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Schedules/KDE4/4.2 Feature Plan

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This is a list of planned features for the 4.2 release.

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Status Project Description Contact
TO DO System Settings add Administrator mode button ? <?>
IN PROGRESS Eigen Finish version 2.0 and move it to kdesupport Benoît Jacob <jacob@math.jussieu.fr>
TO DO Eigen Port all Eigen-using code in KDE and KOffice to Eigen 2.0 Benoît Jacob <jacob@math.jussieu.fr>

kdelibs

Status Project Description Contact
IN PROGRESS kross Extend QtScript integration. Sebastian Sauer <mail@dipe.org>
IN PROGRESS KDEPrint Reintroduce KDEPrint in some form, depending on what Qt4.4 delivers. john Layt <john@layt.net>
TO DO KDEPrint Add framework for standard actions for 'Send to...' for e-mail, fax, etc by printing to PDF/PS. John Layt <john@layt.net>
TO DO KDEPrint Migrate FilePrinter class from Okular to enable file printing for all apps via QPrinter, modify to utilise new Qt4.4 features. To be discussed on k-c-d first. John Layt <john@layt.net>
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 <john@layt.net>
TO DO KLocale Implement KLocale based methods to return weekend days and day of religious observance. Currently KCalendarSystem provides dayOfPray(), but for Gregorian this is not correct in all locales where it is used. Currently KDatePicker hardcodes Saturday and dayOfPray() as weekend days which may not be correct in all locales. To be discussed first on k-c-d and with kdepim. John Layt <john@layt.net>
TO DO Phonon add Port class for fine grained control over data flow between Phonon objects Matthias Kretz <kretz@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Phonon make AbstractMediaStream/StreamInterface threadsafe Matthias Kretz <kretz@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Phonon "low-level" PCM I/O with at least an ALSA implementation Matthias Kretz and Ian Monroe <kretz@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Phonon VideoWidget snapshot function Matthias Kretz <kretz@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS KConfig API review and export KConfigBackend Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS KConfig Make KConfigSkeleton KConfigGroup aware Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS KConfig Make KConfigDialog work nicer with KConfigSkeleton + manually managed widgets Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>

kdebase-workspace

Status Project Description Contact
TO DO Color KCM Add 'smart setting' of extended colors Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad@users.sourceforge.net>
TO DO Color KCM Add KDE3 scheme import Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad@users.sourceforge.net>
TO DO Color KCM Query kwin for supported colors; add full set of kwin colors Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad@users.sourceforge.net>
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 <john@layt.net>
KRunner
IN PROGRESS Krunner Configuration options for blacklisting, user ranking, runner ranking, learning Jordi Polo <mumismo@gmail.com>
IN PROGRESS Krunner SearchMatch configuration Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Krunner Simple learning Jordi Polo <mumismo@gmail.com>
TO DO Krunner Simple GUI for above options Jordi Polo <mumismo@gmail.com>
TO DO Krunner Runners able to share parsing Jordi Polo <mumismo@gmail.com>
TO DO Krunner Noun-Verb support Ryan P. Bitanga <ryan.bitanga@gmail.com>
TO DO Krunner Implement Nuno's UI polishings Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Krunner Runtime syntax documentation Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Krunner Runner configuration Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Krunner Search set paging Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO KRunner runner for the plasma dbus interface Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
Plasma - Priority Features
IN PROGRESS Plasma Welcome plasmoid Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Plasma JOLIE Integration Kevin Ottens <ervin@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Plasma Notification plasmoid Dmitry Suzdalev <dimsuzkde@gmail.com>
TO DO KWin Make it possible to focus plasma panels Chani <chanika@gmail.com>
TO DO Plasma panel->desktop dragging Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma Expand cashew to full action bar when zoomed out Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Plasma Plasmagik packaging (and package classes) Riccardo Iaconelli <riccardo@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Plasma Networkmanager Plasmoid and DataEngine Christopher Blauvelt <cblauvelt@gmail.com>
IN PROGRESS Plasma New ECMA Script Scriptengines Richard Moore <richmoore44@gmail.com>
IN PROGRESS Plasma Extenders Rob Scheepmaker <r.scheepmaker@student.utwente.nl>
TO DO Plasma Wallpaper plugins Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma Separate Desktop Settings from DesktopContainment Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma Script Security Framework Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Plasma Python support Simon Edwards <simon@simonzone.com>
Plasma
DONE Plasma Plasma Popup Tips Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
DONE Plasma Collapsing Applet convenience class Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>


