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== Preamble ==
[https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/ Plasma] is the desktop developed by the KDE community. Version 6 of Plasma is being developed, built and shipped on top of [https://www.qt.io/product/qt6 Qt 6].
Further details for Plasma 6 can be found on the [[Plasma/Plasma_6| Wiki]], a current list of open bugs at [https://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?bug_severity=critical&bug_severity=grave&bug_severity=major&bug_severity=crash&bug_severity=normal&bug_severity=minor&bug_severity=task&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=CONFIRMED&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&classification=Applications&classification=Plasma&j_top=OR&keywords=qt6&keywords_type=allwords&list_id=2461359&o3=equals&o4=equals&o5=equals&o6=equals&order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cbug_severity%2Cdupecount%20DESC%2Cbug_id&product=Active&product=Active%20Window%20Control&product=Bluedevil&product=Breeze&product=colord-kde&product=Discover&product=homerun&product=kactivitymanagerd&product=kde-cli-tools&product=kde-gtk-config&product=kde-inotify-survey&product=kded-appmenu&product=kdeplasma-addons&product=Keyboard%20status%20applet&product=kgamma&product=khotkeys&product=kicker&product=kinfocenter&product=kiosk&product=kmenuedit&product=krunner&product=KScreen&product=kscreenlocker&product=ksmserver&product=ksplash&product=kstart&product=kwayland-integration&product=kwin&product=kwin4&product=kwintv&product=lattedock&product=Mangonel&product=Oxygen&product=PicoWizard&product=Plasma%20Bigscreen&product=Plasma%20SDK&product=Plasma%20Vault&product=Plasma%20Workspace%20Wallpapers&product=plasma-browser-integration&product=plasma-disks&product=plasma-integration&product=plasma-mediacenter&product=plasma-mobile&product=plasma-mycroft&product=plasma-nm&product=plasma-pa&product=plasma-pass&product=plasma-pk-updates&product=plasma-redshift-control&product=plasma-simplemenu&product=plasma-systemmonitor&product=plasma-wayland-protocols&product=plasma4&product=plasmashell&product=policykit-kde-agent-1&product=Powerdevil&product=printer-applet&product=pulseaudio-qt&product=system-config-printer-kde&product=Systemd%20KCM&product=systemdgenie&product=systemsettings&product=systemsettings-kde3&product=Touchpad-KCM&product=user-manager&product=wacomtablet&product=Welcome%20Center&product=xdg-desktop-portal-kde&query_format=advanced&v3=systemsettings&v4=Discover&v5=plasma-systemmonitor&v6=kinfocenter Bugzilla].
== Status ==
Work for porting Plasma and KDE Frameworks based on Qt 6 is currently the focus of the development. If you're able to help, please have a look at the Phabricator Boards for [https://phabricator.kde.org/project/board/310/ KDE Frameworks 6] and [https://phabricator.kde.org/project/view/316/ Plasma 6].
You can keep track of the [https://iskdeusingqt6.org/ progress of porting Frameworks, Gear and Plasma to Qt 6].
''Note: That page is generated automatically from source code data. Please also note that not all projects listed on that page need to have a release based on Qt 6 before the first version of Plasma 6 can be released. The projects not using Qt 6 by the time of the first Plasma 6 release will simply ship the Qt 5 version.''
== Notes ==
* Plasma 6.0 will depend on Qt 6.6 and Frameworks 6.0 (and Gear 24.02 for libkexiv2)
* Initially releases will be 3 times a year as with Plasma 5
* Once distros agree stability has been found we can move to 2 releases a year <ref>Nate Graham, [https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/issues/52#note_676743 "Approved Plasma 6 proposal: change the release schedule"].</ref>
* 6.0 will be a [https://community.kde.org/Schedules/February_2024_MegaRelease coordinated "mega" release] together with [https://develop.kde.org/products/frameworks/ KDE Frameworks] and [https://apps.kde.org/de/ KDE Gear] <ref>Albert Astals Cid, [https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-devel/2023-October/002120.html "KDE+Qt6 releases schedule"]</ref>.
* No scheduled LTS releases yet but those will come when distros find them useful
The schedule is also available at:
* [https://phabricator.kde.org/calendar/ Calendar on Phabricator]
* [https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=MDMxZ2tncWcxaGpmOGxjbWowZW0xZDJzajhAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ Google Calendar]
Release mangler: Jonathan Riddell
== Stages of releases ==
* Repo and Soft Feature Freeze: On the Thursday two weeks before beta is repo and soft feature freeze. List of git repositories fixed and major features merged.
* Beta version: Thursday following the corresponding [[Schedules/Frameworks|KDE Frameworks]] release (which is usually released on the second saturday of a month).
* One week after beta release we'll try a beta test day where we encourage everyone to install and test the beta.
* .0 tagged on Thursday three weeks after the Beta, released on following Tuesday
* Bugfix tags/releases are made on Tuesdays in a Fibonacci sequence of weeks (1, 1, 2, 3, 5)
== Future releases ==
== Future releases ==


