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| author | Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net> | 2014-09-21 18:30:01 -0500 |
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| committer | Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net> | 2014-09-21 18:30:01 -0500 |
| commit | f6d69d45cf25180a8285b2dd5c146a0481fd09ce (patch) | |
| tree | 1bb437c632896e2f278931105530f61ee567bf69 /tdenewstuff/README.knewstuff | |
| parent | 47ac4096211c3f8634bc5e17027523dfe955bcaf (diff) | |
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Finish renaming knewstuff
This relates to Bug 2093
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diff --git a/tdenewstuff/README.knewstuff b/tdenewstuff/README.knewstuff new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fabefa988 --- /dev/null +++ b/tdenewstuff/README.knewstuff @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +TDENewStuff library - application data sharing framework for KDE + +TDENewStuff implements the "Get Hot New Stuff" (GHNS) architecture and +provides KDE applications with easy-to-use upload and download mechanisms, +with optional popularity counters, ratings, digital signatures, uncompression +and post-installation DCOP/scripting hooks. + +* GHNS Standard and related software + http://ghns.berlios.de/ + +* Documentation +- API docs + http://developer.kde.org/documentation/library/cvs-api/knewstuff/html/ +- TDENewStuff tutorial + http://www.kstuff.org/docs/tutorial/ +- TDENewStuffSecure tutorial + http://developer.kde.org/documentation/tutorials/knewstuffsecure/ + +* Repositories +Currently, about 7 repositories exist for a variety of KDE applications using +TDENewStuff for either download or upload or both. +Please have a look at the repository browser: +-> http://www.kstuff.org/hotstuff/index.php?p=browser +If you want automatic upload processing, download counting and administration +capabilities, as well as a web frontend, check out the Hotstuff scripts: +-> http://www.kstuff.org/source/index.php?p=cvs +For testing, feel free to use the kstuff.org infrastructure, as it is up and +running 24x7. + +* Future +Immediate plans: +- merge download dialog engine functionality into the engine class +- incremental updates of directories, + including cache +- after installation, return QStringList of installed items so no scanning + will be necessary anymore +- how to "fake" installations? (suggestions from TSDgeos) + knewstuff should know about already installed items +Future plans: +- kick-ass web interface with history and contributions +- integration with KDE SOAP messaging framework and KWSDL to access DXS +- hm.... :-) + +Josef Spillner, 01.04.2004, last updated 07.06.2005 + +Add d pointers to ALL public classes for KDE 4 or maintaining binary +compatibility is a nightmare. 12/3/05. + +Rich. + |