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Release Announcements

KDE Frameworks 6.10.0

Thursday, 9 January 2025

KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 6.10.0.

KDE Frameworks are 72 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
Breeze Icons
  • Create-app-symlinks.py: add cuttlefish (org.kde.iconexplorer). Commit.
  • Add new pcmanfm-qt icon. Commit.
  • Add open-link-symbolic icon. Commit.
  • Add snap package icon. Commit.
  • Add symbolic version of preferences-security. Commit.
  • Add symbolic version of preferences-desktop-emoticons. Commit.
  • Tests: ignore missing index.theme in ScalableTest::test_scalableDuplicates(). Commit.
Extra CMake Modules
  • Make building docs optional. Commit.
  • Add since documentation. Commit.
  • ECMAddAndroidApk: add "PACKAGE_NAME" argument. Commit.
  • ECMGenerateHeaders: set IWYU export pragma also for helper prefixed headers. Commit.
  • Also allow to disable the nasty Android threads workaround via env vars. Commit.
  • ECMGenerateHeaders: Set include-what-you-use pragma. Commit.
  • Simplify moving QM catalog loading to the main thread. Commit.
KBookmarks
  • Remove unimplemented methods. Commit.
KCalendarCore
  • Add missing log categories. Commit.
KCMUtils
KConfig
  • Fix shortcuts for mac os. Commit.
  • Replace BufferFragment by QByteArrayView. Commit.
  • Docs(DESIGN): Fix URL to tutorial. Commit.
KDeclarative
  • Don't install namelink for kquickcontrolsprivate. Commit.
  • Port kquickcontrols to ecm_add_qml_module. Commit.
KDocTools
  • Fix the documented mailing list address for this project. Commit.
  • Update Turkish entities. Commit.
  • General.entities "BSD" is not TM. Commit.
KGuiAddons
  • Systemclipboard: Cache mimetypes after retrieval. Commit. Fixes bug #497735
  • Dont crash if the compostior doesnt support the shortcut inhibit protocol. Commit. Fixes bug #497457
  • Bump PlasmaWaylandProtocols build dependency to 1.15.0 due to 333ba248641023d80ced18012e8cef45bbb71edb. Commit.
KHolidays
  • Update holiday_bg_bg: Add namedays. Commit.
KI18n
  • Add context to missing argument warnings in i18n QML calls. Commit.
KIconThemes
  • Use Qt API to fully override the engine. Commit.
KImageformats
  • Avif: color profiles improvements. Commit.
  • Update heif.json. Commit.
  • HEIF plug-in extended to read AVCI format. Commit.
  • Readme updated with some clarification. Commit.
  • DDS: enable plugin by default. Commit.
  • PSD: Added support to MCH1 and MCH2. Commit.
  • XCF: Fix OSS Fuzz issue 42527849. Commit.
  • JXR: Fix loss of HDR data on write for format RGBA16FPx16_Premultiplied. Commit.
  • DDS: Fix for OSS Fuzz issue 384974505. Commit.
  • DDS: improved read/write support. Commit.
  • Read / Write test: added NULL device test. Commit.
  • DDS: multiple FP improvements. Commit.
  • PFM: fix error when loading images with comments. Commit.
  • DDS: fix buffer overflow in readCubeMap. Commit.
  • Re-added DDS plugin support. Commit. See bug #380956
KIO
  • Remove unimplemented methods. Commit.
  • [kfilefiltercombo] Fix creating 'All supported types' filter. Commit. See bug #497399
  • StandardThumbnailJob is internal, header not installed. Commit.
Kirigami
  • Expose auto exclusive from AbstractButton to Kirigami.Action. Commit.
  • Mnemonic: Emit sequence change also when it gets disabled. Commit.
  • ListSectionHeader: set Accessible.role to Heading. Commit.
  • Controls/Card: set title as default Accessible.name. Commit. See bug #497971
  • FormLayout: Set mnemonic only if buddy is visible and doesn't have one. Commit.
  • FormLayout: Activate buddy with ShortcutFocusReason. Commit.
  • Qmltest: Avoid Qt module include. Commit.
