Schedules/Plasma 5
This page contains the planned release schedule for Plasma 5.
Frameworks tags on first Sat of the month and release on following Saturday.
Releases are every 4 months (3 times a year). Plasma .0 tags on Thursday following Frameworks release and release on following Tuesday. Beta tag/release on Thursday 3 weeks before and Repo freeze 5 weeks before. Bugfix tag/releases are on Tuesdays after .0 release in a Fibonacci sequence of weeks, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5 after initial.
This schedule is our best guess at this point, in case the quality is not deemed good enough before the final release, it is subject to revision.
All deadlines are due midday UTC, but if you need a few more hours, notify someone from the release team.
Release mangler: Jonathan Riddell, Riddell in #plasma on Freenode
Release Series
The following table shows the currently supported release series' as well as the next planned release series.
| Release Series | Dependencies | Support Status |
|---|---|---|
| 5.8 LTS | Qt 5.6, KDE Frameworks 5.26 | Releases made as required in cases of important bugfixes or security issues |
| 5.12 LTS | Qt 5.9, KDE Frameworks 5.42 | Bugfix releases as scheduled |
| 5.14 | Qt 5.11, KDE Frameworks 5.50 | Bugfix releases as scheduled |
| 5.15 | Qt 5.11, KDE Frameworks 5.55 | Open for development |
Future releases
| Version | Type | Date Tars | Date Release | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.14.2 | Bugfix | Tue 2018-10-23 | Tue 2018-10-23 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.14 branch |
| 5.14.3 | Bugfix | Tue 2018-11-06 | Tue 2018-11-06 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.14 branch |
| 5.14.4 | Bugfix | Tue 2018-11-27 | Tue 2018-11-27 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.14 branch |
| 5.14.5 | Bugfix | Tue 2019-01-01 | Tue 2019-01-01 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.14 branch |
| 5.14.90 | Beta | Tue 2019-02-12 | Tue 2019-02-12 (same day) | First Beta Version of Plasma 5.15, depends on KDE Frameworks 5.55 (likely to be tagged 2019-02-02 and released 2019-02-09). Note: If frameworks release is postponed, this will likely postpone this beta as well |
| 5.12.8 LTS | LTS Bugfix | To be decided (probably February 2019) | To be decided (probably same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.12 branch |
History of releases
Jump to first release of: 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 LTS | 5.9 | 5.10 | 5.11 | 5.12 LTS | 5.13 | 5.14
| Version | Type | Date Tars | Date Release | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | Release | Thu 2014-07-10 | Tue 2014-07-15 | Final tag, only urgent fixes approved by release dude, Plasma/5.0 branch made |
| 5.0.1 | Bugfix | Thu 2014-08-07 | Tue 2014-08-12 | Bug fixes and new translations only from 5.0 branch |
| 5.0.2 | Bugfix | Thu 2014-09-11 | Tue 2014-09-16 | Bug fixes and new translations only from 5.0 branch |
| 5.0.95 | Beta | Thu 2014-09-25 | Tue 2014-09-30 | Message and feature freeze |
| 5.1.0 | Release | Thu 2014-10-09 | Tue 2014-10-14 | Final tag, only urgent fixes approved by release dude, Plasma/5.1 branch made |
| 5.1.1 | Bugfix | Thu 2014-11-06 | Tue 2014-11-11 | Bug fixes and new translations only from 5.1 branch |
| 5.1.2 | Bugfix | Thu 2014-12-11 | Tue 2014-12-16 | Bug fixes and new translations only from 5.1 branch |
| 5.1.95 | Beta | Thu 2015-01-08 | Tue 2015-01-13 | Message, feature and artwork freeze |
| 5.2.0 | Release | Thu 2015-01-22 | Tue 2015-01-27 | Final tag, only urgent fixes approved by release dude, Plasma/5.2 branch made |
| 5.2.1 | Bugfix | Thu 2015-02-19 | Tue 2015-02-24 | Bug fixes and new translations only from 5.2 branch |
| 5.2.2 | Bugfix | Thu 2015-03-19 | Tue 2015-03-24 | Bug fixes and new translations only from 5.2 branch |
