Bug 377320 - Request to update Juk to KF5 because it is great software!
Summary: Request to update Juk to KF5 because it is great software!
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: juk
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Kubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Scott Wheeler
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Reported: 2017-03-07 02:16 UTC by Alberto Gonzalez
Modified: 2018-02-14 19:09 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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DJ'ing with Juk in Canada! (773.44 KB, image/jpeg)
2017-03-07 02:16 UTC, Alberto Gonzalez
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Description Alberto Gonzalez 2017-03-07 02:16:56 UTC
Created attachment 104425 [details]
DJ'ing with Juk in Canada!

Hello! I am a salsa dance instructor in Canada and I use Juk *A LOT* in my parties and in my dance classes. I have about 4,400 music files that I organize with Juk into playlists. Juk is perfect for us because my partner is comfortable using it, who is not computer savvy. For example, she will not use Mixxx.

We're using Juk instead of mixing software like Mixxx because of the user interface and completeness of Juk.

Because we have an Analog Mixer machine, we don't use any other software (Mixxx once in a while). That is why we are comfortable using Juk! 

We have Juk running on a Kubuntu 16.04 laptop. I've heard that Juk may be orphaned because it is not being updated from KF4 to KF5. Is this true? It's our hope that Juk will be upgraded to KF5 along with the rest of the KDE Applications family because it is an excellent piece of software!

P.S. Our website is http://www.hotsalsadancezone.com/gallery where everyone is dancing because of Juk. Please feel free to let others know about this and use our photos to show what Juk is doing to spread salsa to the world.
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2017-03-08 15:58:14 UTC
Juk still uses Qt3 support classes, and there is an old branch 'nokde3' to remove those. This task needs to be finished and merged, before porting from Qt4 to Qt5 can start.
Comment 2 Alberto Gonzalez 2017-03-09 01:58:09 UTC
(In reply to Christoph Feck from comment #1)
> Juk still uses Qt3 support classes, and there is an old branch 'nokde3' to
> remove those. This task needs to be finished and merged, before porting from
> Qt4 to Qt5 can start.

Hello Christoph,
Great, keep us informed and really thank you!
Love your software!
Best regards,

Alberto
Comment 3 Michael Pyne 2017-03-21 02:21:01 UTC
I still love JuK but I'm the last active developer on it and I've not had the time needed to port it over, let alone improve it.

I keep toying with the idea of doing a re-write from scratch of a very simple facsimile of the JuK we love (playlists, songs in each playlist, probably not much else).  Maybe that would make it possible, but otherwise I don't know what to say. :(
Comment 4 Michael 2017-03-31 07:35:49 UTC
I agree too, Juk has excellent functionality! 

Have you considered putting it out on planetkde.org looking for a new maintainer? Pitching that it would be a great way for someone new wanting to contribute to KDE and wanting a place to start?
Comment 5 Kacper Kasper 2018-01-28 14:22:05 UTC
Cut-off date has passed, JuK has been ported and is still part of KDE Applications.

Closing.
Comment 6 Christoph Feck 2018-02-14 19:09:45 UTC
Thanks Kacper for your porting efforts!