Update plan for the KDE unstable repositories
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
Is there an easy way to switch from Tumbleweed's Qt 5.15.11 to Qt 6.6? Thx.
Hi, Is there any news on moving TW to Plasma 6.0, in particular testing RC2, which is scheduled for 31 Jan? Thx. Regards, Frank
Hi, Am Montag, 22. Januar 2024, 17:08:34 CET schrieb Frank Krüger:
Hi,
Is there any news on moving TW to Plasma 6.0, in particular testing RC2, which is scheduled for 31 Jan? Thx.
Last week I branched the KDE:Unstable packages into my ~ prj for submitting the RC. Frameworks are pretty much done, Plasma is not complete yet. Once everything builds successfully and is installable, I'll submit it to the devel prj and from there to TW. To actually get into TW, there are quite a few open audit bugs with the security team though, which have to be addressed one way (upstream) or the other (functionality disabled at least temporarily). Cheers, Fabian
Regards, Frank
Many thanks for the update Regards Paul M. Livingston 301-283-5423 (v) paul@accokeekwoods.com
On Jan 22, 2024, at 2:13 PM, Fabian Vogt <fabian@ritter-vogt.de> wrote:
Hi,
Am Montag, 22. Januar 2024, 17:08:34 CET schrieb Frank Krüger:
Hi,
Is there any news on moving TW to Plasma 6.0, in particular testing RC2, which is scheduled for 31 Jan? Thx.
Last week I branched the KDE:Unstable packages into my ~ prj for submitting the RC. Frameworks are pretty much done, Plasma is not complete yet. Once everything builds successfully and is installable, I'll submit it to the devel prj and from there to TW.
To actually get into TW, there are quite a few open audit bugs with the security team though, which have to be addressed one way (upstream) or the other (functionality disabled at least temporarily).
Cheers, Fabian
Regards, Frank
Thanks Fabian for pointing out the way to go for integrating Plasma 6 into Tumbleweed. Can we already use your branched packages? If yes, which are the correct repositories? I wanted to stick with the RCs of Plasma 6 until the release and then switch back to the default Tumbleweed packages after the release. Now I already got the 6.1 Dev version from KDE:Unstable...
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Christian Hartmann
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Christophe Marin
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Fabian Vogt
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Frank Krüger
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Paul M. Livingston