With Friday's official release of
KDE version 4, there have been a number of changes to the kdelibs library. From the
press release:
"The KDE 4 Libraries have seen major improvements in almost all areas. The Phonon multimedia framework provides platform independent multimedia support to all KDE applications, the Solid hardware integration framework makes interacting with (removable) devices easier and provides tools for better power management".
The KDE documentation has also had an overhaul, with several improved sections for developers, including:
It is anticipated that KDE4 will be shipped in the next releases of
Debian and
Kubuntu.