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== Release Notes ==
== Release Notes ==


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== Comments and Discussion ==
== Comments and Discussion ==

Revision as of 15:58, 11 December 2008


Feature Name

KDE 4.2

Summary

Rebase to KDE 4.2

Owner

Current status

  • Targeted release: Fedora 41
  • Last updated: 2008-12-11
  • Percentage of completion: 15%


Detailed Description

We are going to rebase KDE to 4.2 version. The aim of upstream KDE team is to bring feature rich release comparable to old KDE 3.5 one. PolicyKit-KDE is KDE frontend for PolicyKit, which is extensively used all around the whole Fedora distribution. Same for the Network Manager - plasma applet is next step in its support in KDE and Fedora. PowerDevil will help with power management - very important part of this feature especially for laptop users. We'd also like to include KOffice 2 - new version of KDE's office suite.

New features overview

  • KDE 4.2
  • PolicyKit-KDE
  • Network Manager Plasma applet
  • PowerDevil
  • KOffice 2

Benefit to Fedora

KDE is popular desktop environment among Fedora users and KDE 4.2 brings to users missing features from previous releases of 4th generation KDE. It's comparable to the old 3.5 one.


Scope

How To Test

User Experience

Dependencies

Depends on upstream KDE 4.2 release, see schedule.

Currently 4.2 Beta 2 was tagged (2008-11-12). Final release is planned on January 27th, 2009.

Contingency Plan

Documentation

Release Notes

TBD

Comments and Discussion