IN PROGRESS Plasma Taskbar grouping Christian Mollekopf <hrigi_1@hotmail.com>
IN PROGRESS Plasma Weather plasmoid Shawn Starr <shawn.starr@rogers.com>
IN PROGRESS Plasma Small Form Factors Marijn Kruisselbrink <m.kruisselbrink@student.tue.nl>
IN PROGRESS Plasma Plasma On Screensaver Chani Armitage <chanika@gmail.com>
IN PROGRESS Plasma Website update Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Plasma Grid applet Sebastian Kügler <sebas@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Plasma Techbase Tutorials Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma Context menu plugins Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma Add New Widgets: Pluggable widget browser Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma Activity<->Virtual Desktop Affinity Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma Optional Per-Virtual Desktop DesktopView Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma Make non-SVG painting in Plasma low-color and non-anim friendly Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma Runtime DataEngine documentation (sources, usage, etc) Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma Panel Autohide Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma Keyboard Shortcut Config UI Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma Systray++ Spec Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma Save icon positioning in folderview Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma physics-based animator Riccardo Iaconelli <riccardo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma New wallpapers Riccardo Iaconelli <riccardo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma Preserve wallpaper choice by copying user paper to home dir Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma New way of handling wallpapers and different sizes (package format, and so on...) Riccardo Iaconelli <riccardo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma Top-level windows plasmoids Riccardo Iaconelli <riccardo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma drop indicator in panel Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma improve usability of appletbrowser delete button Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma adding containments from the appletbrowser (and remove the "add panel" from DefaultDeskrop) Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma Expand cashew to cover the containment when fully zoomed out Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
TO DO Plasma highlight the applet with active keyboard shortcuts Chani <chanika@gmail.com>
TO DO Plasma dbus interface Chani <chanika@gmail.com>
TO DO Plasma make the panel controller a bit more usable Marco Martin <notmart@gmail.com>
TO DO Plasma nicely draw the desktop toolbox when it's moved because of a panel Marco Martin <notmart@gmail.com>
TO DO Plasma theme Plasma::PushButton with svg Marco Martin <notmart@gmail.com>
IN PROGRESS Plasma Tabbar widget derived from QTabBar and themed with svg Marco Martin <notmart@gmail.com>
IN PROGRESS Plasma Complete the panel size sliders feature: an applet can ask the panel to resize Marco Martin <notmart@gmail.com>
IN PROGRESS Plasma New theming capabilities by expanding the lover level theming classes (Theme and PanelSvg) Marco Martin <notmart@gmail.com>

kdepimlibs

Status Project Description Contact

kdenetwork

Status Project Description Contact
IN PROGRESS Kopete MSNP15 implementation for MSN Matt Rogers <mattr@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Kopete UPnp Support Matt Rogers <mattr@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Kopete Updated contact list interface (uses Qt 4 rather than Qt 3) Matt Rogers <mattr@kde.org>
TO DO Kopete Update Kopete to better support Decibel Kopete Developers <kopete-devel@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Kopete Contacts plasmoid Dennis Nienhüser <earthwings@gentoo.org>
IN PROGRESS KGet MultiSource-Downloading Lukas Appelhans <l.appelhans@gmx.de>
IN PROGRESS KGet Support mms://-protocol, see https://launchpad.net/libmms Lukas Appelhans <l.appelhans@gmx.de>
TO DO KGet MLDonkey-Plugin based on libkmldonkey Lukas Appelhans <l.appelhans@gmx.de>
IN PROGRESS Plasma Network Manager Applet Christopher Blauvelt <cblauvelt@gmail.com>

