Konqi, the KDE mascot now also supporting MS Windows

    The KDE on Windows Initiative is an ongoing project to port the KDE applications to MS Windows. Currently supported versions of Windows are XP, Vista and 7.


    Overview

    User Installation

    Development

    Information for application developers

    (Release) status info

    • Current release target is KDE 4.9 ([1]). Recently it has been suggested to skip to 4.10, however ([2])
    • Nightly builds (logs):

    Qt5/KDE5 status

    • update dbus to nightly branch
    • get kdelibs building - what about split packages?
    • use updated mingw
    • disable dbusmenu-qt on Windows by default
    • fix Qt5 dependencies on all packages

    Further reading, and support ressources