Re: "KDE Platform" or "KDE Development Platform"?

On Thursday, August 12, 2010 04:15:19 pm Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
> On Thursday 12 August 2010 Stuart Jarvis wrote:
> > This was mentioned in another thread, but there wasn't a great deal of
> > response there so here it is again with a better title.
> > 
> > Is it 'KDE Platform'  or 'KDE Development Platform'?
> 
> I think we need both terms.
> 
> "KDE Platform" is the libraries and runtime dependencies, which are
> required for all KDE programs to run. So everybody using KDE software has
> the KDE platform installed. It's the common base, which gives users the
> consistency and common functionality of KDE programs, which is widely
> appreciated.
> 
> "KDE Development Platform" is what you need to develop KDE programs. So
> this also includes the libraries and runtime dependencies, but it adds the
> header files, the build system, the API documentation, etc. So it's a
> superset of the KDE Platform targeted at developers to write KDE
> applications.

Ok. So our products are the workspaces, apps and the Development Platform? In 
that case the www site is ok.

But in the linked Dot article and when talking to general users we refer, when 
necessary, to the KDE Platform (the magic that makes stuff happen).

Oriol, I guess that also answers your question in this thread?

Cheers,
Stu - who is apparently just starting to explore the scope of his ignorance 
;-)
 
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