The KDE-SIG needs (your) help
by Sebastian Vahl
This is a request for participation:
The KDE-SIG [1] is atm lacking active contributors. And we really need some
help in doing our job to provide a good KDE version in Fedora - especially
with the upcoming KDE 4.0 and the inclusion in Fedora 9.
If you don't know how you could help us here is a list (which is also in the
wiki):
* Packagers: There are so many interesting packages that are not yet packaged
for Fedora. Package it to improve the user experience.
* Reviewers: Only a few persons are doing the kde-related reviews. Help us
reviewing so that more packages could be included.
* Testers: If you love KDE use the development version or the updates-testing
repository and report bugs, bugs, bugs, request enhancements or features. We
need your feedback to improve KDE.
* Bugs: Become a BugZapper and help us with kde-related bugs.
* Documentation writers: The documentation (esp. the DesktopUserGuide) is
GNOME-centered. Help us to provide an equivalent for KDE.
* Release Notes: The few people that are working on the new KDE-Spin are quite
busy with development issues. If you want to help us in writing the release
notes for the next version of Fedora we would give you all the info you need.
* Wiki: Maintain http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KDE and keep it updated with
end user information.
* Artists: To provide a matching theme for nodoka-metacity-theme and provide
an unified desktop experience.
But this is not a complete list. If you're interested in making KDE in Fedora
better, you're more than welcome.
The list of participants in the wiki is atm not a list of active contributors.
When setting up the wiki the only demand was an interest in KDE to be listed
on this page. This list would be changed in the future to be culled down to
the list of active (or reactivated) participants. This has become necessarely
because there are only (less or more) 3 active contributors atm (plus Than
Ngo). But the list indicates that there are enough people helping with KDE.
If you are interested in joining the KDE-SIG please add your name to this
list, answer to this mail, join us in #fedora-kde at freenode or attend the
weekly KDE-SIG-Meetings (every tuesday 17:00 UTC). I will also add a topic to
the agenda of the meeting next week to introduce new contributors. [2]
The attendance at the SIG-Meetings is of course not required. But this way we
would know of each other. And they are also the main place of discussing the
next steps in the development (besides fedora-devel-list).
If you have any further questions please answer to this mail or write me
directly. And be sure: If your are willing to help you're welcome (regardless
of your skills). :)
Sebastian
[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE/Meetings/2007-11-06
15 years, 10 months
Detecting dbus session
by Jesse Keating
I'm trying to write a couple NetworkManager Dispatcher calls to futz
with a few things that don't yet have NM capabilities. However I'm
running into a snag, particularly with pidgin. Pidgin has a
purple-remote call that uses dbus. nm-dispatcher runs as root so I
have to switch to my user to accomplish things (currently via su -
<user> -c "command args"). Seems though that a 'su - <user>' from root
doesn't add the DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS env entry, and purple-remote
can't find dbus or can't find pidgin on the bus.
How can I programmatically figure out what the dbus address is, or
otherwise accomplish what I'm trying to do?
--
Jesse Keating
Fedora -- All my bits are free, are yours?
15 years, 11 months
Desktop SIG meeting tomorrow
by Matthias Clasen
I will most likely not around tomorrow, so interested people will have
to self-organize and find something useful to talk about. One topic that
I'll throw on the agenda:
We should pick a different time for the sig meeting, because several
people (jrb, mcepl) said that they have difficulty making the current
time. And from now on, I will only be available until 2:15 on most
Wednesdays, too.
Matthias
15 years, 11 months
Re: Request for inclusion of compizconfig-python and ccsm into F-8
by Warren Togami
Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 01:28 +0800, Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail wrote:
>> Package: compizconfig-python-0.6.0-1.fc8 , ccsm-0.6.0-3.fc8
>> Request description: Inclusion into Fedora 8 final
>>
>> Rationale:
>> Compiz Fusion has been one of the major attraction to Linux lately,
>> and with Ubuntu already providing CF out of the box, users will expect
>> other distros to have it too. There no full featured configurator for
>> current compiz-fusion in F-8.
>>
>> Impact not accepting:
>> Users will have to use gconf-editor to configure compiz-fusion
>> manually. Marketing value might be affected.
>>
>> Others:
>> current compiz in F-8 uses 'glib gconf' as its configuration
>> backend, if FedoraProject decided to use libcompizconfig as the
>> configuration backend, changes are needed in desktop-effects and
>> /usr/bin/gnome-wm to load 'ccp' plugin instead of 'glib gconf'. CCSM
>> requires compiz to use 'ccp' for it to function properly.
>
> +1
>
Spot, did you notice that this requires changes to desktop-effects and
gnome-session? It sounds like they expect it to be part of the default
install, not just an add-on to the compiz of today. Is the desktop team
aware and in agreement with these changes?
Warren Togami
wtogami(a)redhat.com
15 years, 11 months
Re: Request for inclusion of compizconfig-python and ccsm into F-8
by Warren Togami
Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 15:51 -0400, Warren Togami wrote:
>> Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 01:28 +0800, Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail wrote:
>>>> Package: compizconfig-python-0.6.0-1.fc8 , ccsm-0.6.0-3.fc8
>>>> Request description: Inclusion into Fedora 8 final
>>>>
>>>> Rationale:
>>>> Compiz Fusion has been one of the major attraction to Linux lately,
>>>> and with Ubuntu already providing CF out of the box, users will expect
>>>> other distros to have it too. There no full featured configurator for
>>>> current compiz-fusion in F-8.
>>>>
>>>> Impact not accepting:
>>>> Users will have to use gconf-editor to configure compiz-fusion
>>>> manually. Marketing value might be affected.
>>>>
>>>> Others:
>>>> current compiz in F-8 uses 'glib gconf' as its configuration
>>>> backend, if FedoraProject decided to use libcompizconfig as the
>>>> configuration backend, changes are needed in desktop-effects and
>>>> /usr/bin/gnome-wm to load 'ccp' plugin instead of 'glib gconf'. CCSM
>>>> requires compiz to use 'ccp' for it to function properly.
>>> +1
>>>
>> Spot, did you notice that this requires changes to desktop-effects and
>> gnome-session? It sounds like they expect it to be part of the default
>> install, not just an add-on to the compiz of today. Is the desktop team
>> aware and in agreement with these changes?
>
> Good point, I read this too quickly. :) I pull back my vote, pending
> desktop team signoff.
>
> ~spot
>
We could include the requested packages because they alone are harmless,
but not make the suggested changes to desktop-effects and gnome-session.
Mohd, what exact N-V-R's are you requesting? I would like to inspect them.
Warren Togami
wtogami(a)redhat.com
15 years, 11 months
how to run fedora 8 test 3
by a3ukasz Peb3szynski
Good afternoon,
First of all I'd like to thank Martin Jorgens for his answer to my question about madwifi.
My today's question:
Is there any way to log in after booting F8 test 3 live cd ?
Looks like there's an error, becuse counter on gdm screen goes below zero.
Has anyone noticed that and if so, how did you solve it ?
Thanks in advance.
Lukasz Pelszynski
15 years, 11 months
madwifi in fedora 8
by a3ukasz Peb3szynski
Good morning,
I wonder why madwifi was not included in fedora 6 & 7 by default.
I had a big trouble configuring my wireless network.
Will it be included in fedora 8?
Greetings
15 years, 11 months
Desktop SIG meeting
by Matthias Clasen
...should take place again today, at 18:00 UTC.
Possible things to talk about are pressing issues that need to be
adressed before F8 (ie F8Blocker / F8Target bugs) and what is planned
for F9.
15 years, 11 months
