Status enterprise4 in comparison to KDE4.3/Kubuntu

[Bernhard Reiter]

Hi Thomas,

Am Mittwoch, 10. Februar 2010 09:27:27 schrieb ITSEF Admin:
> maybe this would better be sent to the devel list, but I'll try here first.
> We're currently busy with the first preparations of a possible migration
> from Kubuntu 8.04 to 10.04. One of the major change is of course the KDE3.5
> -> KDE4 step and the possible impact of this step on (Kolab-)Kontact.
>
> For Kubuntu 8.04/KDE3.5, we've always built our own Kontact packages, based
> on the "unstable" Debian releases provided by the Kolab team. For that
> pairing, following the Kolab branch provided clear advantages over the
> standard Kubuntu 8.04/KDE3.5 version with regard to both bugfixes and
> features.
>
> With the newer Kubuntu, I'm not so sure - if I take Kubuntu 9.10 as the
> current example, KDE is on 4.3.2. 

if you want a rock solid Kolab Client, we still recommend e35, yes, even under 
KDE4 and especially for use with Ubuntu. 

> If I look at the enterprise4 snapshots I 
> found on http://files.kolab.org/, they all claim to be KDE4.2.2. Hence, I'm
> not so certain whether following the Kolab version will have the same
> benefits as it has for KDE3.5 - is enterprise4 on par with/ahead of KDE4.3?

That is a question which is hard to answer.
To give you some background: We have planned E4 to become ready end of 2008.
And we did manage to get it up in beta on all three plattforms. Our changes 
fully went into KDE trunk and still get improved there.
During 2009 we have created a prototype for enterprise5 (E5) and E5 has the 
new architecture, based on akonadi. It is very promissing, which is the 
reason we aim for going with E5. So in December 2009 we've published the last 
beta for e4. In the sense that we do not plan to continue with the e4 line.
E5 is in alpha and will stabilise soon. KDE will see this in 4.5 or 4.6.
So right now we are in a transition period: E5 will be the future for KDE4.
Some people report Kontact from KDE4 works nicely for them, so this is not a 
bad version. I would expect e4 to be even a little better in regards of 
stability.  Both I would consider pre-production quality, because the years 
of experience are missing. And both lines are to be replaces with E5 in the 
next half year.

So go for e35 or help and wait for e5 to become ready.

> Is there anything else I need to take into account (bugfixes specific to
> Kolab are of course important to us)?

Merging has worked well in the last month, so your SVN diffs are as good as 
mine on that question. :)

> I've read https://wiki.kolab.org/index.php/KDE_Kolab_Client, but that
> didn't quite help me on this (or I am missing something).

I think I need to update it then. Thanks for the hint,
Bernhard

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