kdepim

Status Project Description Contact
IN PROGRESS Akregator Support for syncing the feed list with Google Reader Frank Osterfeld <osterfeld@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Kleopatra OpenPGP support Marc Mutz (Gpg4win) <marc@kdab.net>
IN PROGRESS KNotes Zeroconf support for sending notes on LAN Jakub Stachowski <qbast@go2.pl>
IN PROGRESS Kontact New Planner summary; combines Appointment+To-do+SpecialDates into 1 pretty summary Allen Winter <winter@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS KPilot Finish Keyring conduit, base conduit code and test cases, category syncing Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper <jkasper@kde.org>
TO DO Akregator Basic support for enclosures (Displaying links, mimetype and size) Frank Osterfeld <osterfeld@kde.org>
TO DO KBlogger KBlogger, a blogging application [mailto: christian_weilbach@.web.de Christian Weilbach < christian_weilbach@.web.de>]
TO DO Kleopatra Konqueror and Dolphin Kleopatra plugins Marc Mutz (Gpg4win) <marc@kdab.net>
TO DO KMail Aggregated attachment view in the mail header area of the reader window Kolab Konsortium <kdepim@kdab.net>
TO DO Kontact Support for Kontact wide profiles Kolab Konsortium <kdepim@kdab.net>
TO DO KOrganizer Drag and drop in the free-busy view Kolab Konsortium <kdepim@kdab.net>
TO DO KOrganizer Support for comments in replies to invitations Kolab Konsortium <kdepim@kdab.net>
TO DO KOrganizer Support for extended free-busy lists Kolab Konsortium <kdepim@kdab.net>
TO DO KPilot Port old conduits to new base conduit architecture and KDE4/Qt4 Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper <jkasper@kde.org>
TO DO KBlogger Port to use KRichTextEdit (Or KMEditor) Stephen Kelly <steveire@gmail.com>
TO DO KNode Port to use KRichTextEdit (Or KMEditor) Stephen Kelly <steveire@gmail.com>


TO DO Kjots Import notes from KNotes as KJots pages. Stephen Kelly <steveire@gmail.com>
TO DO Kjots Email KJots pages using default mail client (bug #124509. Stephen Kelly <steveire@gmail.com>

kdeutils

Status Project Description Contact
TO DO Power Manager import either Guidance Power Manager or move kde4powersaver into kdeutils ? <?>
TO DO Okteta add Kate-like search tool Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <kossebau@kde.org>
TO DO Okteta refactor KByteArrayView Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <kossebau@kde.org>
TO DO Okteta add support for memory mapping of files Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <kossebau@kde.org>
TO DO Okteta parameter dialog for "Copy as..." Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <kossebau@kde.org>
TO DO Okteta add support for jobs like io, printing, string search or filter Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <kossebau@kde.org>

kdebindings

|- valign=top style="background-color: #EEFFEE;" | style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; background-color: #ABFFAB; width:10px;" | DONE | style="width:10px; vertical-align:middle;" | krosspython and krossruby | style="vertical-align:middle; "| Support custom types via handlers |style="width:10px; vertical-align:middle;" | Sebastian Sauer <mail@dipe.org>

|- valign=top style="background-color: #EEFFEE;" | style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; background-color: #ABFFAB; width:10px;" | DONE | style="width:10px; vertical-align:middle;" | krosspython and krossruby | style="vertical-align:middle; "| Support QList<CustomType*> constructs |style="width:10px; vertical-align:middle;" | Sebastian Sauer <mail@dipe.org>

Status Project Description Contact
IN PROGRESS Smoke Wrap some more APIs (at least Akanodi for all languages and Plasma for C#) KDE-bindings developers <kde-bindings@kde.org>
TO DO krossjava Integrate into e.g. SuperKaramba and fix issues that show up. Sebastian Sauer <mail@dipe.org>
TO DO krossjava Documentation++ Sebastian Sauer <mail@dipe.org>
IN PROGRESS PyKDE KCM support and other plugins Simon Edwards <simon@simonzone.com>

