Schedules/KDE4/4.3 Feature Plan

This is a list of planned features for the 4.3 release.

See also:

• Schedules/KDE4/4.3 Release Schedule
• Schedules/KDE4/4.3 Release Goals
• Schedules/KDE4/4.2 Feature Plan

Legend:

• todo => not started yet
• in-progress => started, but not completed yet
• done => completed

Other

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	Akonadi	Various Akonadi related items can be found here http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/PIM/Akonadi#Scheduled_for_KDE_4.3_.2F_Akonadi_1.2	Akonadi Developers <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KPackageKit	Pushing in KPackageKit (dependant on PolicyKit integration)	Daniel <[email protected]>

kdelibs

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	KLocale	Investigate adding Currency Code and currency minor units support based on ISO 4217 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217).	John Layt <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	kdecore	Thread safety in ksycoca (KService, KMimeType etc.)	David Faure <faure:AT:kde.org>
IN PROGRESS	Sonnet	Implement language detection	Jakub Stachowski <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Sonnet	Integrate language detection with spellchecking	Jakub Stachowski <[email protected]>
TO DO	Sonnet	Integrate language detection with strigi	Jakub Stachowski <[email protected]>
TO DO	Sonnet	Grammar checking (at least for English)	Jakub Stachowski <[email protected]>
TO DO	KCalendarSystem	Add new astronomical calculation support classes to be used in kdelibs to build new astronomically based calendar systems, and in kdepim to build new version of libkholiday.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KCalendarSystem	Add new calendar systems: Indian Civil (Saka), Ethiopean, Chinese, Pure Julian, Pure Gregorian, etc.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KDEPrint	If no file printing support in Qt4.5, migrate FilePrinter class from Okular to enable file printing for all apps via QPrinter. To be discussed on k-c-d first.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KDEPrint	Add framework for standard actions for 'Send to...' for e-mail, fax, etc by printing to PDF/PS.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	kdeui	entries to help menu and aboutdata pointing to UserBase entry and forum.kde.org	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	kdesu	Classes to help kde-apps open ports in the local firewall (via IPTables/IPFW, etc...)	Tejas Dinkar <[email protected]>

kdebase-workspace

Status	Project	Description	Contact
Non-Plasma, Non-KWin
TO DO	Kxkb	Support for languages in keyboard layout descriptions	Andriy Rysin <rysin:AT:kde.org>
TO DO	PolicyKit integration	Import PolicyKit-KDE from extragear	Dario Freddi <[email protected]>
DONE	Solid Actions KCM	Import Solid actions KControl module from playground	Ben Cooksley <[email protected]>
TO DO	KControl4	Import refactor of systemsettings with Tree and Icon view support	Ben Cooksley and Mathias Soeken <ben(at)eclipse(dot)endoftheinternet(dot)org+msoeken(at)informatik(dot)uni-bremen(dot)de>
DONE	KSysguard	Added GetHotNewStuff support	name <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KActiveEdges	Split active screen edges from KWin	Lucas Murray <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Solid Wicd Engine	Import Solid Wicd engine from github/playground	Dario Freddi <[email protected]>
KRunner
Plasma - Priority Features
Plasma
TO DO	Now Playing data engine	Support for MPD	Alex Merry <kde:AT:randomguy3.me.uk>
DONE	Classic Menu Launcher	Optional recently used applications and System Settings menu	Sebastian Sauer <mail:AT:dipe.org>
IN PROGRESS	Reusable video widget	A widget in libplasma that can play video and audio	Marco Martin <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Message box	A message box shown as an overlay over plasmoids	Marco Martin <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Systemtray protocol	New systemtray protocol beginnings: daemon and systemtray widget part	Marco Martin <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Default theme	Air: new default Plasma theme	Marco Martin and Nuno Pinheiro <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	screensaver	security constraints	Chani <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	extenders	Add grouping support to extenders	Rob Scheepmaker <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	systemtray	Group multiple jobs and notifications	Rob Scheepmaker <[email protected]>
KWin - Core
TO DO	KWin	Redesign KWin system settings GUI	Lucas Murray <[email protected]>
TO DO	KWin	ARGB support for decorations	Lucas Murray <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KWin	Window docking/quick tiling	Lucas Murray <[email protected]>
TO DO	KWin	Internal desktop layout/pager support	Lucas Murray <[email protected]>
KWin - Desktop Effects
TO DO	KWin	Expand present windows into other effects (E.g. Desktop Grid)	Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>
DONE	KWin	Fade desktop effect (Desktop switcher)	Lucas Murray <[email protected]>
DONE	KWin	Highlight window effect	Lucas Murray <[email protected]>

