KDE Mobile/PlatformModifications

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Dependency changes

Status	Object	Change description	Responsible
DONE	kdeinit4	Depend only on kdecore, have the other ones dynamically dl-opened if available	<[email protected]>
DONE	libplasma	Make kdewebkit optional, use QtWebkit	<[email protected]>
DONE	libplasma	Make knewstuff optional, #ifdef relevant code	<[email protected]>
DONE	libplasma	Make solid optional, #ifdef relevant code	<[email protected]>
DONE	libplasma	Make kio optional, use QFileDialog	<[email protected]>
DONE	libkio	Make solid optional (disable KDeviceListModel and KStatusBarOfflineIndicator, make KDesktopFileAction less clever, also see KMountpoint below)	<[email protected]>
DONE	libkdnssd	Use KCoreConfigSkeleton (removes kdeui dependency), unfortunately in public API, can be done only for the mobile profile	<[email protected]>
TODO	libknewstuff3	Use Attica only, remove KIO dependency	<[email protected]>
DONE	libkunitconversion	Use QNetwork* instead of KIO and Solid, makes it depend on kdecore only	<[email protected]>

Class moves (BIC on Windows and Mac)

Status	Library	Change description	Responsible
DONE	libkio	Move KArchive and children in kdecore/io, affects libplasma	<[email protected]>
DONE	libkio	Move KMountpoint (needs KMountpoint to not use solid anymore, use /dev/disk/by-uuid instead) to kdecore	<[email protected]>
DONE	libkio	Move KDirWatch (needs KMountpoint moved first) to kdecore, affects kwallet, libplasma	<[email protected]>
DONE	libkutils	Split kutils in several specialized libraries (still build a dummy libkutils depending on the new libraries in the desktop case)	<[email protected]>

Postponed/Cancelled

Status	Object	Change description	Responsible
TODO	libkdecore	Make ktoolinvocation use QDesktopService and not klauncher (needs to check feasibility)	<[email protected]>
TODO	libkio	In process ioslaves (libkio stops using klauncher)	<[email protected]>
TODO	libkio	Investigate removing libstream* deps. Requires making KFileMetaInfo and PredicateProperties no-ops or use nepomuk?	<[email protected]>