Schedules/KDE4/4.1 Feature Plan

Instructions

Deadline for adding entries here for the 4.1 release is 31 March 2008.
Entries added after that date will be scheduled for the 4.2 release.

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

kdelibs

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	kdeui	Add KFadeWidgetEffect to easily add fading UI transitions to KDE applications	Matthias Kretz <[email protected]>
DONE	kross	Add QtScript support	Sebastian Sauer <[email protected]>
DONE	Phonon KCM	More UI feedback	Matthias Kretz <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	kdeui	Goya, a framework for inserting controls into itemviews in a really easy and fast way	Rafael Fernández López <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	kdeui	Shortcut schemes for KDE applications	Alexander Dymo <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	kmimetypetrader/kbuildsycoca	Replace use of profilerc for ordering applications with new mimeapps.list standard	David Faure <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	knewstuff	Support caching, and speed up the interface through use of Models/Views and goya	Jeremy Whiting <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Phonon KCM	Handle advanced devices	Matthias Kretz <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KDEPrint	Reintroduce KDEPrint in some form, depending on what Qt4.4 delivers.	john Layt <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KIO	speed limits on KIO Transfers	Manolo Valdes <[email protected]>
TO DO	KCalenderSystem	Complete migration of Jalali, Hijri, and Hebrew calendars to new code base.	john Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	KCalenderSystem	Add new calendar systems: Indian Civil (Saka), Ethiopean, Chinese, Pure Julian, Pure Gregorian. (Note, not all may live in kdelibs or be available as a global calendar system)	john Layt <[email protected]>

kdepimlibs

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	Akonadi	Move the Akonadi development library from kdepim.	Volker Krause <[email protected]>
TO DO	gpgme++2	newly designed gpgme++ (multithreaded, exceptions, less event loop integration: better for Windows)	Marc Mutz (Gpg4win) <[email protected]>

kdebase-apps

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	Dolphin	Details-view: Allow to open folders as tree (turned off per default).	Peter Penz <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Dolphin	Refactor view-action handling to a DolphinViewActionHandler to share more code with DolphinPart	David Faure <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Dolphin	Simplify selecting of files in the single-click mode (based on http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2006/04/icons.html).	Peter Penz <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Raptor	The KDE4-Application-Menu	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Dolphin	Provide optional tooltips for files and directories.	Peter Penz <[email protected]>
TO DO	Konqueror	Session management (save/restore session/restore from crash).	Eduardo Robles Elvira <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Konqueror	Support for undo closed window.	Eduardo Robles Elvira <[email protected]>

kdebase-workspace

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	Plasma	Kickoff orientation dependent layout	Will Stephenson <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Solid	Refactor Solid::Control networking	Will Stephenson <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Solid	Backend for NetworkManager 0.7	Will Stephenson <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	System Settings	Filtering/Lazy load category modules	Will Stephenson <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KCM autostart	Configure autostart desktop file	Laurent Montel <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KCM emoticons	Adding/editing/removing emoticons theme	Carlo Segato <[email protected]>
TO DO	Color KCM	Add 'smart setting' of extended colors	Matthew Woehlke <[email protected]>
TO DO	Color KCM	Add KDE3 scheme import	Matthew Woehlke <[email protected]>
TO DO	KDEPrint	reintroduce KDEPrint Print Management tools, e.g. KCM, kprinter, kjobviewer, etc. Depends upon progress of kdelibs side of KDEPrint and Qt4.4 feature set.	john Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO	System Settings	Administrator mode support	Will Stephenson <[email protected]>
TO DO	krunner	Revamp GUI.	Riccardo Iaconelli <[email protected]>

kdebase-runtime

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	nepomuk	Service that monitors file rename and delete operations and updates the metadata accordingly. kded module already exists in playground. problem: depends on inotify.	Sebastian Trueg <[email protected]>

kdeaccessibility

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	KMagnifier	Add color blindness simulation	Matthew Woehlke <[email protected]>
TO DO	KMagnifier	Refactor color menu, re-add invert, add color-shift modes to help people with color blindness	Matthew Woehlke <[email protected]>

kdeadmin

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	KSystemLog	KSystemLog, a Log Viewer Tool. Move from kde-apps	<[email protected]>
DONE	KCron	Do some refactoring in KCron	<[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KCron	Improve ergonomy and general interface	<[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KCron	Fix all existing bugs in KCron	<[email protected]>
DONE	KCron	Convert KCron into a KCM Module, to use it in System Settings	<[email protected]>