kdepimlibs

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	Buildsystem	Require OpenLDAP (coordinate with the Windows team)	Allen Winter <[email protected]>
TO DO	Buildsystem	Require Cyrus-SASL (coordinate with the Windows team)	Allen Winter <[email protected]>
TO DO	libkleopatraclient	New interface library for kleopatra uiserver clients	Marc Mutz <[email protected]>

kdenetwork

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	Kopete	UPnp Support	Matt Rogers <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Kopete	Updated contact list interface (uses Qt 4 rather than Qt 3)	Matt Rogers <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kopete	Update Kopete to better support Decibel	Kopete Developers <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kopete	Jabber Jingle video support	Detlev Casanova <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kopete	Jabber Jingle ICE support	Detlev Casanova <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Kopete	Contacts plasmoid	Dennis Nienhüser <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KGet	MultiSource-Downloading	Lukas Appelhans <[email protected]>
TO DO	KGet	Support mms://-protocol, see https://launchpad.net/libmms	Lukas Appelhans <[email protected]>
TO DO	KGet	MLDonkey-Plugin based on libkmldonkey	Lukas Appelhans <[email protected]>
TO DO	KGet	Advanced Details	Lukas Appelhans <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KRDC	NX support	David Gross <[email protected]>
TO DO	KRDC	Minimal-clutter mode to optimize screen real estate usage	Guillaume Pothier <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Telepathy	Telepathy-specification compliant Account Manager using KWallet to store account data	George Goldberg <[email protected]>

kdepim

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	Akonadi	Migration of contacts and calendar data from KResource to Akonadi (Details)	Volker Krause, Kevin Krammer, Tobias Koenig <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Akregator	Support for syncing the feed list with Google Reader	Frank Osterfeld <[email protected]>
DONE	KAlarm	Add export of alarms to a new calendar file	David Jarvie <[email protected]>
DONE	KAlarm	Allow configuration of default deferral time interval	David Jarvie <[email protected]>
DONE	KAlarm	Accept drag-and-drop of Todo entries to create a new alarm	David Jarvie <[email protected]>
DONE	KAlarm	Show command execution error indication in alarm list	David Jarvie <[email protected]>
DONE	KAlarm	Add option to spread alarm windows across screen	David Jarvie <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAlarm	Port to Akonadi	David Jarvie <[email protected]>
TO DO	KBlogger	KBlogger, a blogging application	Christian Weilbach <[email protected]>
TO DO	KBlogger	Port to use KRichTextEdit (Or KMEditor)	Stephen Kelly <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KContactManager	A new Akonadi-based address book to replace KAddressbook	Tobias Koenig <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Kjots	Create and port to akonadi model.	Stephen Kelly <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kjots	Add support for nepomuk including tagging, possibly storage, and linking. Also a nepomuk tag proxy model for representing the structure as tagged.	Stephen Kelly <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Kjots	Create plasmoid capable of showing the entire tree, or a single book.	Stephen Kelly <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kjots	Email KJots pages using default mail client (bug #124509.	Stephen Kelly <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Kleopatra	OpenPGP support	Marc Mutz (Gpg4win) <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Add support for HTML images	Edwin Schepers <[email protected]>
TO DO	KMail	Use asynchronous Kleo	Marc Mutz <[email protected]>
TO DO	KMail	Save metadata about attachments to Nepomuk when saving them	Ismail Onur Filiz <[email protected]>
TO DO	KNode	Port to use KRichTextEdit (Or KMEditor)	Stephen Kelly <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kontact	Support for Kontact wide profiles	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kontact	Tip-of-the-Day summary	Daniel Molkentin <[email protected]>
TO DO	KOrganizer	Support for extended free-busy lists	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KPilot	Port old conduits to new base conduit architecture and KDE4/Qt4	Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KPilot	Finish Keyring conduit, base conduit code and test cases, category syncing	Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper <[email protected]>

kdeutils

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	printer-applet	Restore feature parity with KDEPrint3 where possible.	John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	make editing capability to Decoding table	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	add Kate-like search tool	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	add support for import by drop, both url and data	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	copy again puts also a value or char variant of the data to clipboard	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	add support for memory mapping of files	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	add further export formats like s-record and intel 16	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okteta	add support for jobs like io, printing, string search or filter	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO	kwalletmanager	Move kwalletmanager to the Model/View architecture and redesign the UI.	Michael Leupold <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	kdelirc	Bring back kdelirc	Michael Zanetti <[email protected]>

kdebindings

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	krossjava	Integrate into e.g. SuperKaramba and fix issues that show up.	Sebastian Sauer <[email protected]>
TO DO	krossjava	Documentation++	Sebastian Sauer <[email protected]>
TO DO	krossfalcon	Documentation++	Sebastian Sauer <[email protected]>

