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ISV/Roadmap

2013-05-13T13:43:23Z

‎KDE development: add forgotten are word

ISV/Why use KDE

2013-05-13T13:40:37Z

‎Sub-Projects: some link and name changes

ISV/Support

2013-05-13T11:12:15Z

‎Commercial Support: add digia, i can't find a replacement for Business Directory

ISV

2013-05-13T10:48:44Z

i'm not sure about enterprise.kde.org whether is still active or not. but bizcase page is currently not available. i'm replacing it with a related kde dot category

ISV/Roadmap

2013-05-13T10:30:24Z

‎KDE development: fix link of epics page

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 KDE Frameworks 5 is well underway. It will allow to move to a more modern graphics rendering engine, make development platform more portable, and make it easier to reuse solutions KDE has built.
-The Roadmap of KDE Software Compilation 4 is divided into the [[Schedules/KDE4/4.11_Release_Schedule|Release Schedule]] and the [[Schedules/KDE4/4.11_Feature_Plan|Feature Plan]]. And KDE Frameworks 5 on going efforts tracked as [http://community.kde.org/Frameworks/Epics Epics].
+The Roadmap of KDE Software Compilation 4 is divided into the [[Schedules/KDE4/4.11_Release_Schedule|Release Schedule]] and the [[Schedules/KDE4/4.11_Feature_Plan|Feature Plan]]. And KDE Frameworks 5 on going efforts are tracked as [http://community.kde.org/Frameworks/Epics Epics].
 == Sub-projects ==

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 == KDE e.V. ==
-The non-profit organization [http://ev.kde.org KDE e.V.] helps in creating and distributing KDE by securing cash, hardware, and other donations, then using donations to aid KDE development and promotion. All its members are part of the KDE community which means the KDE e.V. plays an important role in the KDE project. Members of the KDE e.V. form several '''working groups''' like the [http://www.spreadkde.org/handbook/mwg/charter Marketing Working Group (MWG)] and the [http://ev.kde.org/workinggroups/hci.php Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Working Group] to help realize KDE's vision.
+The non-profit organization [http://ev.kde.org KDE e.V.] helps in creating and distributing KDE by securing cash, hardware, and other donations, then using donations to aid KDE development and promotion. All its members are part of the KDE community which means the KDE e.V. plays an important role in the KDE project. Members of the KDE e.V. form several '''working groups''' like the [http://spread.kde.org/handbook/mwg/charter Marketing Working Group (MWG)] and the [http://ev.kde.org/workinggroups/hci.php Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Working Group] to help realize KDE's vision.
 == Adoption of KDE ==
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 == Development ==
-The KDE development process takes place in steady release cycles. '''[http://developer.kde.org/development-versions/release.html Release schedules]''' and '''feature plans''' help the KDE project coordinating a KDE release by introducing several ''phases'' like ''feature freeze'' and ''message freeze''. This phases make sure that developers concentrate on polishing the release and the translation teams have time enough to translate all the KDE software into many different languages. Further information about KDE development tools can be found on the [[Development|development pages]].
+The KDE development process takes place in steady release cycles. '''[[Schedules|Release schedules and feature plans]]''' help the KDE project coordinating a KDE release by introducing several ''phases'' like ''feature freeze'' and ''message freeze''. This phases make sure that developers concentrate on polishing the release and the translation teams have time enough to translate all the KDE software into many different languages. Further information about KDE development tools can be found on the [[Development|development pages]].
 === Documentation ===
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 === Technologies ===
-KDE provides a wide range of '''powerful technologies''' such as [http://khtml.info KHTML and KJS] which are adopted by other companies like Apple (Safari browsers) and Nokia. Additionally there are several '''development frameworks''' like KParts (KDE's component technology), KIO (network/protocol architecture) or KXmlGui (build GUIs based on XML definitions).
+KDE provides a wide range of '''powerful technologies''' such as [http://www.webkit.org/ WebKit and KJS] which are adopted by other companies like Apple (Safari browsers) and Nokia. Additionally there are several '''development frameworks''' like KParts (KDE's component technology), KIO (network/protocol architecture) or KXmlGui (build GUIs based on XML definitions).
 KDE uses '''well-known standards''' like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udev UDev]) and [http://dbus.freedesktop.org D-Bus] (interprocess communication).
 === Compatibility & Integration ===
-The last major KDE release was KDE 4.0. All KDE 4.x versions are '''binary compatible''', i.e. software written for KDE 4.0 will be compatible with KDE 4.5 years later. As KDE is based on standards it is, for instance, easy to integrate applications with plain [http://todo-link-to-howto .desktop files].
+The last major KDE release was KDE 4.0. All KDE 4.x versions are '''binary compatible''', i.e. software written for KDE 4.0 will be compatible with KDE 4.11 years later. As KDE is based on standards it is, for instance, easy to integrate applications with plain [[Development/Tutorials/Desktop_File|.desktop files]].
 ==== Freedesktop.org & Portland ====
 As an ISV, your target is probably not only KDE but all Linux/UNIX desktops. This is made possible due to '''strong collaboration between KDE and other projects''' like [http://freedesktop.org freedesktop.org] which defines standards and software that helps integrating applications in all standard conform desktop environments.
-One of those projects is the [http://developer.kde.org/portland/ Portland project], which intends to develop a common set of Linux Desktop Programming Interfaces and Tools to allow applications to '''easily integrate''' with the free desktop configuration an end user has chosen to work with.
+One of those projects is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Project Portland project], which intends to develop a common set of Linux Desktop Programming Interfaces and Tools to allow applications to '''easily integrate''' with the free desktop configuration an end user has chosen to work with.
 === Sub-Projects ===
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 ; KDE Pim
-: The goal of [http://pim.kde.org KDE Pim] (Personal information management) is to provide an application suite to manage personal information. This includes applications like an email client, a calender etc. The main result is '''KDE Kontact''', our personal information manager.
+: The goal of [http://community.kde.org/KDE_PIM KDE Pim] (Personal information management) is to provide an application suite to manage personal information. This includes applications like an email client, a calender etc. The main result is '''KDE Kontact''', our personal information manager.
 ; Calligra
-: [http://calligra.org KOffice] is an '''integrated office suite''' using KDE-technology and features a full set of applications which work together seamlessly to provide the best user experience possible. The office suite contains applications like Words, Tables, Stage, Krita, Kexi and many more.
+: [http://calligra.org Calligra] is an '''integrated office suite''' using KDE-technology and features a full set of applications which work together seamlessly to provide the best user experience possible. The office suite contains applications like Words, Tables, Stage, Krita, Kexi and many more.
 ; KDevelop
-: [http://kdevelop.kde.org KDevelop] is an '''Integrated Development Environment''' (IDE) for KDE. It supports language like C/C++ and Java and helps with rapid application development.
+: [http://kdevelop.org/ KDevelop] is an '''Integrated Development Environment''' (IDE) for KDE. It supports language like C/C++ and Java and helps with rapid application development.
 == Roadmap ==

