MacPorts: Running KDE ports on Apple OS X

[René JV Bertin]

Not exactly a KDE developer, but having spent quite some time getting KDE on my MBP, including the Calligra suite, I cannot but agree with Ian.
The KDE apps that work do so looking great on OS X, it be nice to improve matters. Things that occur to me include menubar integration, the correct preferences/settings dialog in the App menu, sending possible on kmail, a robust way to start and stop all the background services and remove the UI from daemons that don't need them, and who knows maybe even support KWin for those of us using X11 apps ...
Re X11: PyKDE4 needs to become aware of non-X11 KDE versions.



On 15 Mar 2014, at 07:10, Ian Wadham <iandw.au at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi MacPorts guys, especially KDE port developers,
> 
> Over at the main KDE developers' mailing list, kde-devel at kde.org
> I have been inadvertently stirring things up re the status of
> KDE ports on Apple OS X.
> 
> It started with one of the KDE Promotion guys asking us to
> suggest things that need volunteers to test them during the
> Beta phase of KDE 4.13, which is current.  He has written a
> news article about it.  Of course I suggested the Palapeli
> jigsaw puzzle app on which I have been doing a lot of work lately.
> 
> But then I wrote another mail asking how much testing is done
> of KDE's cross-platform and cross-desktop implementations
> and commenting on some of the problems we experience
> with KDE over here at MacPorts.
> 
> I suggested that maybe it was time some KDE guys had
> a get-together with some MacPorts and KDE Windows guys
> and got to the bottom of such problems.
> 
> And I said it would be nice to have some regular testing
> of Apple and Windows implementations of KDE.
> 
> Well … the response was quite antagonistic at first, but
> I am old and thick-skinned and I stood my ground … :-)
> 
> So now some of the KDE guys are coming round to my way
> of thinking, particularly some KDE sysadmin guys and a
> guy who is organising a workshop (a KDE sprint) at Randa, in
> August, a nice little village in Switzerland just down the valley
> from Zermatt and the Matterhorn.  See http://randa-meetings.ch/
> 
> He wants to schedule a group at Randa on KDE cross-platform
> implementation.  And he is looking for MacPorts and Homebrew
> representatives to attend.
> 
> So now I am looking for some support over here.
> 
> Marko Kaening (KMyMoney4 guy) is already over at kde-devel at kde.org
> banging the drum on our behalf.
> 
> First I would like you to have look at the two threads on kde-devel at kde.org
> 
> 1. "What to test for 4.13?" starts here … it is the more controversial of the two.
>     http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-core-devel&m=139418788102916&w=2
> 2. "Running KDE apps on Apple OS X" starts here ..
>     http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-devel&m=139450777202393&w=2
> 
> If there is anything I have said wrong please let me know
> on this MacPorts list.  If you agree or disagree with what I am
> trying to achieve, please also let me know.  Please do not get
> upset by anything that was written.  Every group tends to think
> that the people on the other side of the river have two heads, but
> I have found in the course of a long career, that building bridges
> is a good way to solve problems.
> 
> I also discovered, in the course of all this, that there are two
> well-known former KDE developers working over at Homebrew.
> I do not know if there are any at MacPorts, but if there are,
> please stand up.
> 
> All the best,
> Ian W.
> 
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