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KDE PIM is a package that contains personal information management tools.
KDE PIM is a package that contains personal information management tools.
The KDEPIM team develops the main application Kontact with all its plugins like KMail, KNode, KOrganizer, KAddressbook, Akregator, KJots and others.
To join the team, simply email the {{KDEML|kdepim}} mailing list, and join the irc://freenode.net/kontact IRC channel.


==Resources==
==Resources==
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Much of the infrastructure of KDE PIM has been moved to kdepimlibs module as a framework for all KDE applications. Therefore we have two main modules within the KDE SVN: '''kdepim''' and '''kdepimlibs'''. The latter contains code that provides public APIs.
Much of the infrastructure of KDE PIM has been moved to kdepimlibs module as a framework for all KDE applications. Therefore we have two main modules within the KDE SVN: '''kdepim''' and '''kdepimlibs'''. The latter contains code that provides public APIs.


Current development focus as of January 2009 is on the Akonadi service and porting existing applications to Akonadi and KMime and other frameworks.
===Documentation===
The KMail handbook is currently being rewritten, for more information look at the [[Projects/Documentation/KDE4/kdepim/kmail|documentation wiki page]].
===KDE PIM 4===
===KDE PIM 4===
*README documents stored in the KDE SVN:
*README documents stored in the KDE SVN:
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*[[/MS Windows|MS Windows topics]]
*[[/MS Windows|MS Windows topics]]
*[[Development/Tutorials/Writing_kontact_plugins|Tutorial for writing a Kontact plugin]]
*[[Development/Tutorials/Writing_kontact_plugins|Tutorial for writing a Kontact plugin]]
====Planning====
====Planning====
*[[Schedules/KDE4/4.2_Feature_Plan#kdepim|Feature Plan]] (see also [[Schedules/KDE4/4.2_Feature_Plan#kdepimlibs|KDEPIMlibs feature plan]])
*[[Schedules/KDE4/4.2_Feature_Plan#kdepim|Feature Plan]] (see also [[Schedules/KDE4/4.2_Feature_Plan#kdepimlibs|KDEPIMlibs feature plan]])
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===KDE PIM 3===
===KDE PIM 3===
The KDE PIM 3 branch is frozen and no longer actively maintained. Use the KDE 3 enterprise branch for a version of Kontact that is still being updated.
*[[/Features_3.5.9|New Features included with KDE 3.5.9]]
*[[/Features_3.5.9|New Features included with KDE 3.5.9]]
*[[/Installing the KDE PIM 3.5.5+ feature branch|Installing the KDE PIM 3.5.5+ feature branch]]
*[[/Installing the KDE PIM 3.5.5+ feature branch|Installing the KDE PIM 3.5.5+ feature branch]]
===Enterprise branches===
Kontact is the primary [http://kolab.org/ Kolab] client. There are different release cycles for the Kolab clients and for KDE, and therefore there are so-called <i>enterprise</i> branches in SVN where the Kolab versions are maintained. Changes in the enterprise branches are regularly merged back to SVN trunk.
The enterprise branches are maintained by [http://www.klaralvdalens-datakonsult.se/ KDAB].
More information about the enterprise branches can be found at:
*[http://websvn.kde.org/branches/kdepim/ KDEPIM branches in SVN (notably <i>enterprise</i> and <i>enterprise4</i>)]
*[http://wiki.kolab.org/index.php/Kontact_for_Windows_(beta-huge-debug) Kontact on Windows (enterprise4 branch)]
*[http://kolab.org/roadmap.html Roadmap for the Kolab clients]
*[http://kolab.org/download.html Downloads of the Kolab clients]
*[http://wiki.kolab.org/index.php/Kontact Kontact wiki page]
*[http://kolab.org/documentation.html Various Kolab documents]


===Other===
===Other===

Revision as of 12:48, 2 January 2009


Projects/PIM

KDE PIM is a package that contains personal information management tools.

The KDEPIM team develops the main application Kontact with all its plugins like KMail, KNode, KOrganizer, KAddressbook, Akregator, KJots and others.

To join the team, simply email the kdepim mailing list, and join the irc://freenode.net/kontact IRC channel.

Resources

Development

Much of the infrastructure of KDE PIM has been moved to kdepimlibs module as a framework for all KDE applications. Therefore we have two main modules within the KDE SVN: kdepim and kdepimlibs. The latter contains code that provides public APIs.

Current development focus as of January 2009 is on the Akonadi service and porting existing applications to Akonadi and KMime and other frameworks.

Documentation

The KMail handbook is currently being rewritten, for more information look at the documentation wiki page.

KDE PIM 4

  • README documents stored in the KDE SVN:
  • kdepim:
  • kdepimlibs

Planning

KDE PIM 3

The KDE PIM 3 branch is frozen and no longer actively maintained. Use the KDE 3 enterprise branch for a version of Kontact that is still being updated.

Enterprise branches

Kontact is the primary Kolab client. There are different release cycles for the Kolab clients and for KDE, and therefore there are so-called enterprise branches in SVN where the Kolab versions are maintained. Changes in the enterprise branches are regularly merged back to SVN trunk. The enterprise branches are maintained by KDAB.

More information about the enterprise branches can be found at:


Other

PIM SoC 2008 projects