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 If you need guaranteed response times and business level support, there are several options to chose from:
-Nokia provides [http://qt.nokia.com/support commercial support] for their [http://qt.nokia.com/ Qt-Toolkit], on which KDE is based.
+Digia provides [http://qt.digia.com/Support/ commercial support] for their [http://qt.digia.com/ Qt-Toolkit], on which KDE is based.
 A list of companies supporting KDE can be found in KDEs [http://enterprise.kde.org/bizdir/ Business Directory].
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 Read more about the ''driving forces'' behind KDE.</td>
 <td align="center" style="border: solid 1px #1e90ff; background-color:#f8f8ff; padding:0 1em 1em 1em;">
-<h3 style="text-align:center;">[http://enterprise.kde.org/bizcase/ Success Stories]</h3>
+<h3 style="text-align:center;">[http://dot.kde.org/category/dot-categories/kde-success-story Success Stories]</h3>
 Read more about successful KDE deployments.</td>
 </tr>

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 This page intends to help '''Independent Software Vendors''' (ISVs) understanding the background of the KDE Roadmap.
 == KDE development ==
-The current KDE development concentrates on KDE 4, which will be a major release. It will include several new features as well as new APIs and frameworks and therefore will break the API compatibility. However, at the same time there are several efforts in the community making porting apps to KDE 4 quite easy.
+The current KDE development concentrates on both KDE Software Compilation 4, which is current major release and KDE Frameworks 5, which will be a set of high-level components for applications to use.
-The Roadmap of KDE 4 is divided into the [[Schedules/KDE4/4.5_Release_Schedule|Release Schedule]] and the [[Schedules/KDE4/4.5_Feature_Plan|Feature Plan]].
+The Roadmap of KDE Software Compilation 4 is divided into the [[Schedules/KDE4/4.11_Release_Schedule|Release Schedule]] and the [[Schedules/KDE4/4.11_Feature_Plan|Feature Plan]]. And KDE Frameworks 5 on going efforts tracked as [http://community.kde.org/Frameworks/Epics Epics].
 == Sub-projects ==
 Some KDE sub-projects have their own roadmaps:
 * [http://calligra.org Calligra] - a free, integrated office suite for KDE
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