| 5.2.95 | Beta | Thu 2015-04-09 | Tue 2015-04-14 | Message and feature freeze, Plasma/5.3 branch made |
| 5.3.0 | Release | Thu 2015-04-23 | Tue 2015-04-28 | Final tag, only urgent fixes approved by release dude after tars please |
| 5.3.1 | Bugfix | Thu 2015-05-21 | Tue 2015-05-26 | Bug fixes and new translations only from 5.3 branch |
| 5.3.2 | Bugfix | Thu 2015-06-25 | Tue 2015-06-30 | Bug fixes and new translations only from 5.3 branch |
| 5.3.95 | Beta | Thu 2015-08-06 | Tue 2015-08-11 | Message and feature freeze, Plasma/5.4 branch made |
| 5.4.0 | Release | Thu 2015-08-20 | Tue 2015-08-25 | Final tag, only urgent fixes approved by release dude after tars please |
| 5.4.1 | Bugfix | Thu 2015-09-03 | Tue 2015-09-08 | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.4 branch |
| 5.4.2 | Bugfix | Thu 2015-10-01 | Tue 2015-10-06 | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.4 branch |
| 5.4.3 | Bugfix | Thu 2015-11-05 | Tue 2015-11-10 | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.4 branch |
| Repo Freeze | Thu 2015-11-05 | Repo freeze, list of tars for release frozen today, no new repositories will be included in release after this. | ||
| 5.4.95 | Feature freeze and Beta | Thu 2015-11-19 | Thu 2015-11-19 (same day) | Message and feature freeze, Plasma/5.5 branch made |
| 5.5.0 | Release | Thu 2015-12-03 | Tue 2015-12-08 | Final tag, only urgent fixes approved by release dude after tars please |
| 5.5.1 | Bugfix | Tue 2015-12-15 | Tue 2015-12-15 | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.5 branch |
| 5.5.2 | Bugfix | Tue 2015-12-22 | Tue 2015-12-22 | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.5 branch |
| 5.5.3 | Bugfix | Tue 2016-01-05 | Tue 2016-01-05 | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.5 branch |
| 5.5.4 | Bugfix | Tue 2016-01-26 | Tue 2016-01-26 | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.5 branch |
| 5.5.5 | Bugfix | Tue 2016-03-01 | Tue 2016-03-01 | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.5 branch - only if needed |
| 5.6 Repo Freeze | Thu 2016-02-18 | Repo freeze, list of tars for release frozen today, no new repositories will be included in release after this. | ||
| 5.5.95 | Feature freeze and Beta | Thu 2016-03-03 | Thu 2016-03-03 (same day) | Message and feature freeze, Plasma/5.6 branch made |
| 5.6.0 | Release | Thu 2016-03-17 | Tue 2016-03-22 | Final tag, only urgent fixes approved by release dude after tars please |
| 5.6.1 | Bugfix | Tue 2016-03-29 | Tue 2016-03-29 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.6 branch |
| 5.6.2 | Bugfix | Tue 2016-04-05 | Tue 2016-04-05 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.6 branch |
| 5.6.3 | Bugfix | Tue 2016-04-19 | Tue 2016-04-19 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.6 branch |
| 5.6.4 | Bugfix | Tue 2016-05-10 | Tue 2016-05-10 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.6 branch |
| 5.6.5 | Bugfix | Tue 2016-06-14 | Tue 2016-06-14 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.6 branch - only if needed |
| 5.7 Repo Freeze | Thu 2016-06-02 | Repo freeze, list of tars for release frozen today, no new repositories will be included in release after this. | ||
| 5.6.95 | Feature freeze and Beta | Thu 2016-06-16 | Thu 2016-06-16 (same day) | Message and feature freeze, Plasma/5.7 branch made |
| Beta testing day | Sun 2016-06-19 | Mon 2016-06-20 | Come one and all and help test | |
| 5.7.0 | Release | Thu 2016-06-30 | Tue 2016-07-05 | Final tag, only urgent fixes approved by release dude after tars please |
| 5.7.1 | Bugfix | Tue 2016-07-12 | Tue 2016-07-12 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.7 branch |
| 5.7.2 | Bugfix | Tue 2016-07-19 | Tue 2016-07-19 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.7 branch |
| 5.7.3 | Bugfix | Tue 2016-08-02 | Tue 2016-08-02 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.7 branch |