kdegames

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	Killbots	Add "sonic screwdriver" functionality.	Parker Coates <[email protected]>
TO DO	Killbots	Add a tutorial for beginners.	Parker Coates <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kolf	Replace with Kolf 2 (please help!)	Stefan Majewsky <[email protected]>
TO DO	KsirK	rewrite AI code or at least correct most problems related in bug #170777. Volunteers wanted!	Gaël de Chalendar <[email protected]>
TO DO	KsirK	Previous/Next in start new game as described in bug #170774	Gaël de Chalendar <[email protected]>
TO DO	KsirK	Polish the skin editor (doc, contextual help, ...)	Gaël de Chalendar <[email protected]>
TO DO	KsirK	Boost playing over Jabber	Gaël de Chalendar <[email protected]>
TO DO	KSpaceDuel	rewrite AI code	Dirk Rathlev <[email protected]>
DONE	ktron	Port and remake the KTron game for KDE 4.3	Stas Verberkt <[email protected]>

kdeadmin

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	KGrubEditor	Integrate KGrubEditor into KDE Admin http://sourceforge.net/projects/kgrubeditor. Approved by Nicolas Ternisien <[email protected]>	Konstantinos Smanis <artemis_dot_fowl_dot_2007@gmail_dot_com>
TO DO	Guidance	Port Guidance to KDE 4, and move it to KDE Admin http://www.simonzone.com/software/guidance/.	Nicolas Ternisien <[email protected]>
TO DO	system-config-printer-kde	Restore feature parity with KDEPrint3 where possible.	john Layt <[email protected]>

kdesdk

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	Lokalize	XLIFF support	Nick Shaforostoff <shafff-at-ukr.net>
IN PROGRESS	Lokalize	various Translation Memory enhancements	Nick Shaforostoff <shafff-at-ukr.net>
IN PROGRESS	Lokalize	Kross-based scripting	Nick Shaforostoff <shafff-at-ukr.net>
TO DO	Lokalize	QA: glossary checklists	Nick Shaforostoff <shafff-at-ukr.net>
TO DO	KAppTemplate	Add DBUS support in templates	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Umbrello	Replace all q3 widgets in the refactoring assistant	Andi Fischer <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Umbrello	Merge in SoC qgraphicsview port branch	Gopala Krishna A <[email protected]>

kdeedu

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	KAlgebra	Export to MathML Presentation Markup	Aleix Pol <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAlgebra	Some integration with the new KFormula widget	Aleix Pol <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KAlgebra	Add ability to draw 3D plots in cylindrical and spherical coordinates.	Percy Camilo Triveño Aucahuasi <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kalzium	Port Kalzium's periodic table to use new QGraphicsView.	Marcus D. Hanwell <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kalzium	Remove the libavogadro snapshot, depend on libavogadro directly.	Benoit Jacob <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kalzium	Plasmoid to access Kalzium database	Carsten Niehaus <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KEduca	Rewrite of the classic test writing/taking application	Matt Williams <[email protected]>
TO DO	KHangMan	Integrate an editor	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	KHangMan	Plasmoid	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	KHangMan	Theme manager	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kig	Properties dialog for objects.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kig	Improve construction of bisect lines.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kig	Improve feedback when constructing objects.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kig	More geometric objects.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kig	Script objects as macros (to be reused more than once).	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kig	Improve the Cabri import filter.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kig	Improve the new/edit script wizard.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
TO DO	KLettres	Visual Indicator when letter is wrong	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	KLettres	Number support	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	KLettres	Theme manager	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Marble widget for Geolocation tool	Médéric Boquien <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Better printed star charts	Jason Harris <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Sync KStars time from device	Jasem Mutlaq <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Better rendering of comets/asteroids	Jason Harris <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Texture mapping of the skymap???	Jason Harris <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Improve Observing List Wizard	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Display Comet Magnitudes whenever possible	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Information links in-place for each technical term	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Tool to suggest star-hopping techniques???	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Extend conjunction tool to have one object unspecified, but have a genre of objects specified instead	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Simulate Lunar Eclipses	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Simulate Satellites and Iridium Flares	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KStars	Social and Geographical Integration for KStars	Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO	KTurtle	Optional rulers/grid for canvas units	Mauricio Piacentini <[email protected]>
TO DO	Marble	Export map to MxN pixel bitmap	Inge Wallin <[email protected]>
TO DO	Marble	Bookmarks	Inge Wallin <[email protected]>
TO DO	Marble	Support for MarbleWidget::setEnabled( bool )	Inge Wallin <[email protected]>
TO DO	Marble	Map Contents translation	Torsten Rahn <[email protected]>
TO DO	Marble	Editing GeoDataFeatures	Torsten Rahn <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Layer Management Class	Torsten Rahn <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Plugin architecture for map layers	Torsten Rahn <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Extending GeoPainter	Torsten Rahn <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Marble Runners	Henry de Valence <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	GeoClue Integration	Jens-Michael Hoffmann <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Routing	Jens-Michael Hoffmann <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	More map providers (WMS?)	Jens-Michael Hoffmann <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Winkel Triple projection / equivalent	Henry de Valence <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Marble WorldClock Plasmoid	Henry de Valence <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Qt-Version settings dialog	Henry de Valence <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Panoramio Support	[mailto: Shashank Singh <>]
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Twitter Plugin	[mailto: Shashank Singh <>]
IN PROGRESS	Marble	TimeZone Support	Torsten Rahn <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Support for other planets and the moon	Torsten Rahn <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	DGML2 Support	Torsten Rahn <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Support for imperial units	Torsten Rahn <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Graticule plugin	Torsten Rahn <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	MeasureTool plugin	Torsten Rahn <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Port authors list from the Qt-About dialog to the KDE-About dialog	Torsten Rahn <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Basic KML support	Patrick Spendrin <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	GeoData Model/View Visualization	Patrick Spendrin <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	More generic projection support	Inge Wallin <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Marble	Network plugins	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Parley	Declensions	Frederik Gladhorn <[email protected]>
TO DO	Step	Improve GUI for creating softbody	Vladimir Kuznetsov <[email protected]>
TO DO	Step	Use common constraints handling code for collisions	Vladimir Kuznetsov <[email protected]>

