Hello,
The first frameworks 6 / plasma 6 releases will be out in a couple months.
The initial release schedule was posted a couple days ago:
https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-devel/2023-September/002008.html
Let's take a tour of the incoming changes to the KDE unstable repositories [1]
1- KDE:Unstable:Frameworks
Currently, this repository provides:
- KDE Frameworks 5 snapshots based on the 'kf5' branch
- Plasma 5 snapshots based on the '5.27' branch
Soon, the repository will provide:
- KDE Frameworks 5 snapshots (kf5 branch)
- KDE Frameworks 6 snapshots (master branch)
- Plasma 5 snapshots (5.27 branch)
- Plasma 6 snapshots (master branch)
2- KDE:Unstable:Applications
This repository provides snapshots of applications released with the 'release
gear' bundle.
Applications that are already ported upstream will be updated automatically.
3- KDE:Unstable:Extra
The repository provides snapshots for some of the applications present in
KDE:Extra.
Important: KDE Frameworks 5 and 6 are co-installable, but Plasma 5 and 6 can't
coexist on the same system.
yast and zypper will require your attention the first time you install plasma
6 packages.
Mini Q/A:
1 - What should be reported to openSUSE / Upstream?
Most issues you will encounter have to be reported to https://bugs.kde.org if
no report exists yet.
Issues we're interested in:
- Unresolvable installation issues. (e.g: 'nothing provides
'qt6qmlimport(QtQuick.Dialogs.1) >= 3'
needed by the to be installed kdeplasma6-addons [...]' ).
Some of these installation problems can be fixed in our packages, some are
caused by upstream issues (like the message above).
- Conflicting files
- Non-KDE packages that would be uninstalled due to missing dependency.
Either fill a bug report on https://bugzilla.opensuse.org for these cases or
drop a message on the #opensuse-kde IRC channel [2]
Even if you don't get an immediate answer, that doesn't mean your message
won't be read.
2 - Will plasma 6 be available for Leap?
The unstable repositories currently build for Leap 15.4 and 15.5. We try to
keep most packages building for these versions but it's not always possible.
Note that Leap 15.4 will reach EOL in 2 months. [3]
Adding the Qt 6 repository will be required for Leap users. Even if you decide
to stick with Plasma 5 for the moment, packages from KDE:Unstable:Applications
will use Frameworks 6 / Qt 6. [4]
The wiki page will be updated.
That's all for now, don't forget to make backup of your data before updating
to the next major version.
[1] https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:KDE_repositories
[2] https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Communication_channels#Instant_chat
[3] https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime#openSUSE_Leap
[4] https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:KDE_repositories#Qt6
