KDE Frameworks 5.51.0

Monday, 15 October 2018

KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 5.51.0.

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

Baloo

• Add calls to KIO::UDSEntry::reserve in timeline/tags ioslaves
• [balooctl] Flush buffered "Indexing <file>" line when indexing starts
• [FileContentIndexer] Connect finished signal from extractor process
• [PositionCodec] Avoid crash in case of corrupt data (bug 367480)
• Fix invalid char constant
• [Balooctl] remove directory parent check (bug 396535)
• Allow removing non-existent folders from include and exclude lists (bug 375370)
• Use String to store UDS_USER and UDS_GROUP of String type (bug 398867)
• [tags_kio] Fix parenthesis. Somehow this got by my code checker
• Exclude genome files from indexing

BluezQt

• Implement Media and MediaEndpoint API

Breeze Icons

• Fix "stack-use-after-scope" detected by ASAN in CI
• Fix monochrome icons missing stylesheets
• Change drive-harddisk to more adaptable style
• Add firewall-config and firewall-applet icons
• Make lock on plasmavault icon visible with breeze-dark
• Add plus symbol to document-new.svg (bug 398850)
• Provide icons for 2x scaling

Extra CMake Modules

• Compile python bindings with the same sip flags used by PyQt
• Android: Allow passing a relative path as the apk dir
• Android: Properly offer a fallback to applications that don't have a manifest
• Android: Make sure Qm translations get loaded
• Fix Android builds using cmake 3.12.1
• l10n: Fix matching digits in the repository name
• Add QT_NO_NARROWING_CONVERSIONS_IN_CONNECT as default compile flags
• Bindings: Correct handling of sources containing utf-8
• Actually iterate over CF_GENERATED, rather than checking item 0 all the time

KActivities

• Fix dangling reference with "auto" becoming "QStringBuilder"

KCMUtils

• manage return events
• Manually resize KCMUtilDialog to sizeHint() (bug 389585)

KConfig

• Fix issue when reading path lists
• kcfg_compiler now documents valid inputs for its 'Color' type

KFileMetaData

• remove own implementation of QString to TString conversion for taglibwriter
• increase test coverage of taglibwriter
• implement more basic tags for taglibwriter
• remove usage of own TString to QString conversion function
• bump required taglib version to 1.11.1
• implement reading of the replaygain tags

KHolidays

• add Ivory Coast holidays (French) (bug 398161)
• holiday*hk** - fix date for Tuen Ng Festival in 2019 (bug 398670)

KI18n

• Properly scope CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES change
• Android: Make sure we're looking for .mo files in the right path

KIconThemes

• Start drawing emblems in the bottom-right corner

KImageFormats

• kimg_rgb: optimize away QRegExp and QString::fromLocal8Bit
• [EPS] Fix crash at app shutdown (being tried to persist clipboard image) (bug 397040)

KInit

• Lessen log spam by not checking for existence of file with empty name (bug 388611)

KIO

• allow non-local file:// redirect to a Windows WebDav URL
• [KFilePlacesView] Change icon for the 'Edit' context menu entry in Places panel
• [Places panel] use more appropriate network icon
• [KPropertiesDialog] Show mount information for folders in / (root)
• Fix deletion of files from DAV (bug 355441)
• Avoid QByteArray::remove in AccessManagerReply::readData (bug 375765)
• Don't try to restore invalid user places
• Make it possible to change directory up even with trailing slashes in the url
• KIO slave crashes are now handled by KCrash instead of subpar custom code
• Fixed a file being created from pasted clipboard contents showing up only after a delay
• [PreviewJob] Send enabled thumbnail plugins to the thumbnail slave (bug 388303)
• Improve "insufficient disk space" error message
• IKWS: use non-deprecated "X-KDE-ServiceTypes" in desktop file generation
• Fix WebDAV destination header on COPY and MOVE operations
• Warn user before copy/move operation if available space is not enough (bug 243160)
• Move SMB KCM to Network Settings category
• trash: Fix directorysizes cache parsing
• kioexecd: watch for creations or modifications of the temporary files (bug 397742)
• Don't draw frames and shadows around images with transparency (bug 258514)
• Fixed file type icon in file properties dialog rendered blurry on high dpi screens

Kirigami

• properly open the drawer when dragged by handle
• extra margin when the pagerow globaltoolbar is ToolBar
• support also Layout.preferredWidth for sheet size
• get rid of last controls1 remains
• Allow creation of separator Actions
• consent an arbitrary # of columns in CardsGridview
• Don't actively destroy menu items (bug 397863)
• icons in actionButton are monochrome
• don't make icons monochrome when they shouldn't
• restore the arbitrary *1.5 sizing of icons on mobile
• delegate recycler: Do not request the context object twice
• use the internal material ripple implementation
• control header width by sourcesize if horizontal
• expose all properties of BannerImage in Cards
• use DesktopIcon even on plasma
• correctly load file:// paths
• Revert "Start looking for the context from the delegate itself"
• Add test case that outlines scoping issue in DelegateRecycler
• explicitly set an height for overlayDrawers (bug 398163)
• Start looking for the context from the delegate itself

