Revision as of 21:11, 15 August 2017

QupZilla

Sponsor: Christoph Cullmann <[email protected]>

QupZilla is a QtWebEngine based cross-platform web browser.

During the Akademy 2017 Konqueror BoF, the ex-maintainer of Konqueror, David Faure, proposed to integrate QupZilla into KDE in order to replace the aging Konqueror. (His reasoning is that QupZilla is already much more advanced in terms of webbrowsing features, and there is almost nobody working in Konqueror, so there is no point in duplicating efforts).

Name proposals (order does not imply anything):

Ryōshi ("fisherman" in Japanese)
Eco
Ion
Falkon
Cube
Kiran

Team

David Rosca <[email protected]> - project maintainer
Seyyed Razi Alavizadeh <[email protected]>

Manifesto Compliance Plan

Values

Open Governance

At the moment development/bugtracking/... happens on github:

https://github.com/QupZilla/qupzilla

The maintainer ok'd that this is moved over to KDE infrastructure during the incubation and the normal commit rights apply.

Free Software

GPL v3+

Inclusivity

No barrier known toward the contributors.

Innovation

Using state-of-the-art web rendering engine, providing a cross-platform browser. Nothing too innovative but something at the moment missing in the KDE Applications.

Common Ownership

All clear no known barrier, anyone can contribute directly.

End-User Focus

Web browser => clearly targeted to our normal userbase

Commitments

Code of Conduct: TODO
Contributor License Agreement: none
Established practices: QMake + Qt like most, code reviews except for most active core contributors
Source materials will be hosted on our git infrastructure, at the moment on github
Online services, not on KDE infrastructure:
- website TODO: (daily backup on KDE)
KDE Licensing policy: TODO
KDE branding guidelines: no reference to KDE yet
No patents (as far as known)

Benefits

No brainer, already participating in Randa, posting on planet, etc.

Sponsor Checklists

Candidate ready

Status	Description
DONE	Project description
DONE	Project team
TO DO	Manifesto compliance plan	<{{{3}}}>

Incubating

Status	Description	Notes
TO DO	Repository and code needs to be migrated		<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Mailing list available	Migration to KDE needs to be done	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Website available	Yes, on own infrastructure	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Active community	....	<{{{3}}}>
TO DO	Manifesto compliance	...	<{{{3}}}>

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 QupZilla is a QtWebEngine based cross-platform web browser.
-During the Akademy 2017 Konqueror BoF it was proposed to replace the aging Konqueror with it instead of trying to revive it. This was ok'd by the Konqueror maintainer David Faure.
+During the Akademy 2017 Konqueror BoF, the ex-maintainer of Konqueror, David Faure, proposed to integrate QupZilla
+into KDE in order to replace the aging Konqueror. (His reasoning is that QupZilla is already much more advanced in terms of webbrowsing features, and there is almost nobody working in Konqueror, so there is no point in duplicating efforts).
 Name proposals (order does not imply anything):
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 * Eco
 * Ion
-* Konqueror (and ditch the old application of the same name)
 * Falkon
 * Cube