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Re: [trinity-users] Importing new applications to TDE R14 (was: Re: [trinity-users] 3.5.13.2 coming soon)

From: Slávek Banko <slavek.banko@...>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 19:17:20 +0200
On Wednesday 24 of July 2013 19:11:47 Sl�vek Banko wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 of July 2013 16:29:28 Fran�ois Andriot wrote:
> > Le 10/06/2013 09:18, Timothy Pearson a �crit :
> > > You can try using the automated conversion script here:
> > > http://git.trinitydesktop.org/cgit/experimental/tree/qt3-tqt3/convert_e
> > >xi sting_qt3_app_to_tqt3
> > >
> > > Be warned that it takes a LOT of CPU time to run, and that the result
> > > probably won't compile the first time around.  However, it will deal
> > > with 99% of the tedious renaming without intervention.
> > >
> > > You then need to take into account the more recent TDE header file and
> > > class name changes.  Unfortunately, I do not have a script to
> > > automatically convert a project to use the new TDE class names and
> > > header files, so you would need to make those changes by hand or via
> > > your own scripts.
> > >
> > > How I typically handle import of a new application is I first commit
> > > the last known working version of the application from the original
> > > source (i.e. the original project website) to a new GIT repository.  I
> > > then apply and commit all changes needed to get it building on Qt3 with
> > > TDE 3.5.13.x, then finally run the autoconversion tools and commit the
> > > first working version for TDE R14.  This keeps the original versions
> > > around in the GIT history in case something broke during build fixes
> > > and/or R14 conversion and is not noticed until far in the future (this
> > > has happened many times before!)
> > >
> > > Tim
> >
> > Hello, I've posted in bug report 531
> > http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=531
> > a "sed" command to convert ksensors to TDE R14.
> >
> > It could be a starting point for a more generic script, as the one for
> > QT3/TQT3 .
> >
> > Francois
>
> Sorry, I updated your script by my own, which I have previously
> successfully tested with the recently added applications. In this is
> addressed more renaming than in your initial script. Is located in
> experimental/kde-tde/convert_existing_kde3_app_to_tde
>
> Fran�ois, if you're not against it, I'll take care of integrating into GIT
> applications on which you have worked.
>
> Slavek

Note: In script is not done conversion qt3 => tqt intentionally, so that it 
can be incorporated into GIT as a separate commit prior to conversion kde => 
tde. As it can be seen in the recently integrated applications.

Slavek
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