| 5.7.4 | Bugfix | Tue 2016-08-23 | Tue 2016-08-23 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.7 branch |
| 5.7.5 | Bugfix | Tue 2016-09-13 | Tue 2016-09-13 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.7 branch - only if needed |
| 5.8 Repo Freeze | Thu 2016-09-08 | Repo freeze, list of tars for release frozen today, no new repositories will be included in release after this. Start a release announcement pad to write the announce on. | ||
| 5.7.95 | Feature freeze and Beta | Thu 2016-09-15 | Thu 2016-09-15 (same day) | Message and feature freeze, Plasma/5.8 branch made |
| 5.8.0 | LTS Release | Thu 2016-09-29 | Tue 2016-10-04 | Final tag, only urgent fixes approved by release dude after tars please |
| 5.8.1 | LTS Bugfix | Tue 2016-10-11 | Tue 2016-10-11 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.8 branch |
| 5.8.2 | LTS Bugfix | Tue 2016-10-18 | Tue 2016-10-18 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.8 branch |
| 5.8.3 | LTS Bugfix | Tue 2016-11-01 | Tue 2016-11-01 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.8 branch |
| 5.8.4 | LTS Bugfix | Tue 2016-11-22 | Tue 2016-11-22 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.8 branch |
| 5.8.5 | LTS Bugfix | Tue 2016-12-27 | Tue 2016-12-27 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.8 branch |
| 5.9 Repo Freeze | Thu 2016-12-29 | Repo freeze, list of tars for release frozen today, no new repositories will be included in release after this. | ||
| 5.8.95 | Feature freeze and Beta | Thu 2017-01-12 | Thu 2017-01-12 (same day) | Message and feature freeze, Plasma/5.9 branch made |
| 5.9.0 | Release | Thu 2017-01-26 | Tue 2017-01-31 | Final tag, only urgent fixes approved by release dude after tars please |
| 5.9.1 | Bugfix | Tue 2017-02-07 | Tue 2017-02-07 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.9 branch |
| 5.9.2 | Bugfix | Tue 2017-02-14 | Tue 2017-02-14 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.9 branch |
| 5.8.6 | LTS Bugfix | Tue 2017-02-21 | Tue 2017-02-21 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.8 branch |
| 5.9.3 | Bugfix | Tue 2017-02-28 | Tue 2017-02-28 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.9 branch |
| 5.9.4 | Bugfix | Tue 2017-03-21 | Tue 2017-03-21 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.9 branch |
| 5.9.5 | Bugfix | Tue 2017-04-25 | Tue 2017-04-25 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.9 branch |
| 5.10 Repo Freeze | Thu 2017-04-27 | Repo freeze, list of tars for release frozen today, no new repositories will be included in release after this. | ||
| 5.9.95 | Feature freeze and Beta | Thu 2017-05-11 | Mon 2017-05-15 (same day) | Message and feature freeze, Plasma/5.10 branch made |
| 5.8.7 | LTS Bugfix | Tue 2017-05-23 | Tue 2017-05-23 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.8 branch |
| 5.10.0 | Release | Thu 2017-05-25 | Tue 2017-05-30 | Final tag, only urgent fixes approved by release dude after tars please |
| 5.10.1 | Bugfix | Tue 2017-06-06 | Tue 2017-06-06 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.10 branch |
| 5.10.2 | Bugfix | Tue 2017-06-13 | Tue 2017-06-13 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.10 branch |
| 5.10.3 | Bugfix | Tue 2017-06-27 | Tue 2017-06-27 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.10 branch |
| 5.10.4 | Bugfix | Tue 2017-07-18 | Tue 2017-07-18 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.10 branch |
| 5.10.5 | Bugfix | Tue 2017-08-22 | Tue 2017-08-22 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.10 branch |
| 5.11 Repo Freeze | Thu 2017-07-24 | Repo freeze, list of tars for release frozen today, no new repositories will be included in release after this. | ||
| 5.10.95 | Feature freeze and Beta | Thu 2017-09-14 | Mon 2017-09-14 | Message and feature freeze, Plasma/5.11 branch made, Deps on Frameworks 5.38 |
