Randa 2011 KDevelop Meeting

Agenda

Tue

arrive

Wed

get up with an agenda

Plugins

requirements for plugins in extragear/kdevelop/*:

kdereview
maintainer
releasable
unit tests (and none failing)

plugins to merge:

kdevplatform/
- controlflowgraph
  - TODO: investigate status, get out of kdereview
- execute script
  - TODO: investigate status, get into kdereview
kdevelop/
- qmake
  - TODO: Milian: investigate status, get into kdereview
kdevelop/plugins/
- merge php/php-docs
  - TODO: Milian
- css
  - TODO: investigate status, get into kdereview
- execute browser
  - TODO: investigate status, get into kdereview
- xdebug
  - TODO: investigate status, get into kdereview

notes on /plugins:

not a single big repo (devs against it)
TODO: document easy "build-all" process on techbase

note for developers: kdevplatform API breakages must be fixed in every stable repo, i.e. everything in https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/kdevelop must be compiling

Build Bot & Unit Testing

TODO: Get a build bot running
- either on every commit (much work)
- or at least once a day (single to implement)
TODO: Get a unit test bot running
- requirements:
  - no failing unit tests (XFAIL is OK)
  - no agressive performance tests (time limit, memory limit, ...)
TODO: investigate cdash
- kdelibs dashboard is down, not a good impression
TODO: ask PovAddict on his experience with build bot + unit tests

Gluon

try to rebase gluoncreator on kdevplatform
put improvements into the platform
- plugin based diff-viewer (i.e. to compare designer files, images, ...)
- improved history viewer (timeline, ...)
alternatively try to reuse parts of kdevplatform in gluoncreator
- problem: kdevplatform (rightly so!) expect full kdevplatform availability

Unit Tests

developers:

never submit failing unit tests (use QEXPECT_FAIL)
try to run unit tests regularily

Thu

Project Dashboard

saving/sharing:

opt-in 'save to project file' which is shared to users via project.kdev4
- good for users opening the project the first time in kdevelop
by default save changes to dashboard in .kdev4/ folder

plasmoids:

vcs commit log (provided by vcs plugin)
file contents view
webslide
feedreader

use cases:

project website news (feed reader)
project resources: bugtracker, mailing list, ... (webslide / file contents view)
recent commits (vcs plugin)

Session Dashboard

read-only
only shown when no view exists, esp. on first start
contents:
- recent sessions
- recent projects
- recent files
- open new file/session/project

Browser-Like Tabs

niko pushed the rebased branches
various feedback already implemented, still some stuff to-do

Fri

VCS

get rid of diff to HEAD/BASE, integrate them to single action
when calling 'show diff' from annotation bar, show full commit, i.e. including commit message and all changed files

Sat

Sun

Mon

Mass-Reload

reload all action in file menu
- dialog showing all changed files
also show one dialog for all when multiple files are modified/deleted, i.e. when switching branches / checkout -f, ...
maybe improve inside kate

D&D

adymo fixed it for toolviews
we need it for projectmanager view

Areas

when workingsets are plugin, make areas just list of toolviews, not also of documents
switching between code<->debug should reuse workingset by default
when activating review area, show diff or at least integrate with aleix's vcs view
review area needs UI love
toolbars must stay area dependent, there seems to be a bug on startup

Kate Plugins

some useful plugins we want in kdevelop
- sql?
- xml?
most are not useful, or simply duplicate stuff in kdevelop
requires new ktexteditor interface most probably, question is whether this is accepted by kate guys

only two plugins, not really useful?

Quanta / External Plugins

executescript kdevplatform
dissolve quanta, sorry guys - my bad :-/ (milian)
- kdereview -> kdevelop/plugins: (with alpha release afterwards)
  - executebrowser -> Niko maintainer
  - css -> Milian/Niko maintainer
  - xdebug -> Niko maintainer, needs to be checked first
  - qmake -> Milian maintainer, stabilize first
  - phpformatter into PHP repo -> Milian maintainer, review first
- playground/kdevelop:
  - move rest out of quanta on-demand
  - most can be built stand-alone from quanta sources anyways
  - upload?? look at it, maybe release it as well

TODO: milian ask nicolas about moving out the plugins into own repo

Targets in ProjectManagerView

project view filter can be used
special ctest handling in cmake might be useful
- cdash property?
- milian: ask neundorf about it

Sessions UI

menu does scale
- like recent files, limit to N last sessions
- session picker as fallback for other sessions
session picker:
- needs UI love
- hide QUUid
- integrate delete/rename simpler
  - QDBus querying for whether it's possible to delete/rename
krunner gets merged, yay

Output View

try to use konsole for output
- needs work in konsole
- pros:
  - performance
  - colors
  - ...
- cons:
  - f4/jump to error
  - portability?
- make it as GSOC project?

Thu

wrap up & leave home

Discussion TODO

not so controversial

[DONE] merge control flow into kdevplatform
[DONE] merge qmake into kdevelop
[DONE] extra-plugins module: css, execute-script, execute-browser, andreas' custom project manager, ...
gluon integration
handle rename/delete of file in editor view
handle switching branch -> reload open (changed) files
port mailing list to kde infrastructure
improve website / wikis / ...
- promotion part
integrate wiki documentation

controversial

browser-like tabs
welcome page
drag&drop
merge aliex's thesis work

very controversial

destroy areas
chromium-like UI

Hacking TODO

remove/disable/fix failing unit tests
[DONE] fix QWarnings (esp. timer issues etc.)
- Milian: http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-16558 - fixed in Qt 4.8.0
go through review requests
extended cli support (open in existing instance)
- requires extended dbus interface
- note David's kdevelop_attach
krunner integration (session)

Browser-like Tabs TODO

remove Ctrl-T or bind it to what Ctrl-N does
Ctrl-N should open new file in a new tab