KDE at QCS/QCS 2011
KDE at the Qt Contributors Summit
The Qt Contributors Summit is happening in Berlin from 16-18 June.
Attendees
Please add your name if you are attending QCS, indicating if you are also representing another organisation or company.
We are unable to provide t-shirts, please bring your own to raise the KDE profile. The blue "Part of the solution" t-shirts are recommended.
Please indicate if you could attend a KDE meet-up/dinner on the Wednesday evening to discuss plans. A booking will be made for all people signed up by Monday.
We understand that many KDE attendees will firstly be representing your employer, but will appreciate your contribution from a KDE perspective whenever possible.
Dinner on Wednesday 15th June
We have reserved a table for 15 people for 8 pm at Brauhaus Lemke, Hackescher Markt. It's a brewery that serves German food.
The address is: Dircksenstraße, Im S-Bahnbogen 143. It is in walking distance from Alexanderplatz and the Park Inn hotel. Also close by S-Bahn-stop Hackerscher Markt.
Table is booked under the name "KDE/Rauch"
| Name | Dates attending | Representing | T-Shirt Size | Hotel | Wed Dinner? | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Layt | 15-19 June | KDE | S | Park Inn | Yes | |
| Volker Krause | 16-18 June | KDAB | XL | |||
| Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen | 15-19 | Gluon | XL | Park Inn | yes | |
| Lydia Pintscher | 16-18 | KDE | M | very likely | ||
| Dario Freddi | 15-18 | Collabora/KDE | L or XL, most probably L | NH Hotel AlexanderPlatz | f**k yea | |
| Aurélien Gâteau | 15-18 | Canonical | L | Park Inn | Unlikely (landing at 20:25) | |
| Richard Dale | 15-18 | Codethink | XL | Park Inn | Yes | |
| Stephen Kelly | 16-18 June | KDAB | L | |||
| Cornelius Schumacher | 15-19 June | KDE | XL (German size) | Park Inn | Yes | |
| Artur Souza | 15-19 June | INdT | S | Park Inn | Need to check | |
| Jarosław Staniek | 15-18 | Samsung Electronics | M | Park Inn | Depends on time, I'll be in hotel at ~20:30 | |
| Frederik Gladhorn | 15-19 | Qt/Nokia | S | ? | Probably, not sure | |
| Manuel Nickschas | 15-18 | KDE, Quassel IRC | L | Park Inn | yes | |
| Marius Bugge Monsen | 15-19 | Cutehacks | M | Park Inn | Probably, not sure | |
| Olivier Goffart | 15-21 | Qt | S | ? | probably not. | |
| Anselmo Melo | 15-19 | INdT | M | Park Inn | not sure | |
| Alexandra Leisse | 14-19 | Qt | M | Park Inn | Unlikely... | |
| Pierre Rossi | 15-18 | Qt/Nokia | M | Park Inn ?? | Possibly | |
| Harri Porten | 15-17 | froglogic | XL | Park Inn | Possibly | |
| Fathi Boudra | 16-18 | Debian, KDE, Linaro | L | Park Inn | Possibly | |
| Richard Moore | 15-18 | KDE, Westpoint Ltd | L | Park Inn | Arriving too late |
Session Topics
The proposed topics are listed on the QCS Wiki Topic List. Please add any sessions you think are required.
The following topics have already been proposed by KDE community members:
| Topic | Coordinator | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| KDE Technology in Qt | John Layt (?) | Specific code and functionality we want to move into Qt |
| Printing | John Layt | |
| Metatype / Introspection Model | Stephen Kelly | |
| KDE & Qt Communities | Corenelius Schumacher, Frederik Gladhorn | |
| Language Bindings (similar to Metatype / Introspection Model) | Richard Dale | |
The following topics are important to the KDE community and should be attended (please add any more you think are important):
| Topic | Attendees | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Localization | John Layt | Looking at QLocale, QDateTime, maybe i18n |
| Build System | ||
| Platform Support | ||
| Qt Product Definition (incl Qt Addons) | ||
| Legal Training | Raise questions on group code contributions | |
| QtSql / Qt ORM | Jarosław Staniek | |
| KConfig vs. QSettings vs. DConf | ||
| QML and Qt Components | Artur Souza, Jarosław Staniek | |
Technical Tasks
The following are technical issues KDE wants to address.
- Printing
- Localization
- Date/Time
- KUrl stuff, KIcon stuff,
- KAction partly. The entire problem can't be solved, but some more data fields could help
- QLineEdit clear button
- QCompleter not powerful enough
- Itemviews stuff
- Mimetype stuff
- Geolocation core classes
- Port KConfig's INI parser to QSettings
- A standard C++ parser (unify the KDevelop, Smoke, PySide etc parsers)
- ...
Community Tasks
The following are tasks concerning the Qt Community and Open Governance that KDE wants to address.
- Qt Addons website / CPAN for Qt
- Building a relationship with Digia
- ...