kdeartwork

Status	Project	Description	Contact

kdebindings

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	Smoke2	Move Smoke2 to kdebindings-trunk.	KDE-bindings developers <[email protected]>
TO DO	PHP-Qt	Move PHP-Qt to kdebindings-trunk.	KDE-bindings developers <[email protected]>

kdeedu

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	KAlgebra	Calculator Plasmoid	Aleix Pol <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KAlgebra	Vector support	Aleix Pol <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KEduca	Rewrite of the classic test writing/taking application	Matt Williams <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Parley	Redesigned main window	Frederik Gladhorn <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Parley	Vocabulary Plasmoid	Frederik Gladhorn <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KBruch and KPercentage	Merge in 1 app	Peter Murdoch <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAlgebra	Variables share between calculations	Aleix Pol <[email protected]>
TO DO	KTurtle	Export canvas as image	Mauricio Piacentini <[email protected]>
TO DO	KTurtle	Optional rulers/grid for canvas units	Mauricio Piacentini <[email protected]>
TO DO	KTurtle	Add command line	Mauricio Piacentini <[email protected]>
TO DO	KTurtle	Add a color picker	Niels Slot <[email protected]>
TO DO	Parley	Declinations	Frederik Gladhorn <[email protected]>
TO DO	Parley	Rewrite of practice	Frederik Gladhorn <[email protected]>
TO DO	Step	A physics simulator, move from playground to kdeedu module	Vladimir Kuznetsov <[email protected]>

kdegames

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	KNetWalk	Better scoring system	<[email protected]>
DONE	Kollision	Move to kdereview/kdegames	Paolo Capriotti <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KBlocks	Finish display of points and level and move to kdereview/kdegames	<[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KDiamond	New game, move to kdegames	<[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KGoldRunner	Improved theming and animation	<[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KGoldRunner	Sound support and theming	<[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KNetWalk	Add support for loading new themes	<[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KSquares	Multiplayer support	<josef>
TO DO	KBlocks	Add additional themes	<[email protected]>
TO DO	KBreakout	Finish it, and move it from playground to kdegames	<[email protected]>
TO DO	KGGZ	Add kggzcore and kggzdmod libraries	<josef>
TO DO	KGGZ	Add new Qt4-based core client as successor to the old KDE3-based KGGZ	<josef>
TO DO	KGoldRunner	Also see kdegames/kgoldrunner/TODO	<ianw>
TO DO	KGoldRunner	Hot new stuff support for themes and levels	<[email protected]>
TO DO	KGoldRunner	Startup screen	<[email protected]>
TO DO	KMahjongg	Reimplement the Board Editor	<[email protected]>
TO DO	KMines	Add pause actions	<[email protected]>
TO DO	KNetWalk	New graphic system (port to QGraphicsView)	<[email protected]>
TO DO	KShisen	Port to KScoreDialog	<[email protected]>
TO DO	Kubrick	New game, 3D OpenGL - move to playground	<ianw>
TO DO	Kubrick	Polish up the features	<ianw>
TO DO	Kubrick	Port to Qt4 and KDE4	<ianw>

kdegraphics

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	Gwenview	Undo system	Aurélien Gâteau <[email protected]>
DONE	Okular	Better Text-To-Speech integration: speech the whole document, the current page or the selection.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
DONE	Okular	Encryption support for ODF generator	<[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Okular	Backward direction for text search.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Okular	Centralized text & graphics antialias configuration.	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Okular	EPub backend.	Ely Levy <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Okular	Improved form support (add missing types, handle the fields better).	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>
TO DO	Gwenview	Crop ratio	Aurélien Gâteau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Gwenview	KIPI support	Aurélien Gâteau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Gwenview	Red eye correction	Aurélien Gâteau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Gwenview	Support for tagging with Nepomuk	Aurélien Gâteau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Gwenview	Thumbnail bar in view and fullscreen modes	Aurélien Gâteau <[email protected]>
TO DO	Okular	Support for document layers (mostly in PDF documents).	Pino Toscano <[email protected]>

kdemultimedia

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	Dragon Player	A simple Phonon-based videoplayer application	Ian Monroe <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Dragon Player	Make Dragon indipendent from Xine	Ian Monroe <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Dragon Player	File Manager	Edmunson <David Edmunson>

