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Re: [trinity-devel] Superkaramba widgets

From: "Timothy Pearson" <kb9vqf@...>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 10:53:12 -0500
> On Mon, 06 May 2013 15:18:17 -0500 "Darrell Anderson"
> <darrella@...> wrote:
>>We received an enhancement request to add some superkaramba
>>widgets
>>prepackaged as part of Trinity:
>>
>>http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/show_bug.cgi?id=1487
>>
>>A primary advantage for prepackaging is ease-of-use for end-users.
>>
>>* Should we do this?
>>
>>* If we do this, do we package the widgets separately or merge
>>them
>>into the superkaramba sources in tdeutils?
>>
>>* If we do this, what guidelines do we establish for selecting
>>which widget candidates to prepackage and support?
>>
>>* As there are many such widgets, even for KDE3, should we instead
>>
>>host a wiki page for installing widgets, such as from kde-
>>look.org?
>>Seems many of the older KDE3 widgets still function in Trinity. In
>>
>>addition to generic instructions, a wiki page could include tips
>>for cleaning or massaging problematic widgets to work with
>>Trinity.
>>
>>Comments and suggestions appreciated! :-)
>
> No opinions?
>
> Darrell

Sorry I could not get to this earlier!

I would recommend creating a superkaramba-extras module in GIT, then
adding suitable widgets to that module.  Both licensing and functionality
must be verified before a widget is added to GIT.

Tim