Saturday, 10 June 2017
KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 5.35.0.
KDE Frameworks are 70 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
Attica
- Improve error notification
BluezQt
- Pass an explicit list of arguments. This prevents QProcess from trying to handle our space containing path through a shell
- Fix property changes being missed immediately after an object is added (bug 377405)
Breeze Icons
- update awk mime as it's a script language (bug 376211)
Extra CMake Modules
- restore hidden-visibility testing with Xcode 6.2
- ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(): more unique include guard for header
- Add or improve "Generated. Don't edit" messages and make consistent
- Add a new FindGperf module
- Change default pkgconfig install path for FreeBSD
KActivitiesStats
- Fix kactivities-stats into tier3
KDE Doxygen Tools
- Do not consider keyword Q_REQUIRED_RESULT
KAuth
- Verify that whoever is calling us is actually who he says he is
KCodecs
- Generate gperf output at build time
KCoreAddons
- Ensure proper per thread seeding in KRandom
- Do not watch QRC's paths (bug 374075)
KDBusAddons
- Don't include the pid in the dbus path when on flatpak
KDeclarative
- Consistently emit MouseEventListener::pressed signal
- Don't leak MimeData object (bug 380270)
KDELibs 4 Support
- Handle having spaces in the path to CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR
KEmoticons
- Fix: Qt5::DBus is only privately used
KFileMetaData
- use /usr/bin/env to locate python2
KHTML
- Generate kentities gperf output at build time
- Generate doctypes gperf output at build time
KI18n
- Extend Programmer's Guide with notes about influence of setlocale()
KIO
- Addressed an issue where certain elements in applications (e.g. Dolphin's file view) would become inaccessible in high-dpi multi-screen setup (bug 363548)
- [RenameDialog] Enforce plain text format
- Identify PIE binaries (application/x-sharedlib) as executable files (bug 350018)
- core: expose GETMNTINFO_USES_STATVFS in config header
- PreviewJob: skip remote directories. Too expensive to preview (bug 208625)
- PreviewJob: clean up empty temp file when get() fails (bug 208625)
- Speed up detail treeview display by avoiding too many column resizes
KNewStuff
- Use a single QNAM (and a disk cache) for HTTP jobs
- Internal cache for provider data on initialisation
KNotification
- Fix KSNIs being unable to register service under flatpak
- Use application name instead of pid when creating SNI dbus service
KPeople
- Do not export symbols from private libraries
- Fix symbol exporting for KF5PeopleWidgets and KF5PeopleBackend
- limit #warning to GCC
KWallet Framework
- Replace kwalletd4 after migration has finished
- Signal completion of migration agent
- Only start timer for migration agent if necessary
- Check for unique application instance as early as possible
KWayland
- Add requestToggleKeepAbove/below
- Keep QIcon::fromTheme in main thread
- Remove pid changedSignal in Client::PlasmaWindow
- Add pid to plasma window management protocol
KWidgetsAddons
- KViewStateSerializer: Fix crash when view is destroyed before state serializer (bug 353380)
KWindowSystem
- Better fix for NetRootInfoTestWM in path with spaces
KXMLGUI
- Set main window as parent of stand-alone popup menus
- When building menu hierarchies, parent menus to their containers
Plasma Framework
- Add VLC tray icon
- Plasmoid templates: use the image which is part of the package (again)
- Add template for Plasma QML Applet with QML extension
- Recreate plasmashellsurf on exposed, destroy on hidden
Syntax Highlighting
- Haskell: highlight "julius" quasiquoter using Normal##Javascript rules
- Haskell: enable hamlet highlighting for "shamlet" quasiquoter too
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
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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 5.35.0 may be freely downloaded. Instructions on compiling and installing are available from the KDE Frameworks 5.35.0 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 5.35.0 requires Qt
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.