kdenetwork

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	KGet	Group-Settings	Lukas Appelhans <[email protected]>
DONE	KGet	Torrent-Support	Lukas Appelhans <[email protected]>
DONE	KGet	Transfer-Settings	Lukas Appelhans <[email protected]>
DONE	KGet	Webinterface	Urs Wolfer <[email protected]>
DONE	Kopete	AIM offline messages	Roman Jarosz <[email protected]>
DONE	Kopete	OTR Encryption support	Michael Zanetti <[email protected]>
DONE	Kopete	Status manager	Roman Jarosz <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KGet	MultiSource-Downloading	Lukas Appelhans <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Kopete	Bring back chat style and emoticon selection via knewstuff2	Dennis Nienhüser <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Kopete	ICQ 6 status icons	Roman Jarosz <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Kopete	MSNP15 implementation for MSN	Matt Rogers <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Kopete	Non-intrusive notification system	Roman Jarosz <[email protected]>
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	KGet	Nepomuk-Integration	Lukas Appelhans <[email protected]>
TO DO	KGet	Global Speedlimits	Lukas Appelhans <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kopete	GroupWise chatroom support	Will Stephenson <[email protected]>
TO DO	Decibel	Decibel, a framework for real time communication services. Move from playground/pim	Tobias Hunger <[email protected]>

