release-notes/devel/en_US Desktop.xml,1.24,1.25 Devel.xml,1.9,1.10

[Paul W. Frields (pfrields)]

Author: pfrields

Update of /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv4256/en_US

Modified Files:
	Desktop.xml Devel.xml 
Log Message:
Add content about KDE 4 Development Platform, syncing with wiki


Index: Desktop.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/Desktop.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.24
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -r1.24 -r1.25
--- Desktop.xml	22 Sep 2007 19:42:20 -0000	1.24
+++ Desktop.xml	26 Sep 2007 00:29:58 -0000	1.25
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@
     <title>KDE</title>
     <para>This release features <ulink
     url="http://kde.org/announcements/announce-3.5.7.php">KDE</ulink> 3.5.6.</para>
+    <para>Fedora 8 does <emphasis>not</emphasis> include the KDE 4
+      Desktop because the currently available prerelease versions are
+      not ready for daily use. It does include the KDE 4 Development
+      Platform, which can be used to develop, build, and run KDE 4
+      applications within KDE 3 or any other desktop environment. See
+      the <citetitle>Development</citetitle> section for more details
+      about what is included.</para>
   </section>
 
   <section id="sn-Web-Browsers">


Index: Devel.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/Devel.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10
--- Devel.xml	15 Sep 2007 17:42:54 -0000	1.9
+++ Devel.xml	26 Sep 2007 00:29:58 -0000	1.10
@@ -170,4 +170,72 @@
       </section>
     </section>
   </section>
+  <section id="sn-kde4-dev">
+    <title>KDE 4 Development Platform</title>
+    <para>Fedora 8 includes KDE 4.0 (beta) development libraries. The
+      following new packages are provided:</para>
+    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+	<para><package>kdelibs4</package>: KDE 4 libraries</para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+	<para><package>kdepimlibs</package>: KDE 4 PIM libraries</para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+	<para><package>kdebase4</package>: KDE 4 core runtime
+	  files</para>
+      </listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+    <para>Use these packages to develop, build and run KDE 4
+      applications within KDE 3 or any other desktop environment.</para>
+    <para>The <package>kdebase4</package> package also includes a beta
+      version of the <application>Dolphin</application> file manager as
+      a technology preview. Note that although
+      <application>Dolphin</application> currently fails to start up
+      when run from the KDE 3 menu, it works when run from
+      <application>Konsole</application>. Other issues may exist as
+      well. If you need a stable version of
+      <application>Dolphin</application>, please install the
+      <package>d3lphin</package> package, which is based on KDE 3 and
+      can be safely installed alongside
+      <package>kdebase4</package>.</para>
+    <para>These packages are designed to:</para>
+    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+	<para>comply with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS),
+	  and</para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+	<para>be completely safe to install in parallel with KDE 3,
+	  including the <package>-devel</package> packages.</para>
+      </listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+    <para>In order to achieve this, Fedora KDE SIG members made 2
+      changes to the <package>-devel</package> packages:</para>
+    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+	<para>The library symlinks are installed to <filename
+	    class="directory">/usr/lib/kde4/devel</filename> or
+	  <filename>/usr/lib64/kde4/devel</filename>, depending on
+	  system architecture.</para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+	<para>The <command>kconfig_compiler</command> and
+	  <command>makekdewidgets</command> tools have been renamed
+	  <command>kconfig_compiler4</command> and
+	  <command>makekdewidgets4</command>, respectively.</para>
+      </listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+    <para>These changes should be completely transparent to the vast
+      majority of KDE 4 applications that use <command>cmake</command>
+      to build, since <command>FindKDE4Internal.cmake</command> has been
+      patched to match these changes.</para>
+    <para>Note that <package>kdebase4</package> does not include the KDE
+      4 Desktop package <package>kdebase-workspace</package> and its
+      components such as <application>Plasma</application> and
+      <application>KWin</application> version 4. The
+      <package>kdebase-workspace</package> package is still too
+      incomplete and unstable for daily use and would conflict with KDE
+      3.</para>
+  </section>
 </section>