  • SearchDialog: Add emptyHelpfulAction. Commit.
  • FormLayout: Make use of animateClick in shortcut activation. Commit.
  • Don't overwrite menubar position. Commit.
  • Platformtheme: Set Accent color in highlight. Commit.
  • Fix documentation referring to not existing Theme.smallSpacing. Commit.
  • Ensure sidebar "y" position is only shifted when menubar/header is visible. Commit.
KNewStuff
  • Remove unimplemented methods. Commit.
  • Remove Q_EMIT for non-signal method call. Commit.
  • Add trailing comma to enum. Commit.
  • Fix compile on macos. Commit.
KNotifications
  • NotifyByAndroid: Set CONTEXT_NOT_EXPORTED. Commit.
KParts
  • Src/mainwindow.cpp fix deprecation warning. Commit.
KQuickCharts
  • Remove unimplemented methods. Commit.
KSVG
KTextEditor
  • Fix default shortcuts for mac os. Commit.
  • Rewrite Kate::TextBlock::mergeBlock m_cursors merging code. Commit.
  • Use one targetBlock->m_lines.insert instead of many targetBlock->m_lines.push_back. Commit.
  • Add testNoFlippedRange and testBlockSplitAndMerge to movingrange_test. Commit.
  • Preprocess lineEndings before pasting. Commit.
  • "Paste From File" feature for Kate to select a file and insert it's contents into the current file. Commit. Fixes bug #496902
  • Remove unnecessary multicursor clipboard code. Commit.
  • Try to split clipboard text across multiple cursors when pasting. Commit. Fixes bug #497863
  • Optimize kill lines for large number of cursors. Commit.
  • Fix full line selection behaviour of the C++ versions of the editing commands. Commit.
  • Remove not needed include. Commit.
  • Ensure content like from document doesn't make the dialog size explode. Commit. Fixes bug #497328
  • Store QTextLayout inline. Commit. See bug #483363
KTextTemplate
  • Remove unimplemented methods. Commit.
  • Fix build with Qt 6.10 (dev). Commit.
KUnitConversion
  • Fix rack unit conversion factor. Commit.
  • Add rack units to length conversion. Commit.
KWallet
  • Remove unimplemented methods. Commit.
KWidgetsAddons
  • KBusyIndicatorWidget: Add member functions to start and stop the spinning animation. Commit.
  • Ci: add Alpine/musl job. Commit.
  • Fix -Werror=return-type error when building kmessagewidgettest. Commit.
KXMLGUI
  • Add more support for toolbars in dbus interface. Commit.
Network Manager Qt
  • Remove checks for quotes on ConnectivityCheckUri. Commit.
  • Expose ConnectivityCheck properties. Commit.
Prison
  • Add QtMultimedia dependency to scanner QML module. Commit.
  • Remove errornous QML registration. Commit.
  • Register ScanResult to QML. Commit.
Purpose
  • Use DBus instead of kdeconnect-cli executable. Commit.
  • [kdeconnect] Port away from org.kde.kdeconnect QML import. Commit.
  • AlternativesModel: Return early if there's no input data. Commit.
QQC2 Desktop Style
  • Switch: Fix typo. Commit.
  • UpdateItem when mnemonic active changes. Commit.
  • Make use of animateClick in mnemonics. Commit.
  • ToolButton: Remove unused id. Commit.
Solid
  • [UPowerManager] Also print error message on failure. Commit. See bug #497474
  • Add null check for StorageAccess interface in storageAccessFromPath. Commit. Fixes bug #497299. See bug #492578
Sonnet
  • Remove unimplemented methods. Commit.
Syntax Highlighting
  • Systemd unit: update to systemd v257. Commit.
  • Add missing include. Commit.

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 6.10.0 may be freely downloaded. Instructions on compiling and installing are available from the KDE Frameworks 6.10.0 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 6.10.0 requires Qt 6.5.0.

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

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