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Discussion on: Who's looking for open source contributors? (September 10 edition)

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Nina Rallies

Hi, is there a reason why omission needs to be implemented in Qt5 instead of Kivy? (Just curious)
Also, I’m not an experienced developer but interested in getting involved. If there are small tasks in C++ and python, I’ll be glad to help.

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Jason C. McDonald

Hi @nasrin ,

The switch from Kivy to Qt5 is entirely because of packaging and distribution issues. It turns out, it's nearly impossible to generate any sort of standard package for Linux with Kivy being used, because its dependencies are quite mangled. (Took about a year of packaging attempts to discover that!)

You're absolutely welcome to get involved, even with the minimal experience. There are both small and large tasks, simple and complex, so you can take your pick. :)