kdepim

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	KAddressbook	Ability to add LDAP search results to distribution lists	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KAddressbook	Indication of which resource folder a contact belongs to	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KAddressbook	Read-only view for contacts in read-only folders	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KAddressbook	copy/cut/paste context menu items	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Ability to easily create todos with reminders from emails	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Ability to open messages from search results when the reader is hidden	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Better invitation update emails showing what changed	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Better reminder visualization in very small events	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Better, natural language search criteria names	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Clickable status columns	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Client side configurability of warnings in shared folders	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Colored ribbons for indication of signing and encryption status in the composer	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Configuration option for whether invitation emails are automatically deleted or not when having been acted upon	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Copy/paste and drag and drop from/to the mail composer	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Decryption on demand in reader window	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Display of quota information in foldertree tooltips	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Drag and drop and copy and paste support in the search result viewer	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Drag and drop from the mail reader window and mime-tree viewer	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Drag and drop of folders	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Editing of attachments from the composer	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Export and import of filters	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Favorites Folder	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Folder quicksearch	Martin Koller <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Harmonization of actions in main and standalone mail reader windows	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	IMAP Server storage of non-standard flags	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Improved TNEF attachment handling	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Improved quota warnings	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Initialize full search from quicksearch on request	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Override font and fontsize for standalone message viewers	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Per-folder identity configurability	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Recursive IMAP cache troubleshooting	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Resizable recipients area in composer	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Support for creating new mails based on received mails (Resend)	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Support for immediate sync of resource folders	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Support for soft line breaking	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Tab navigation through groups in the address completion	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Text snippets with shortcuts and variable expansion in the composer	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	Warning about active out-of-office scripts	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KMail	lost+found recovery of locally changed folders that lose access rights	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KNotes	Ability to print notes	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KOrganizer	Ability to have both distribution lists and addresbook extension visible	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KOrganizer	Aggregated reminders view	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KOrganizer	Better default resource colors	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KOrganizer	Drag and drop of attachments	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KOrganizer	Faster initial loading of kolab resources	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KOrganizer	Forwarding and delegation of invitations	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KOrganizer	Improved coloring of agenda view items	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KOrganizer	Improved event printing	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KOrganizer	Merge of the attachment view in into the main page	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KOrganizer	Merge of the free-busy and attendee views for easier scheduling	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KOrganizer	Month view scrolling, paging, mouse-wheeling	Thomas Thrainer <[email protected]>
DONE	KOrganizer	More readable Kolab resource folder labels	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KOrganizer	Redesigned incidence editor UI	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KOrganizer	Side-by-side calendar view	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KOrganizer	Support for by-value attachments	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	KOrganizer	Timeline calendar view	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	Kleopatra	Ability to search in internal and external certificates at the same time	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	Kleopatra	General UI Server	Marc Mutz (Gpg4win) <[email protected]>
DONE	Kleopatra	New, tabbed, mainwindow design	Marc Mutz (Gpg4win) <[email protected]>
DONE	KonsoleKalendar	Support "file" and "localdir" resources	Allen Winter <[email protected]>
DONE	Kontact	Config option to close despite system tray	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	Kontact	Harmonization of component naming in sidebar, configuration, summary view	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	Kontact	Right-aligned component navigation toolbar	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	Kontact	Ubiquitous sync actions	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
DONE	ktimetracker	Column-specific whatsthis-help	[mailto: Thorsten Stärk < >]
DONE	ktimetracker	Combined search and add task widget	[mailto: Thorsten Stärk < >]
DONE	ktimetracker	Drag&Drop	[mailto: Thorsten Stärk < >]
DONE	ktimetracker	File management (file->load)	[mailto: Thorsten Stärk < >]
DONE	ktimetracker	Managing history	[mailto: Thorsten Stärk < >]
DONE	ktimetracker	Tracking tasks by active applications	[mailto: Thorsten Stärk < >]
DONE	ktimetracker	Whatsthis-help dependant on if a task has been created	[mailto: Thorsten Stärk < >]
IN PROGRESS	KMail	HTML Signatures	Edwin Schepers <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KPilot	Finish Keyring conduit, base conduit code and test cases, category syncing	Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Kleopatra	OpenPGP support	Marc Mutz (Gpg4win) <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Kontact	New Planner summary; combines Appointment+To-do+SpecialDates into 1 pretty summary	Allen Winter <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAlarm	New option to specify reminder times in minutes	David Jarvie <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAlarm	Prevent multiple identical error messages accumulating for the same alarm	David Jarvie <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAlarm	Remember main window show/hide options used when KAlarm closed instead of setting them in Preferences dialog	David Jarvie <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAlarm	Remove alarm daemon and do all scheduling in kalarm itself	David Jarvie <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAlarm	Replace simple repetitions by recurrence sub-repetitions to reduce confusion	David Jarvie <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAlarm	Simplification and improvements to alarm edit dialog	David Jarvie <[email protected]>
TO DO	KMail	Aggregated attachment view in the mail header area of the reader window	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
TO DO	KMail	Improved error messages and audit log for cryptographic operations	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
TO DO	KOrganizer	Ability to jump to the right day in the agenda from invitation mails	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
TO DO	KOrganizer	Drag and drop in the free-busy view	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
TO DO	KOrganizer	Support for comments in replies to invitations	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
TO DO	KOrganizer	Support for extended free-busy lists	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
TO DO	KPilot	Port old conduits to new base conduit architecture and KDE4/Qt4	Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kleopatra	Konqueror and Dolphin Kleopatra plugins	Marc Mutz (Gpg4win) <[email protected]>
TO DO	Kontact	Support for Kontact wide profiles	Kolab Konsortium <[email protected]>
TO DO	KBlogger	KBlogger, a blogging application	[mailto: [email protected] Christian Weilbach < [email protected]>]

kdesdk

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	Cervisia	New context menu entry "Add to Ignore List"	Christian Loose <[email protected]>
DONE	Lokalize	Move this application (formerly known as Kaider) from extragear	Nick Shaforostoff <shafff-at-ukr.net>
IN PROGRESS	Cervisia	A file view based on KDirModel	Christian Loose <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	Lokalize	various Translation Memory enhancements	Nick Shaforostoff <shafff-at-ukr.net>
IN PROGRESS	Lokalize	XLIFF support	Nick Shaforostoff <shafff-at-ukr.net>
TO DO	KAppTemplate	Add a Plasmoid template	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAppTemplate	Add a PyQt template	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAppTemplate	Add a Ruby template	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAppTemplate	Add DBUS support	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	KAppTemplate	Make a GUI for it	Anne-Marie Mahfouf <[email protected]>
TO DO	Lokalize	Kross-based scripting	Nick Shaforostoff <shafff-at-ukr.net>
TO DO	Lokalize	QA: glossary checklists	Nick Shaforostoff <shafff-at-ukr.net>

kdetoys

Status	Project	Description	Contact

kdeutils

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	Okteta	bytelevel editor (successor to KHexEdit). Move from playground/utils.	Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>

kdevelop

Status	Project	Description	Contact

kdevplatform

Status	Project	Description	Contact

kdewebdev

Status	Project	Description	Contact