Thursday, 17 August 2023
KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 5.109.0.
KDE Frameworks are 83 addon libraries to Qt which provide a wide variety of commonly needed functionality in mature, peer reviewed and well tested libraries with friendly licensing terms. For an introduction see the KDE Frameworks release announcement.
This release is part of a series of planned monthly releases making improvements available to developers in a quick and predictable manner.
New in this version
Baloo
- Document uses and abuses of Baloo::IndexerConfig
- [BalooSearch] Add sort order option
- [Codecs] Make encode/decode methods static, cleanup
- [TermGeneratorTest] Extend phrase coverage
- [AdvancedQueryParserTest] Extend phrase coverage
- [SearchStore] Move private helpers to anonymous namespace
- [BasicIndexingJob] Ignore filename based mimetype for empty files (bug 420339)
- Reduce filesystem dependencies in more tests
- [DocumentUrlDbTest] Remove file system dependencies from test
- [DocumentUrlDb] Split document addition and file tree creation
- [Transaction] Use DocumentUrlDB::contains
- [DocumentUrlDB] Add
containsmethod - Remove proxy for obsolete org.kde.baloo interface
- [Transaction] Remove Transaction::exec convenience method
Extra CMake Modules
- KDEInstallDirs: fix description of KXMLGUIDIR & LOCALEDIR
- KDEGitCommitHooks: Allow passing in of custom scripts (bug 472361)
- qml-plasmoid techbase.kde.org/Projects/Plasma does not exist
KArchive
- Support reading file sizes from ZIP64 extended fields
KCoreAddons
- kurlmimedata: limit amount of in-flight FDs for portal submission (bug 472716)
- kurlmimedata: don't portal symlinks (bug 464225)
- KSignalHandler: possibility to register signal handler as early as possible
KCrash
- On windows, look for drkonqi.exe
KDESU
- SuProcess: Disable echo in the PTY before starting sudo (bug 452532)
- PtyProcess: Allow calling enableLocalEcho before PTY creation
KDE GUI Addons
- fix google-maps-geo-handler
KHolidays
- Update Swedish holidays
KIconThemes
- Do not automatically set breeze as the fallback theme on Android
KImageFormats
- psd: Fix UB type punning
- Treat 3-channel MCH images as CMY images
KIO
- Use switcheroo-control to find discrete GPUs (bug 449106)
- file: preserve mode on put (bug 471539)
- KFileWidget: Use targetUrl to extract urls, better handle absolute urls cases (bug 459485)
Kirigami
- Change Instantiator to Repeater in NavigationTabBar (bug 467860)
- Avatar: Always use uppercase initials
KJS
- setitimer(, NULL, ) is not supported
KPackage Framework
- KPackageTool: Show deprecation warning when metadata.desktop file is used
KPeople
- QML plugin: use KPeople namespace meta object, instead of duplicating
KRunner
- runnerpython cgit.kde.org does not exist
KTextEditor
- completion: Fix only start chars of items are matched
- Fix chaotic up/down cursor movement in Block Selection Mode
- Fix backspace behavior for empty lines with cursor beyond line’s end (block selection mode)
Plasma Framework
- dataengine: do not emit removal signals while iterators are open (bug 446531)
QQC2StyleBridge
- Don't create Sonnet.Settings if not needed
Syntax Highlighting
- Hare language syntax highlighting
Security information
The released code has been GPG-signed using the following key: pub rsa2048/58D0EE648A48B3BB 2016-09-05 David Faure faure@kde.org Primary key fingerprint: 53E6 B47B 45CE A3E0 D5B7 4577 58D0 EE64 8A48 B3BB
Installing binary packages
On Linux, using packages for your favorite distribution is the recommended way to get access to KDE Frameworks. Get KDE Software on Your Linux Distro wiki page
Compiling from sources
The complete source code for KDE Frameworks 5.109.0 may be freely downloaded. Instructions on compiling and installing are available from the KDE Frameworks 5.109.0 Info Page.
Building from source is possible using the basic cmake .; make; make install commands. For a single Tier 1 framework, this is often the easiest solution. People interested in contributing to frameworks or tracking progress in development of the entire set are encouraged to use kdesrc-build. Frameworks 5.109.0 requires Qt 5.15.2.
A detailed listing of all Frameworks with API documentation is on api.kde.org.
Get Involved
Those interested in following and contributing to the development of Frameworks can check out the git repositories and follow the discussions on the KDE Frameworks Development mailing list. Policies and the current state of the project and plans are available at the Frameworks wiki. Real-time discussions take place on the #kde-devel IRC channel on Libera Chat.
Supporting KDE
KDE is a Free Software community that exists and grows only because of the help of many volunteers that donate their time and effort. KDE is always looking for new volunteers and contributions, whether it is help with coding, bug fixing or reporting, writing documentation, translations, promotion, money, etc. All contributions are gratefully appreciated and eagerly accepted. Please read through the Supporting KDE page for further information or become a KDE e.V. supporting member through our Join the Game initiative.