Re: Development issues

I have been running Quanta using Mandriva 2009 via Virtual box so would 
love to see Quanta running on KDE4 and/or KDE5.

Regards,

Chris

On 18/01/15 01:53, Valorie Zimmerman wrote:

Eric, so good to hear from you.

On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 8:59 PM, Eric Laffoon <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I saw some emails come across and realized I had this account hooked up to the
>> Quanta list.
>>
>> I'm sure everyone knows that Quanta did not get updated to KDE 4. It was
>> actually quite a long ways towards it. One issue was the decision to utilize
>> the advantages of KDevelop. Having seen it severely lag on getting up on KDE
>> 3 I had concerns, but given all the information and assurances I decided to
>> go with it. Sure enough it was late. That wasn't really the problem, but it
>> came at a time when things began to unravel for the project.
>>
>> I wanted to continue to manage the project but a number of issues with my
>> business took up my time. Since there there have been even more issues,
>> including having to find a new farm for Kitty Hooch. On the bright side,
>> after so many years of difficulty, I am finally about to realize my big dream
>> which will give me the time and money to do the things I want. I just have to
>> get through the next few months. I'm remarried and much happier too.
>> Especially since now I know where all my money is.
>>
>> Along with developing Quanta I also developed Kommander. Since I have been
>> active I have continued to enhance Kommander for my use. I run my businesses
>> with it. I have developed huge applications with it and realize two things.
>> 1) It's incredibly fast to develop with, a tiny fraction the time it takes in
>> C++
>> 2) It's perfect for many peripheral functions in Quanta
>> Because it is so easy to develop with it would also make extending an
>> application rather easy. I'm talking with a gentleman who wants to use it for
>> his project involving engineering use of fasteners and may get some
>> cooperation and funding.
>>
>> As always it comes down to buying time. If, don't you love that word, I had
>> the time I would certainly want to update Quanta. Presently I think I can
>> give it some touch up, but I'd like to do KDE4 and KDE5 versions.
>>
>> The thing for me is Quanta is already pretty useful. Kommander seriously needs
>> to be overhauled to run my business with. A new version would be able to run
>> native KDE, as well as on Mac and Windows and deploy on mobile. An update of
>> Quanta would do likewise. Wouldn't it be nice to run Quanta on an Android
>> tablet?
>>
>> Anyway I did a horrible failure of a Kickstarter project with Kommander as my
>> first learning experience. I need to re-connect with the community. I plan in
>> a few weeks to attempt to fund my time to code this on Indigogo.
>>
>> I don't know if people here get why I want to do Kommander first, but it will
>> end up being a big part of the functionality of Quanta. Andras has much of
>> the parser done and the framework was close to ready. A KDE 4 version is not
>> so difficult. I will be doing the new Kommander tool development using the Qt
>> 5x Creator as a plugin platform. While it makes sense to use KDevelop for the
>> KDE 4 version the KDE 5 version may be Creator based too.
>>
>> Assuming I get Kommander development off the ground Quanta could be in
>> development by the fall. By then I really won't need any financial support to
>> develop, though I would not turn it away.
>>
>> I welcome feedback on the list. I will be announcing crowd funding to get this
>> going soon. I'm presently finishing up an update of the Kitty Hooch site and
>> will be updating kdewebdev.org soon. It is up. I will get resouce sharing up
>> again soon.
>>
>> Also I want to give a word of thanks for all the community support I've gotten
>> over the years with this project. It has been a wonderful life experience,
>> and it's one I'm not ready to put to bed yet.
>>
>> Eric
> Since quanta has been not progressing for years, not many are still on
> the list, I think. Please post to the KDE-community list about coming
> back; people have missed you.[1]
>
> And perhaps KDE-devel or KDE-core-devel would be the best place to
> discuss the resumed development of quanta and Kommander.[2,3]
>
> Sysadmin will be happy to hear about kdewebdev being supported again
> as well. Perhaps write to KDE-www about that?[4]
>
> Again, it is really good to see you active again.
>
> Valorie
>
> 1. https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community
> 2. https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel
> 3. https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-core-devel
> 4. https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-www
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