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author Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com>2020-03-20 10:38:39 +0100
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Release of KDE 5_20.03 for SlackwareKDE-5_20.035_20.03
- PKGLIST updated with the list of available packages in this release (limited to slackware-current). - README updated.
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@@ -1,44 +1,50 @@
-TODO
-====
-
-Remove SDL_sound
-Install openconnect
-
-
KDE5
====
-The first Plasma5 release with PAM (in the 'testing' repo)!
-Note that the regular 'latest' ktown repository is still meant to be used
-with the regular non-pam Slackware!
+--- NOTE --------------------------------------------------------------------
+The 'latest' repository: Plasma5 release without PAM support.
+The 'testing' repository: Plasma5 release with PAM support from Slackware's
+ /testing area.
+The regular 'latest' ktown repository is still meant to be used with
+the regular non-pam Slackware!
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Here is KDE 5_20.02 for Slackware, consisting of KDE Frameworks 5.67.0,
-Plasma 5.18.0 and Applications 19.12.2 on top of Qt 5.13.2.
+Not planned (the Feb '20 release was supposed to be my final one),
+but nevertheless here it is:
+KDE 5_20.03 for Slackware, consisting of KDE Frameworks 5.68.0, Plasma 5.18.3
+and Applications 19.12.3 on top of Slackware's Qt 5.13.2.
-Upgrading from the previous 5_20.01 is relatively straight-forward.
+Upgrading from the previous 5_20.02 is relatively straight-forward.
-KDE-5_20.02 is meant to be installed on top of Slackware -current.
+KDE-5_20.03 is meant to be installed on top of Slackware -current.
It will *replace* any version of KDE 4 you might have installed!
The Plasma 5 Desktop has gotten rid of its Qt4 legacy. Since the release of
Applications 17.12 there's nothing left which is based on kdelibs4.
+Slackware-current has begun its slow adoptation of the Plasma5 dependencies.
+Most importantly, QT5 and its dependencies are already part of Slackware.
What is the NEWS in this batch of updates:
-- The Plasma5 in my 'testing' repository has been compiled against the
- new PAM in Slackware-current's aptly called '/testing' area.
+- Like last month, the Plasma5 in my 'testing' repository has been compiled
+ against the new PAM in Slackware-current's aptly called '/testing' area.
The following packages will pick up PAM support:
plasma:kscreenlocker,plasma-workspace,kwallet-pam
plasma-extra:sddm-qt5
-- Frameworks 5.67.0 is an incremental stability release, see also:
- https://www.kde.org/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.67.0.php
-- Plasma 5.18.0 is the first release of the new 5.18 Long Term Support cycle.
- See https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.18.0.php
-- In plasma-extra I updated latte-dock and rebuilt sddm-qt5.
- I also removed the obsoleted (kdelibs4 based) polkit-kde-kcmodules-framework.
-- Applications 19.12.2 is a bug-fix increment in the 19.12 cycle of the
+- There were some removals in the 'deps' section, all these packages are now
+ present in Slackware itself:
+ OpenAL (renamed in Slackware to openal-soft), SDL_sound (included in
+ Slackware's sdl), brotli, hyphen, libxkbcommon, qt5, qt5-webkit, socat,
+ wayland, wayland-protocols, woff2.
+ The sip packkage was upgraded. And since last month's batch I had also
+ upgraded qca-qt5.
+- Frameworks 5.68.0 is an incremental stability release, see also:
+ https://www.kde.org/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.68.0.php
+- Plasma 5.18.3 is the third release of the new 5.18 Long Term Support cycle.
+ See https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.18.3.php
+- In plasma-extra I updated latte-dock.
+- Applications 19.12.3 is a bug-fix increment in the 19.12 cycle of the
KDE Application Releases.
- See https://kde.org/announcements/releases/19.12.2/
-- In applications-extra I updated kdevelop-pg-qt, kdevelop, kdev-php
- and kdev-python.
+ See https://kde.org/announcements/releases/19.12.3/
+- In applications-extra I updated kstars and added a new package: labplot.
Further points of interest:
- If you have a KDE4-based application that needs library support on this
@@ -56,16 +62,14 @@ Further points of interest:
you'll find many Qt5 related packages. Also, in order for Qt4 and GTK based
applications to dock into the Plasma 5 system tray, more dependencies were
needed. Apart from updates to regular Slackware packages the new ones are:
- OpenAL, PyQt5, SDL_sound, QScintilla, accountsservice, brotli, cfitsio,
- cryptopp, cryfs, ddcutil, dotconf, drumstick, dvdauthor,
- espeak-ng, flite, freecell-solver, frei0r-plugins, grantlee-qt4,
- hack-font-ttf, hyphen, id3lib, lensfun, libappindicator, libburn,
- libdbusmenu-gtk, libdbusmenu-qt5, libdmtx, libindicator,
- libpwquality, libsass, libxkbcommon, md4c, mlt, noto-font-ttf,
+ PyQt5, QScintilla, accountsservice, cfitsio, cryptopp, cryfs, ddcutil,
+ dotconf, drumstick, dvdauthor, espeak-ng, flite, freecell-solver,
+ frei0r-plugins, grantlee-qt4, hack-font-ttf, id3lib, lensfun,
+ libappindicator, libburn, libdbusmenu-gtk, libdbusmenu-qt5, libdmtx,
+ libindicator, libpwquality, libsass, md4c, mlt, noto-font-ttf,
noto-cjk-font-ttf, opencv, pcaudiolib, perl-path-tiny, perl-template-toolkit,
polkit-qt5-1, python-enum34, python3-random2, quazip, qca-qt5, qrencode,
- qt5, qt5-webkit, qtav, rttr, sassc, sni-qt, speech-dispatcher,
- vid.stab, wayland and woff2.
+ qtav, rttr, sassc, sni-qt, speech-dispatcher, and vid.stab
The phonon and poppler packages were extended so that they now support
Qt5 as well as Qt4. The gpgme package picked up Qt5 support.
Note that the SBo version of 'frei0r-plugins' package is called 'frei0r'.
@@ -136,13 +140,16 @@ If you have Slackware 14.2 or -current's default KDE 4.14.3 installed:
Alternatively, in case you are already using an older release of my KDE 5
packages, you need to look up that particular release in the list right below
-(for instance: KDE 5_19.07) and then apply the actions shown for that KDE 5
+(for instance: KDE 5_19.11) and then apply the actions shown for that KDE 5
release *and* all more recent releases, i.e. work your way back up to this
paragraph. Note that some of the old KDE package names were obsoleted along
the way, they were split up, renamed or integrated and that is the reason
for some of the 'removepkg' lines you'll see below.
Here we go:
+If you have my 'ktown' set of KDE 5_20.02 installed:
+- No further actions are needed.
+
If you have my 'ktown' set of KDE 5_20.01 installed:
- Upgrade to KDE 5_20.02
Remove the packages that no longer exist in KDE 5_20.02:
@@ -340,4 +347,4 @@ Reboot your computer and login to a Plasma session.
==============================================================================
- Eric Hameleers / alien at slackware dot com / 11-feb-2020
+ Eric Hameleers / alien at slackware dot com / 13-mar-2020