quick brain dump on how to do upstream work on kde networkmanager applet.

=== finding your way around ===
knetworkmanager pieces are split into parts in kdebase/workspace/solid and the plasma-widget playground tree. see "building and running" below how to get those trees.

=== building and running ===

 1. Get the following branches:
  * svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/playground/base/plasma/applets/networkmanager
  * svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/KDE/4.3/kdebase
 1. create build/ directory in both: {{{
mkdir networkmanager/build; kdebase/build }}}
 1. install build-depends of plasma-widget-network-manager (or knetworkmanager or whatever) {{{
sudo apt-get build-dep plasma-widget-network-manager
}}}
  * also ensure that you have kdebase-workspace-bin installed (which is installed if you run kubuntu, but maybe not if you are on gnome)
 1. in the build directories run cmake like: {{{
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path/to/your/prefix ..
}}} you can use /usr as prefix, but that will clutter your install; asac used /home/asac/local_knetnm; remember to add whatever dir you use to KDEDIRS environment
 1. to build networkmanager main pieces go to networkmanager/ dir and run: {{{
make install
}}}
 1. the networkmanager pieces in kdebase are in {{{ kdebase/workspace/solid/networkmanager-0.7 }}} and {{{ kdebase/workspace/libs/solid/ }}}; so if you changed something in there, cd into the matching build/ dir and run {{{
make install
}}} too.
 1. remember to update the service cache with your KDEDIRS properly set to ensure that you are really using your bits installed outside of /usr {{{
kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental
}}}; asac's KDEDIRS were set like this: {{{
echo $KDEDIRS 
/home/asac/local_knetnm/:/usr/
}}}
 1. start knetworkmanager like: {{{
./monolithic/knetworkmanager --nofork
}}}


More useful links on this topic (more or less out-of/up-to-date:
 * http://userbase.kde.org/NetworkManagement
 * http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Network_Management