About the Development category

[carl]

Ask questions about developing on KDE and related software.

[nclarius]

What exactly is the intended scope of this category? The title says “Development”, but this post says just “software”. If it is specifically about questions in compiling/writing code (or more generally contributing) for KDE software, perhaps this could be specified more clearly. And if it is indeed general talk about in general and not just for developers, how does it differ from the other categories?

[redstrate]

I feel like this category is helpful for asking/discussing about development work and it’s currently fuzzy as people are misusing the category. I’m moving them as we speak

Good examples of Development Topics:

• https://discuss.kde.org/t/building-ksyntaxhighlighting-and-qstring-operators
• State of gui tests
• Understanding <contexts> in KDE Syntax Highlighting .xml codes
• How does KDE hanlde the net.hadess.PowerProfiles service?

Topics that aren’t really development related at all:

• [Discussion] Is QT holding KDE back? - #17 by redstrate
• Date of Online Quote for account setup of initial balance not adjustable
• Captive portals (web site when joining some public networks)

[nclarius]

Thank you. Can we update the category description too?

[redstrate]

I can now that I have some mod powers I added a better description

[demimarie]

Is this the right place to ask questions about writing software that integrates with KDE, such as third-party plasmoids?