July 3, 2008
Missed the 4.1 train
Still not there
It is time to admit it - Lancelot will not be ready for 4.1. (like you didn’t see that coming)
I know I promised that it will be in a working shape by 4.o, and finished for 4.1, but there were a couple of obstacles for that goal.
- First, there is the fact that Decibel and Akonadi are not finished yet so Lancelot is not able to show the Contacts section. This was the main reason L was not released for 4.o, and still is a show-stopper. Unfortunately it is not the only one.
- Another thing are the problems introduced by the migration to WoC. It took me a lot of time to port everything to /new Plasma/ and there still are some glitches (mostly in the applet, not in the application) that I’m trying to fix.
Well, that is really all…
So, where are we?
The current state of L is not at all that bad when I come to think of it. I have started using it as my main ALI again, and I even use it instead of KRunner for most of the time. Most of the things that worked before WoC transition, work now as well - the application browser, system and documents sections and the KRunner integration.
(Currently) Known issues
- It crashes sometimes when browsing through the applications - currently under investigation
- It is uglier than before (lowest priority problem at the moment)
- It is not configurable (except for applet)
- Contacts section doesn’t work - under construction
- Slowness
- Smaller easily fixable problems
Also Lancelot doe snot build if you don’t have kdepim, I wanted to re-enable it in kdeplasmoids
make[2]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/local/kde4/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.kde.kmail.kmail.xml’, needed by `applets/lancelot/app/src/kmail_interface.cpp’. Stop.
Comment by annma — July 3, 2008 @ 6:07 pm
Too bad it’s not making it into 4.1, but I’m excited to use it whenever it does come out! Keep up the good work!
Comment by MoBott — July 3, 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Do not worry, you are doing a good job and I am sure you will finish it when it will be possible and we will enjoy the result.
Comment by Matthieu Gallien — July 3, 2008 @ 7:39 pm
I agree, not being ready for 4.1 is not the end of the world. Sometimes coding just takes more time than expected - It always does for me
Comment by Askrates — July 3, 2008 @ 9:06 pm
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Comment by admin — July 4, 2008 @ 8:26 am
I’m just a end-user and I love KDE, please hurry with Lancelot!!
Sorry for my english
Comment by Peyesein — July 5, 2008 @ 7:57 pm