With my last entry, I announced the start of the work for an OCS library for the KDE Community Forums. Today I’d like to blog again about the recent developments. First of all, now there isn’t one, but two Python modules: _ocslib, _ a pure Python module that can be used to interface with OCS-based forum systems; ocslibkde, a PyKDE4 based module that can be used to interface with OCS-based forum system in KDE applications.

For KDE developers, web-based forums are often uncommon workflows. Indeed, for communication among developers mailing lists are much better tools, especially since you can handle everything inside a client (most of the time), compared to forums where you have to use a web browser. The ways of reading, replying and interacting with posters are dramatically different. And that is why some developers find themselves uncomfortable with the KDE Community Forums.