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

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_4.3	Akonadi Developers <[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]>
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	new bookmark system	Port KBookmarks to akonadi/nepomuk. Will need help on this. Details	Xavier Vello <[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>
KRunner
Plasma - Priority Features
Plasma
TO DO	Now Playing data engine	Support for MPD	Alex Merry <kde:AT:randomguy3.me.uk>
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]>
TO DO	KWin	Improved active screen edges	Lucas Murray <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	KWin	Window docking/quick tiling	Lucas Murray <[email protected]>
KWin - Desktop Effects
IN PROGRESS	KWin	Improved mouse mark/scribble effect	Lucas Murray <[email protected]>
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]>

kdepimlibs

Status	Project	Description	Contact

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]>
IN PROGRESS	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]>

kdepim

Status	Project	Description	Contact

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]>

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
TO DO	Kolf	Replace with Kolf 2 (please help!)	Stefan Majewsky <[email protected]>
TO DO	KSpaceDuel	rewrite AI code	Dirk Rathlev <[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]>
IN PROGRESS	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>
TO DO	Lokalize	Kross-based scripting	Nick Shaforostoff <shafff-at-ukr.net>
IN PROGRESS	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	ail.com Gopala Krishna A <krishna.ggk@gm ail.com>

kdeedu

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	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]>

kdemultimedia

Status	Project	Description	Contact

kdeaccessibility

Status	Project	Description	Contact

kdegraphics

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	Okular	Generator for Mobipocket format	Jakub Stachowski <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	strigi	Thumbnailer and analyzer for Mobipocket format	Jakub Stachowski <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS	strigi	Thumbnailer and 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]>

kdebase-runtime

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TO DO	kio_bookmarks	Refactoring using the new bookmarks system and qt/plasma for displaying	Xavier Vello <[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]>

kdeplasma-addons

Status	Project	Description	Contact