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== History of releases ==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
! colspan="4" | <span id="6_0"></span><strong>6.0 series</strong>
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|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.0.1/ 6.0.1]
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! Release Date
!colspan='2' style="font-weight: normal; background: inherit"|Tue 2024-03-05
! Comments
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|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.0.2/ 6.0.2]
|5.92.0 (Plasma 6.0 Release Candidate 1)
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|Release Candidate
|Release
|Wed 2024-01-10
!colspan='2' style="font-weight: normal; background: inherit"|Tue 2024-03-12
|[https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/rc1/ Megarelease Announcement]
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|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.0.3/ 6.0.3]
|5.91.0 (Plasma 6.0 Beta 2)
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|Beta
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|Wed 2023-12-20
!colspan='2' style="font-weight: normal; background: inherit"|Tue 2024-03-26
|[https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/beta2/ Megarelease Announcement]
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|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.0.4/ 6.0.4]
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|Release
!colspan='2' style="font-weight: normal; background: inherit"|Tue 2024-04-15
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|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.0.5/ 6.0.5]
|5.90.0 (Plasma 6.0 Beta 1)
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|Release
!colspan='2' style="font-weight: normal; background: inherit"|Tue 2024-05-21
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|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.90/ 6.0.90]
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|Beta
|Beta
!colspan='2' style="font-weight: normal; background: inherit"|Tue 2024-05-23
|Wed 2023-11-29
|Plasma/6.1 branched
|[https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/beta1/ Megarelease Announcement]
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|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.0/ 6.1.0]
|5.80.0 (Plasma 6.0 Alpha)
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|Alpha
|Release
|Wed 2023-11-08
|Thu 2024-06-13
|[[Plasma/Plasma_6.0_Release_notes|Plasma Release Notes]], [https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/alpha/ Megarelease Announcement]
|Tue 2024-06-18
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|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.1/ 6.1.1]
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|Release
!colspan='2' style="font-weight: normal; background: inherit"|Tue 2024-06-25
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

Revision as of 12:55, 23 January 2024

Preamble

Plasma is the desktop developed by the KDE community. Version 6 of Plasma is being developed, built and shipped on top of Qt 6.

Further details for Plasma 6 can be found on the Wiki, a current list of open bugs at Bugzilla.

Status

Work for porting Plasma and KDE Frameworks based on Qt 6 is currently the focus of the development. If you're able to help, please have a look at the Phabricator Boards for KDE Frameworks 6 and Plasma 6.

You can keep track of the progress of porting Frameworks, Gear and Plasma to Qt 6. Note: That page is generated automatically from source code data. Please also note that not all projects listed on that page need to have a release based on Qt 6 before the first version of Plasma 6 can be released. The projects not using Qt 6 by the time of the first Plasma 6 release will simply ship the Qt 5 version.

Notes

  • Plasma 6.0 will depend on Qt 6.6 and Frameworks 6.0 (and Gear 24.02 for libkexiv2)
  • Initially releases will be 3 times a year as with Plasma 5
  • Once distros agree stability has been found we can move to 2 releases a year [1]
  • 6.0 will be a coordinated "mega" release together with KDE Frameworks and KDE Gear [2].
  • No scheduled LTS releases yet but those will come when distros find them useful

The schedule is also available at:

Release mangler: Jonathan Riddell

Stages of releases

  • Repo and Soft Feature Freeze: On the Thursday two weeks before beta is repo and soft feature freeze. List of git repositories fixed and major features merged.
  • Beta version: Thursday following the corresponding KDE Frameworks release (which is usually released on the second saturday of a month).
  • One week after beta release we'll try a beta test day where we encourage everyone to install and test the beta.
  • .0 tagged on Thursday three weeks after the Beta, released on following Tuesday
  • Bugfix tags/releases are made on Tuesdays in a Fibonacci sequence of weeks (1, 1, 2, 3, 5)

Future releases

Version Post release Version Type Release Date Comments
5.93.0 (Plasma 6.0 Release Candidate 2) 5.93.90 Release Candidate Wed 2024-01-31
6.0.0 ? Private Tarball Release Wed 2024-02-21 Final tag from Plasma/6.0 branch, only urgent fixes approved by release mangler after the Tarball release, please
6.0 Release Wed 2024-02-28 Public release of Plasma 6.0

History of releases

6.0 series
Version Type Release Date Comments
5.92.0 (Plasma 6.0 Release Candidate 1) Release Candidate Wed 2024-01-10 Megarelease Announcement
5.91.0 (Plasma 6.0 Beta 2) Beta Wed 2023-12-20 Megarelease Announcement
5.90.0 (Plasma 6.0 Beta 1) Beta Wed 2023-11-29 Megarelease Announcement
5.80.0 (Plasma 6.0 Alpha) Alpha Wed 2023-11-08 Plasma Release Notes, Megarelease Announcement

References

  1. ↑ Nate Graham, "Approved Plasma 6 proposal: change the release schedule".
  2. ↑ Albert Astals Cid, "KDE+Qt6 releases schedule"
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