kdemultimedia

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	JuK	Remove Qt/KDE3 support lib requirements	Michael Pyne <[email protected]>
TO DO	JuK	Allow setting covers directly from URLs supported by KIO - drag/drop already allows this however	Michael Pyne <[email protected]>
DONE	JuK	Use XCOMPOSITE real transparency when available for the track announcement popup	Michael Pyne <[email protected]>
TO DO	JuK	Allow disabling crossfade	Michael Pyne <[email protected]>

kdeaccessibility

Status	Project	Description	Contact

kdegraphics

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	Okular	Generator for Mobipocket format	Jakub Stachowski <[email protected]>
DONE	strigi	Thumbnailer and analyzer for Mobipocket format	Jakub Stachowski <[email protected]>
DONE	strigi	Analyzer for epub format	Jakub Stachowski <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okular	Sound annotations.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okular	Link annotations.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okular	Caret annotations.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okular	Support .snp and .emf file formats	Brad Hards <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okular	Synctex support.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okular	Rich-text for annotations text.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
TO DO	kruler	More ruler shapes.	Mathias Soeken <msoeken_at_tzi_dot_de>
DONE	kruler	Configurable shortcuts.	Mathias Soeken <msoeken_at_tzi_dot_de>
TO DO	kruler	DBUS Interface.	Mathias Soeken <msoeken_at_tzi_dot_de>
DONE	kruler	Transparent background and opaque drawing of the lines and numbers (Qt 4.5).	Mathias Soeken <msoeken_at_tzi_dot_de>

kdebase-runtime

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	drkonqi	DrKonqi new dialog UI + Guided crash reporting tool	Dario Andres <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	drkonqi	Backtrace parsing and rating	George Kiagiadakis <[email protected]>
TO DO	drkonqi	DrKonqi native english texts + guide	Dario Andres <[email protected]>

kdebase-apps

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	konq_thumbnails	Basic thumbnail support for KHTMLPart views(almost finished, now cleanup code)	Siyuan Cao <[email protected]>
TO DO	konq_thumbnails	thumbnail support for all KonqFrame	Siyuan Cao <[email protected]>
TO DO	konq_thumbnails	more thumbnail page styles and customization	Siyuan Cao <[email protected]>
TO DO	konqueror	"Places" sidebar to replace KDE3's "media:/"	Simon St James <kdedevel_at_etotheipiplusone_dot_com>
TO DO	konqueror	Move Dolphin's Treeview to libkonq so that it can be used in Konqueror	Simon St James <kdedevel_at_etotheipiplusone_dot_com>
TO DO	konqueror	Move Dolphin's Information panel to libkonq so that it can be used in Konqueror	Simon St James <kdedevel_at_etotheipiplusone_dot_com>
IN PROGRESS	dolphin	Matthias's Audio/ Video preview in Information panel	Simon St James <kdedevel_at_etotheipiplusone_dot_com>
TO DO	dolphin	Allow to configure and download service menus	Peter Penz <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	dolphin	Nepomuk search integration	Peter Penz <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	dolphin	Use Nepomuk to receive the meta data for the Information panel	Peter Penz <[email protected]>

kdeplasma-addons

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	Video Plasmoid	a media player widget complete with a basic dbus interface	Marco Martin <[email protected]>
DONE	System Load Viewer	A tiny monitor for CPU, RAM and swap usage (known as System Monitor in KDE3)	Dominik Haumann <[email protected]>