KItemModels

• Use reference in for loop for type with non-trivial copy constructor

KNewStuff

• Add support for Attica tags support (bug 398412)
• [KMoreTools] give the "Configure..." menu item an appropriate icon (bug 398390)
• [KMoreTools] Reduce menu hierarchy
• Fix 'Impossible to use knsrc file for uploads from non standard location' (bug 397958)
• Make test tools link on Windows
• Unbreak build with Qt 5.9
• Add support for Attica tags support

KNotification

• Fixed a crash caused by bad lifetime management of canberra-based audio notification (bug 398695)

KNotifyConfig

• Fix UI file hint: KUrlRequester now has QWidget as base class

KPackage Framework

• Use reference in for loop for type with non-trivial copy constructor
• Move Qt5::DBus to the 'PRIVATE' link targets
• Emit signals when a package is installed/uninstalled

KPeople

• Fix signals not being emitted when merging two persons
• Don't crash if person gets removed
• Define PersonActionsPrivate as class, as declared before
• Make PersonPluginManager API public

Kross

• core: handle better comments for actions

KTextEditor

• Paint code folding marker only for multiline code folding regions
• Intialize m_lastPosition
• Scripting: isCode() returns false for dsAlert text (bug 398393)
• use R Script hl for R indent tests
• Update of the R indent script
• Fix Solarized Light and Dark color schemes (bug 382075)
• Don't require Qt5::XmlPatterns

KTextWidgets

• ktextedit: lazy load the QTextToSpeech object

KWallet Framework

• Log wallet open failure errors

KWayland

• Don't silently error if damage is sent before buffer (bug 397834)
• [server] Do not return early on fail in touchDown fall back code
• [server] Fix remote access buffer handling when output not bound
• [server] Do not try to create data offers without source
• [server] Abort drag start on correct conditions and without posting error

KWidgetsAddons

• [KCollapsibleGroupBox] Respect style's widget animation duration (bug 397103)
• Remove obsolete Qt version check
• Compile

KWindowSystem

• Use _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_COMBO instead of _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_COMBOBOX

KXMLGUI

• Fix OCS provider URL in about dialog

NetworkManagerQt

• Use matching enum value AuthEapMethodUnknown to compare a AuthEapMethod

Plasma Framework

• Bump theme version strings because there are new icons in 5.51
• Also raise configuration window when reusing it
• Add missing component: RoundButton
• Combine display OSD icon files and move to plasma icon theme (bug 395714)
• [Plasma Components 3 Slider] Fix implicit size of handle
• [Plasma Components 3 ComboBox] Switch entries with mouse wheel
• Support button icons when present
• Fixed week names not showing properly in calendar when week starts with a day other than Monday or Sunday (bug 390330)
• [DialogShadows] Use 0 offset for disabled borders on Wayland

Prison

• Fix rendering Aztec codes with an aspect ratio != 1
• Remove assumption about the barcode aspect ratio from the QML integration
• Fix rendering glitches caused by rounding errors in Code 128
• Add support for Code 128 barcodes

Purpose

• Make cmake 3.0 the minimum cmake version

QQC2StyleBridge

• Small default padding when there is a background

Solid

• Don't show an emblem for mounted disks, only unmounted disks
• [Fstab] Remove AIX support
• [Fstab] Remove Tru64 (osf) support
• [Fstab] Show non-empty share name in case root fs is exported (bug 395562)
• Prefer provided drive label for loop devices as well

Sonnet

• Fix breakage of language guessing
• Prevent highlighter from erasing selected text (bug 398661)

Syntax Highlighting

• i18n: fix extraction of theme names
• Fortran: Highlight alerts in comments (bug 349014)
• avoid that the main context can be #poped
• Endless state transition guard
• YAML: add literal & folded block styles (bug 398314)
• Logcat & SELinux: improvements for the new Solarized schemes
• AppArmor: fix crashes in open rules (in KF5.50) and improvements for the new Solarized schemes
• Merge git://anongit.kde.org/syntax-highlighting
• Update git ignore stuff
• Use reference in for loop for type with non-trivial copy constructor
• Fix: Email highlighting for unclosed parenthesis in Subject header (bug 398717)
• Perl: fix brackets, variables, string references and others (bug 391577)
• Bash: fix parameter & brace expansion (bug 387915)
• Add Solarized Light and Dark themes

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 5.51.0 may be freely downloaded. Instructions on compiling and installing are available from the KDE Frameworks 5.51.0 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 5.51.0 requires Qt .

A detailed listing of all Frameworks with API documentation is on api.kde.org.

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