kdegames

Status Project Description Contact
IN PROGRESS libkdegames New highscore management system Matt Williams <milliams>
DONE kdiamond Drag jewels Stefan Majewsky <majewsky@gmx.net>
TO DO kdiamond Optional OpenGL rendering Stefan Majewsky <majewsky@gmx.net>
IN PROGRESS ksirk Map scrolling arrows Gaël de Chalendar <kleag@free.fr>
TO DO ksirk KHotNewStuff skins Gaël de Chalendar <kleag@free.fr>
TO DO ksirk Jabber based net game finding Gaël de Chalendar <kleag@free.fr>
TO DO ksirk Use only names in skins instead of numeric ids Gaël de Chalendar <kleag@free.fr>
TO DO ksirk Skins editor Gaël de Chalendar <kleag@free.fr>
IN PROGRESS ktron Port and remake the KTron game for KDE 4.2 Stas Verberkt <legolas@legolasweb.nl>
TO DO KNetWalk Support for custom and non-square board sizes Fela Winkelmolen <fela.kde@gmail.com>

kdesdk

Status Project Description Contact
DONE Kate Port and reenable the Snippets plugin. Jakob Petsovits <jpetso@gmx.at>
DONE perldoc KIOSlave Add KIOSlave to allow reading Perldoc documentation. Michael Pyne <michael.pyne@kdemail.net>
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 wrap all windows belonging to one project into one MDI window Nick Shaforostoff <shafff-at-ukr.net>
TO DO 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 <annma@kde.org>
DONE Umbrello Port code generation wizard to QWizard and replace all q3 widgets Andi Fischer <andi.fischer@hispeed.ch>
IN PROGRESS Umbrello Replace all q3 widgets in the refactoring assistant Andi Fischer <andi.fischer@hispeed.ch>

kdeedu

Status Project Description Contact
IN PROGRESS KEduca Rewrite of the classic test writing/taking application Matt Williams <matt@milliams.com>
TO DO KLettres Number support Anne-Marie Mahfouf <annma@kde.org>
TO DO KLettres Theme manager Anne-Marie Mahfouf <annma@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS KHangMan Add a Open File action Anne-Marie Mahfouf <annma@kde.org>
TO DO KHangMan Integrate an editor Anne-Marie Mahfouf <annma@kde.org>
TO DO KHangMan Plasmoid Anne-Marie Mahfouf <annma@kde.org>
TO DO KHangMan Theme manager Anne-Marie Mahfouf <annma@kde.org>
TO DO KLettres Visual indicator when letter is wrong Anne-Marie Mahfouf <annma@kde.org>
TO DO Kalzium Port Kalzium's periodic table to use new QGraphicsView. Marcus D. Hanwell <marcus@cryos.org>
IN PROGRESS Kalzium Plasmoid to access Kalzium database Carsten Niehaus <cniehaus@kde.org>
TO DO Step Improve GUI for creating softbody Vladimir Kuznetsov <ksvladimir@gmail.com>
TO DO Step Use common constraints handling code for collisions Vladimir Kuznetsov <ksvladimir@gmail.com>
IN PROGRESS KAlgebra New parser using QLALR Aleix Pol <aleixpol@gmail.com>
IN PROGRESS Parley Declensions Frederik Gladhorn <frederik.gladhorn@kdemail.net>
IN PROGRESS KStars Display millions of stars Akarsh Simha <akarshsimha@gmail.com>
IN PROGRESS KStars Tool to predict Conjunctions Akarsh Simha <akarshsimha@gmail.com>
IN PROGRESS KStars Earth Satellites Jason Harris <kstars@30doradus.org>
IN PROGRESS KStars Sky Calendar Tool Jason Harris <kstars@30doradus.org>
TO DO KStars Marble widget for Geolocation tool Jason Harris <kstars@30doradus.org>
TO DO KStars Better printed star charts Jason Harris <kstars@30doradus.org>
TO DO KStars Better rendering of comets/asteroids Jason Harris <kstars@30doradus.org>
TO DO KStars Texture mapping of the skymap??? Jason Harris <kstars@30doradus.org>
TO DO KStars Improve Observing List Wizard Akarsh Simha <akarshsimha@gmail.com>
TO DO KStars Display Comet Magnitudes whenever possible Akarsh Simha <akarshsimha@gmail.com>
TO DO KStars Include HD Catalog Numbers (in search, in display) Akarsh Simha <akarshsimha@gmail.com>
TO DO KStars Tool to suggest star-hopping techniques??? Akarsh Simha <akarshsimha@gmail.com>
TO DO KStars Extend conjunction tool to have one object unspecified, but have a genre of objects specified instead Akarsh Simha <akarshsimha@gmail.com>
TO DO Marble Export map to MxN pixel bitmap Inge Wallin <inge@lysator.liu.se>
TO DO Marble Support for MarbleWidget::setEnabled( bool ) Inge Wallin <inge@lysator.liu.se>
TO DO Marble Map Contents translation Torsten Rahn <tackat@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Marble Layer Management Class Torsten Rahn <rahn@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Marble Plugin architecture for map layers Torsten Rahn <rahn@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Marble DGML2 Support Torsten Rahn <tackat@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Marble KDE-Version settings dialog Torsten Rahn <tackat@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Marble Port authors list from the Qt-About dialog to the KDE-About dialog Torsten Rahn <tackat@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Marble Qt-Version settings dialog Torsten Rahn <tackat@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Marble Improved KML support Torsten Rahn <tackat@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Marble OpenStreetMap support using original OSM tiles Torsten Rahn <tackat@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Marble Real Time Cloud-Cover David Roberts / Torsten Rahn <tackat@kde.org>
IN PROGRESS Marble Mercator Projection Inge Wallin <inge@lysator.liu.se>
IN PROGRESS Marble More generic projection support Inge Wallin <inge@lysator.liu.se>
IN PROGRESS Marble Usage of Marble in

