Thursday, 2 September 2021
Over 120 individual programs plus dozens of programmer libraries and
feature plugins are released simultaneously as part of KDE Gear.
Today they all get new bugfix source releases with updated translations,
including:
* konsole: Fix KXmlGUI toolbars and Konsole MainWindow size.
* elisa: Fix the “Files” view.
* skanlite: Fix image saving when preview is not shown.
Full announcement:
https://kde.org/announcements/gear/21.08.1/
Full Changelog:
https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/gear/21.08.1/
Tuesday, 31 August 2021. Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE
Plasma 5, versioned 5.22.5.
Plasma 5.22 was released in June 2021 with many feature refinements and
new modules to complete the desktop experience.
This release adds a month's worth of new translations and fixes from
KDE's contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important and
include:
* KDE GTK Config: Make sure to actually commit GSettings changes.
* KSystemStats: Fix handling of IPV6 addresses. Fixes bug #436296
* [applets/digitalclock] Let long timezones list scroll.
Fixes bug #439147
Full changelog:
https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/plasma/5/5.22.4-5.22.5/
- while here: reformat & sort the USES/USE_FOO lines consistently
Coregarage is a settings manager for C Suite, part of the CuboCore
suite of simple, lighweight Qt applications. Coregarage is a
centralized tool that manages settings for a variety of CuboCore apps.
Licprime is a library for bookmarking, saving recent activites,
managing settings for C Suite. It is part of the CuboCore suite of
simple, lightweight Qt applications.
- Fix for locale search in classloader
- New translations added. New dialog to configure locales
- Import/export improvements
- Fix issues when importing old POD file
- Java 11, 10, 9 support without the need of bundled jre
- Updated russian localization
- Fix untranslated dialogs
Changelog: 20814e88dc/log/
PR: 258155
Glib schema files should be registered using the GLIB_SCHEMAS
variable provided by gnome.mk. This will add them and additionally
the required glib-schemas keyword to the plist.
The following ports were touched:
* deskutils/foliate
* deskutils/gnome-tweaks
* deskutils/maliit-keyboard
* games/swell-foop
* textproc/ibus-m17n
Changelog:
* fix autostart crash: do not show settings dialog too early
* fix build for Fedora
* specify product name in KAboutData to receive bug reports correctly at
kde bug tracker
Solanum is a pomodoro timer for the GNOME desktop. It keeps you on
track, with frequent short breaks, and a long break after sessions of
productivity.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Solanum
The port deskutils/gnome-todo has failed to build for months, which
makes deskutils/gnome-utils and eventually x11/gnome3 packages missing.
The build potentially needs a non-trivial fix, so temporarily remove
deskutils/gnome-todo from build while the issue is being investigated.
PR: 257667
Reviewed by: tcberner (gnome)
Release 21.08.0:
core:
* Add API to allow addition and modification of outlines into a PDF
* Use additional samples to test for constant parts of an axial gradient
* forms: Create fallback fonts for some well known font names
* Support reading the PDF Version from the Catalog
* Fix XRef::copy when there are modified objects
* Take into account that Date string may be in unicode
* JBIG2Stream: Fix regression in "Do not consider a size-0 to be an error"
* Replace a local bubble sort implementation by std::sort
* Fix issues with malformed files
build system:
* Better error message when libjpeg is not found
* Better error messages when libopenjpeg2 is not found
qt5/qt6:
* Document that a document has to outlive its pages
* Make getPdfVersion return a dedicated version object
glib:
* mimick TextSelectionDumper logic change for spaceAfter
Exp-run by: antoine
PR: 257539
Changelog:
- 2200 commits after version 0.9
- plenty of bug fixes and improvements
- Highlights:
-- multiple docks and panels on the same screen edge
-- floating docks and panels
-- support background radius and background shadow size
-- ten different visibility modes
-- ondemand sidebars support
-- inform Plasma Desktop about panels and docks geometries (since plasma 5.18)
-- inform window managers about docks visible area (GTK_FRAME_EXTENTS support)
-- provide internal Widgets Explorer dialog and thus being able to be used
completely in other desktop environments such as GNOME and XFCE
-- support multiple Latte Tasks in the same dock or panel
-- improve applets positioning for Justify alignment in latte panels
-- support latte centric applets that can use parabolic effect easily
-- support Plasma Margins Area Separators
-- user can specify custom color scheme per layout
-- redesign and improve all layouts dialogs
-- use templates for all layout functionality
-- provide move/copy/paste functionality for docks and panels
-- export layouts and docks/panels as templates for public use
Thursday, 12 August 2021
KDE Gear 21.08 improves KDE apps across the board, bringing you quick
and responsive utilities, creativity programs with powerful features,
and secure tools for all your work and play needs.
If this is your first time with KDE software, discover a whole new world
of free and secure programs, packed with incredible possibilities. If
you are already a KDE regular, check out all the fresh innovations we
have added to your favorite apps.
Either way, go forth and try new things!
Full announcement:
https://kde.org/announcements/gear/21.08.0/