| 5.11.0 | Release | Thu 2017-10-05 | Tue 2017-10-10 | Final tag, only urgent fixes approved by release dude after tars please |
| 5.11.1 | Bugfix | Tue 2017-10-17 | Tue 2017-10-17 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.11 branch |
| 5.11.2 | Bugfix | Tue 2017-10-24 | Tue 2017-10-24 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.11 branch |
| 5.8.8 | LTS Bugfix | Wed 2017-10-25 | Wed 2017-10-25 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.8 branch |
| 5.11.3 | Bugfix | Tue 2017-11-07 | Tue 2017-11-07 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.11 branch |
| 5.11.4 | Bugfix | Tue 2017-11-28 | Tue 2017-11-28 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.11 branch |
| 5.11.90 | 5.12 LTS Repo Freeze, Alpha | Thu 2017-12-21 | Thu 2017-12-21 (same day) | List of Git repos fixed. Tars made from master. |
| 5.11.5 | Bugfix | Tue 2018-01-02 | Tue 2018-01-02 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.11 branch |
| 5.11.95 | 5.12 LTS Beta | Mon 2018-01-15 | Mon 2018-01-15 (same day) | Message and feature freeze, Plasma/5.12 branch made, Depends on Frameworks 5.42 |
| 5.12.0 | LTS Release | Thu 2018-02-01 | Tue 2018-02-06 | Final tag, only urgent fixes approved by release dude after tars please |
| 5.8.9 | LTS Bugfix | Wed 2018-02-07 | Wed 2018-02-07 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.8 branch |
| 5.12.1 | LTS Bugfix | Tue 2018-02-13 | Tue 2018-02-13 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.12 branch |
| 5.12.2 | LTS Bugfix | Tue 2018-02-20 | Tue 2018-02-20 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.12 branch |
| 5.12.3 | LTS Bugfix | Tue 2018-03-06 | Tue 2018-03-06 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.12 branch |
| 5.12.4 | LTS Bugfix | Tue 2018-03-27 | Tue 2018-03-27 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.12 branch |
| 5.12.5 | LTS Bugfix | Tue 2018-05-01 | Tue 2018-05-01 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.12 branch |
| 5.13 Repo Freeze | Thu 2018-05-03 | Thu 2018-05-03 (same day) | List of Git repos fixed | |
| 5.12.90 | Beta | Thu 2018-05-17 | Thu 2018-05-17 (same day) | Message and feature freeze, Plasma/5.13 branch made, Depends on Frameworks 5.46 |
| 5.13.0 | Release | Thu 2018-06-07 | Tue 2018-06-12 | Final tag from Plasma/5.13 branch, only urgent fixes approved by release dude after tars please |
| 5.13.1 | Bugfix | Tue 2018-06-19 | Tue 2018-06-19 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.13 branch |
| 5.13.2 | Bugfix | Tue 2018-06-26 | Tue 2018-06-26 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.13 branch |
| 5.12.6 | LTS Bugfix | Wed 2018-06-27 | Wed 2018-06-27 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.12 branch |
| 5.13.3 | Bugfix | Tue 2018-07-10 | Tue 2018-07-10 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.13 branch |
| 5.13.4 | Bugfix | Tue 2018-07-31 | Tue 2018-07-31 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.13 branch |
| 5.14 Repo Freeze & announce start | Thu 2018-08-30 | Thu 2018-08-30 (same day) | List of Git repos fixed, pad for announce ideas | |
| 5.13.5 | Bugfix | Tue 2018-09-04 | Tue 2018-09-04 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.13 branch |
| 5.13.90 | Beta | Thu 2018-09-13 | Thu 2018-09-13 (same day) | Message and feature freeze, Plasma/5.14 branch made, Depends on Frameworks 5.50 |
| 5.12.7 | LTS Bugfix | Tue 2018-09-25 | Tue 2018-09-25 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.12 branch |
| 5.14.0 | Release | Thu 2018-10-04 | Tue 2018-10-09 | Final tag from Plasma/5.14 branch, only urgent fixes approved by release dude after tars please |
| 5.14.1 | Bugfix | Tue 2018-10-16 | Tue 2018-10-16 (same day) | Bug fixes and new translations only from Plasma/5.14 branch |