non-widgets

Inge Wallin <inge@lysator.liu.se>
TO DO Kig Properties dialog for objects. Pino Toscano <pino@kde.org>
TO DO Kig Improve construction of bisect lines. Pino Toscano <pino@kde.org>
TO DO Kig Improve feedback when constructing objects. Pino Toscano <pino@kde.org>
TO DO Kig More geometric objects. Pino Toscano <pino@kde.org>
TO DO Kig Script objects as macros (to be reused more than once). Pino Toscano <pino@kde.org>
TO DO Kig Improve the Cabri import filter. Pino Toscano <pino@kde.org>
TO DO KTurtle Export canvas as image Mauricio Piacentini <piacentini@kde.org>
TO DO KTurtle Optional rulers/grid for canvas units Mauricio Piacentini <piacentini@kde.org>
TO DO KTurtle Add command line Mauricio Piacentini <piacentini@kde.org>
TO DO KTurtle Add a color picker Niels Slot <nielsslot@gmail.com>

kdemultimedia

Status Project Description Contact
IN PROGRESS Dragon Player Make Dragon indipendent from Xine Ian Monroe <ian.monroe@gmail.com>
IN PROGRESS Dragon Player File Manager Ian Monroe <ian.monroe@gmail.com>
IN PROGRESS Dragon Player play media dialog Ian Monroe <ian.monroe@gmail.com>
IN PROGRESS Dragon Player slider changes Ian Monroe <ian.monroe@gmail.com>
IN PROGRESS Dragon Player show info while playing audio files Ian Monroe <ian.monroe@gmail.com>
TO DO JuK Remove Qt/KDE3 support lib requirements Michael Pyne <michael.pyne@kdemail.net>
TO DO JuK Allow setting covers directly from URLs supported by KIO - drag/drop already allows this however Michael Pyne <michael.pyne@kdemail.net>
TO DO JuK Use XCOMPOSITE real transparency when available for the track announcement popup Michael Pyne <michael.pyne@kdemail.net>
TO DO JuK Allow disabling crossfade Michael Pyne <michael.pyne@kdemail.net>

kdeaccessibility

Status Project Description Contact
TO DO KMagnifier Refactor color menu, re-add invert, break current color blindness code into "daltonize" and "simulate" Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad@users.sourceforge.net>
TO DO KMagnifier Add color-shift modes to help people with color blindness Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad@users.sourceforge.net>

kdegraphics

Status Project Description Contact
DONE KSnapshot Add support for grabbing a single screen in multihead Richard Moore <rich@kde.org>