Last month (January) in Red Hat KDE

Straight back from the tremendous devconf.cz, here's the regular update of what's going on in Red Hat and KDE. Let's have a look how we spent the last month.

Network management (plasma-nm | libnm-qt | libmm-qt)
: jgrulich, ltinkl

plasma-nm | libnm-qt | libmm-qt

• plasma-nm - finished programming part of redesign, waiting for designers to step up 
• http://grulja.wordpress.com/2014/01/09/plasma-nm-usabilitydesign-improvements/
• http://user-prompt.com/knetworkmanager-approaching-the-finishing-line/
• started working on a new model, which will be shared between the applet and the editor 
• started reworking the editor, ported to the new model 
• implemented Team settings 
• Connectivity checking 

• libnm-qt 
• added new properties/methods from NM 0.9.9.0 

• libmm-qt 
• implemented (new) Oma MM interface 

* FIXED:
#329315 - IPv6 privacy extensions should be enabled per default for new connections
#329355 - Bridge connection is active although the plasmoid icons represent it as inactive
#329342 - Network manager forgets the 802.1x settings as soon as the dialog box is closed
#329288 - Crash involving the authorization prompt
#329545 - Applet icon does not scale horizontally when embedded in a panel
#329630 - Password field always empty for the openvpn connection
#329827 - Make notifications disappear after some time

* CLOSED:
#328985 - A shared wifi network cannot be restarted after being turned off
#329580 - VPN connection asks for too many passwords
#329871 - The VPN (vpnc) connection editor dialog has no Domain field

KDE PIM
: dvratil

• finished rewrite of Akonadi search functionality and Baloo support 
• removed MySQL Embedded support from Akonadi 
• fixed BKO #330010 - Broken .desktop files parser in Akonadi 
• fixed BKO #330215 - Crash on Akonadi shutdown when using PostgreSQL 
• fixed BKO #324932 - Can't rename folders on some IMAP servers 

KScreen
: dvratil

• created patch for RHBZ#1036568 - RHEL6 - KWin does not move windows from a disconnected screen (backported upstream patches) 
• fixed RHBZ#1056251 - KScreen allows to active more displays than supported by GPU (upstreamed) 

Fedora updates

• kde-plasma-nm 
• Rekonq 2.4.2 
• KDE Telepathy 0.7.1 
• packaged KDE Frameworks 5 and Plasma 2 in a Copr repo: http://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/dvratil/kde-frameworks
• GammaRay 2.0.0 
• wrote an article about KDE Connect for fedora.cz.