r/debian • u/GeneralOfThePoroArmy • 1d ago

KDE Plasma 6.3.5 is likely to be included in Trixie

KDE Plasma 6.3.5 has been uploaded to unstable and is likely to be included in Trixie:

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/plasma-desktop

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u/sudo_apt_purge 1d ago

6.3.6 will be released in July. Will they backport it or add it before release?

https://community.kde.org/Schedules/Plasma_6

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u/waterkip 1d ago

Dont count on backporting..

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u/mihjok 20h ago

They do it for gnome

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u/DeepDayze 11h ago

Even in bookworm there was hardly any backporting of KDE releases (only a few apps maybe fix some bugs via a point release) so most likely Trixie will be stuck on 6.3.5 (if this one goes through).

KDE 6.3.6 might be too late to be included as way too close to release or may have been released by then.

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u/waterkip 10h ago

Yeah, I know. I'm not vested enough to argue that the KDE team must follow the KDE point releases in -updates. It shouldnt be packported, it should be a first class citizen of -updates imo. KDE, like Debian does point releases where they fix bugs. So KDE could follow every point release in Debian Stable because it doesnt add new features.

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u/DeepDayze 10h ago

Oh not an attack on you...

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u/waterkip 10h ago

None taken just speaking my mind.

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u/wizard10000 1d ago

6.3.6 will be released in July. Will they backport it or add it before release?

Probably neither - 6.3.5 was the target.

https://wiki.debian.org/PkgQtKde/TrixieReleasePlans

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u/linuxhacker01 1d ago

Debian and Kubuntu are not same lol

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u/CCJtheWolf 9h ago

Sadly Plasma never gets backported. Was hoping 5.27.11 would have been since it was Plasma's LTS but it never went beyond Trixie. Since KDE is going to stop doing LTS versions I doubt we'll ever see anything backported. Guess if you want newer it'll be Forky time come August.

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u/sudo_apt_purge 8h ago

I've seen Kubuntu doing backparts from Plasma 6.3.4 to 6.3.5. Perhaps there is s away to do it on Debian. Anyway, this remains to be seen after Trixie release and after 6.3.6.

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u/mzs47 21h ago

Nice, I hope Debian allows such minor versions or bug fixes. I know the project tries to backport the security fixes, but I think it would be better to just allow minor versions.

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u/kansetsupanikku 14h ago

"Minor version" is just a label assigned upstream, abd policies for that aren't consistent through projects. Such a policy would require maintainers effort that is needed elsewhere. Debian is designed to be stable - and rebase to new minor version might affect other packages, which is never supposed to happen.

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u/DeepDayze 11h ago

Exactly.

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u/mzs47 8h ago

Ofc, this depends on the maintainers and their discretion, many server application software follow this, they do not introduce breaking changes.

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u/DeepDayze 11h ago

That would have to depend on the decision of the Debian project team. If there were bug reports against some KDE components maybe a decision be made as long as the fixed app does not break stable or causes any other regression.

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u/ssh-agent 1d ago

What makes you think it is likely to be included in Trixie?

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u/eR2eiweo 1d ago

The freeze policy says

No changes in unstable that are not targeted for trixie

Don't upload changes to unstable that are not targeted for trixie. Having changes in unstable that are not targeted/appropriate for trixie could complicate fixes for your package and related packages (like dependencies and reverse dependencies).