K3b 2.0 coming to KDE4 mid-2009, Qt forked for port

version 1.0 was released for the KDE 3 series in 2007, but since then it has been a non-trivial port to the new platform for lead developer .

"Where is it Well, it is on its way, as it has been for the last few years," Trueg wrote in a blog post.

wanted K3b done for its 2009 Spring release (due April 29, 2009) and assigned two developers on the project part-time reporting to Trueg.

"This was a nice but also wise move," he said. "Everybody who ever worked on K3b or sent patches knows how protective I am of its code. So by letting two developers work on K3b, Mandriva kind of forced me to work on it too. I am finally enjoying hacking on K3b again."

If all goes well K3b 2.0 will be released with Mandriva 2009 Spring, but that is not certain because Trueg had to fork Qt's QProcess class to simplify the port.