KDE integration/status for Workstation

[Josh Boyer]

On Mar 4, 2014 8:35 PM, "Matthias Clasen" <mclasen at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2014-03-04 at 19:59 -0500, Josh Boyer wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > During the default DE discussions, a number of WG members expressed
> > interest in keeping KDE as a release blocking DE for Workstation.  QA
> > is now asking FESCo about KDE's status as well in
> > https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1243
> >
> > So if KDE is going to be a release blocking DE for Workstation, we
> > need to figure out how exactly it gets installed and what manner it
> > would be tested in.  In the above ticket I came up with the following:
> >
> > install the Workstation live image, install KDE through
> > software-installer (if necessary), log into KDE from GDM after
> > install, test
>
> Yes, that is roughly what Christian outlined as the vision for
> alternative desktops and the workstation. Note that the software
> installer does not currently have the required functionality (install
> alternative desktops or other large sets of related software like, say,
> 'Ruby support').

So is that something feasible for the first release of Workstation or is
that likely to come later?

>
> I don't think that any of the alternative desktops should be release
> blocking, though.

I expect there will be differing opinions in the WG on that point.

>
> > However, that was entirely off the top of my head.  Would the live
> > image be large enough to contain the KDE Workstation already or would
> > a user/QA tester need to install it through the software-installer?
> > What tests should be done?  Etc.
>
> And I don't think there should be a 'KDE workstation'.

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply something separate.  I meant "the commonly
themed and integrated KDE DE".

josh
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