QupZilla

Sponsor: Christoph Cullmann <[email protected]>

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.

Name proposals (order does not imply anything):

Ryōshi ("fisherman" in Japanese)
Eco (because its short and I found no "Eco Browser" in the net)

Team

David Rosca <[email protected]> (Main developer and project maintainer)
Mladen Pejaković <[email protected]> (webview context menu improvements, speed dial background)
Alexander Samilov <[email protected]> (tab previews)
Seyyed Razi Alavizadeh <[email protected]> (fixed UI for RTL languages)
Franz Fellner <[email protected]> (new restore session ui)
Bryan M Dunsmore <[email protected]> (opening background tabs, closing window when closing last tab)
Mariusz Fik <[email protected]> (fixed tab order in preferences dialog)
Daniele Cocca <[email protected]> (close tabs with middle click, initial work on speed dial)
Giuseppe Calà <[email protected]> (fixed loading of bookmarklets)
Adrien Vigneron <[email protected]> (new QupZilla logo)
Elio Qoshi <[email protected]> (new QupZilla logo)

(taken from https://github.com/QupZilla/qupzilla/blob/master/AUTHORS)

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}}}>