Re: RFC: post-installation checks on library headers & cmake config

"Friedrich W. H. Kossebau" <[email protected]> Sat, 04 Jul 2026 23:32:24 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.devel.general
Organization KDE
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Nandani,

Am Samstag, 4. Juli 2026, 21:09:09 Mitteleurop=C3=A4ische Sommerzeit schrie=
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Nandani Chaurasia:
> Hi Friedrich,
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> I am interested in contributing to KDE and would like to try
> ECMInstalledLibraryCheck. I am still getting familiar with the KDE
> contribution workflow.
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> At the moment, I am getting a =E2=80=9CForbidden=E2=80=9D error when tryi=
ng to open KDE
> Invent. Could you please suggest what I should do to get access,

On this matter I have to refer you to the sysadmin people, Ben here already=
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replied to you.

> and
> whether there is a beginner-friendly area where feedback, documentation
> improvements, or additional test coverage would be useful?
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> I would be happy to test the prototype on a small CMake/C++ project and
> share feedback.

"Beginner" is always relative and hard to tell, everyone has a different=20
offset. Fear you have just try and find out where you get stuck and where=20
you can walk, and then ask based on your experienced situation for=20
assistance :)

Right now the wanted task is testing the existing prototype and report wher=
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it suit people's needs with real world library projects and where it is=20
missing out so far.
As well as designing and latter implementing the integration into KDE's CI.

Cheers
=46riedrich