Re: Fixing things Akonadi doesn't with some SQL-fu

Daniel Vrátil <[email protected]> Thu, 22 Mar 2018 15:16:04 +0100
Newsgroups	gmane.comp.kde.users.pim
Organization	KDE
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On Thursday, 22 March 2018 14:57:31 CET Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> Daniel Vrátil - 22.03.18, 14:19:
> > > long as other apps can access the same DBus session as the Kontact.app
> > > 
> > > >bundle
> > > 
> > > That's probably the main hurdle. All-encompassing, standalone means
> > > everyone includes and runs their DBus, so this approach will only allow
> > > independent applications (or application suites) that cannot talk among
> > > each other via DBUS.
> > > 
> > > So yeah, it's possible, but at the very least it'd need an independent
> > > DBus
> > > install if that's the only interface through which interaction with
> > > other
> > > applications takes place. FWIW, the current KDEPIM4 implementation in
> > > MacPorts uses a standard Unix way of installing stuff using a minimal
> > > app
> > > bundle for the front-ends and everything else installed in traditional
> > > fashion under a $prefix where all dependencies are also installed.
> > > That's
> > > also how I'd implement the KDEPIM5 ports.
> > > 
> > > >interaction, then it's hardly something you can blame Kontact or
> > > >Akonadi
> > > >architecture for.
> > > 
> > > I'm not sure "blame" is the appropriate term, whom else could I "blame"
> > > for
> > > the fact that Kontact/Akonadi chose to use DBus instead of something
> > > else?;)
> > 
> > Well, I'm not porting Akonadi away from DBus just because Mac cannot get
> > it
> > right ;)
> 
> I am happy about that. :)
> 
> I think it is more important to improve Akonadi + KDEPIM for the existing
> user base, than to port it to whatever platform :)

Sure, hence the winky smiley :) We are slowly pushing to Windows right now, 
which is a huuuge market with some potential to attract more contributors. We 
have Akonadi working there, no KDE PIM applications yet though.

> First make it rock big time, and then probably other developers are willing
> to invest the work to port the awesomeness to other platforms.
> 
> Also AFAIR haven´t there been attempts to use KDEPIM + Akonadi + Sqlite
> backend on Plasma Mobile?

Yes, but since Plasma Mobile is basically Debian, they just compiled the whole 
stack for ARM and deployed it. Back in the day there was Kontact Mobile, which 
was QML1 port of Kontact running on top of Akonadi+SQLite. I remember using it 
on my Nokia N900...:)

> 
> Thanks,


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