[gentoo-commits] data/gentoo-news:master commit in: 2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable/

[gentoo-commits] data/gentoo-news:master commit in: 2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable/

[Andreas Sturmlechner]

commit:     5195a84ba3d59724b078ad5c08e55c6182cea372
Author:     Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Sat Aug 31 12:00:14 2024 +0000
Commit:     Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sat Aug 31 20:01:26 2024 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=5195a84b

2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable: add news item

Signed-off-by: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm <AT> gentoo.org>

 ...2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable.en.txt | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+)

diff --git a/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable.en.txt b/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable.en.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b527535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable.en.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+Title: KDE Plasma 6.1.4 and Gear 24.05.2 Upgrade
+Author: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org>
+Posted: 2024-08-31
+Revision: 1
+News-Item-Format: 2.0
+Display-If-Installed: kde-plasma/plasma-workspace:5
+
+Reasons
+=======
+
+KDE Plasma 5 has reached end of life and is no longer supported by Gentoo.
+Qt5 upstream OSS support ended on 2020-12-08, and LTS releases - even with
+considerable effort by KDE community's backports on top - only go so far.
+It is therefore required for all users to upgrade to KDE Plasma 6[1].
+
+At the same time, KDE Gear 24.05.2 is provided with most applications ported
+over to KDE Frameworks 6. As long as KF5-based applications are being shipped
+with the KDE Gear bundle, and other non-KDE Qt5-based applications still
+common in ::gentoo repository, it is advised *not* to disable USE="qt5".
+
+
+Changes
+=======
+
+Not many - much like Qt6, this is mostly an evolution of the existing
+codebase, no disruptive feat.
+
+Plasma Wayland support has come a long way and therefore KDE developers have
+decided to make it the default login session for Plasma 6, even if some
+known papercuts[2] remain. For users affected too much by those, switching
+to the still existing X11 session is as easy as selecting it in the display
+manager of choice. Disabling USE="wayland" is *not* changing this default,
+it will yield no dependency savings, and we advise against doing so. It does
+not affect users' X11 sessions.
+
+In Gentoo:
+
+The 32-bit ~arm/arm keyword was inconsistent across KDE Plasma, KDE
+Frameworks, and KDE Gear, and has been dropped.
+
+The situation for x86 was similar to arm and test failures often blocked
+stabilization. Stable x86 has been dropped, ~x86 was dropped for KDE PIM,
+dev-util/kdevelop and any other dev-qt/qtwebengine:6 reverse dependencies.
+
+
+User Action Required
+====================
+
+For users of a desktop profile[3], no specific upgrade steps are necessary,
+although some precautionary measures are advised before and during upgrade:
+
+- Switch to a standard (Breeze or Oxygen) theme
+- Depclean kde-misc/latte-dock, it is unfit for Plasma 6 (and masked already)
+- Cleanup sets and @world from any SLOT or version pinning of KDE packages
+- If possible, perform the upgrade not inside a running Plasma session
+
+Necessary USE flag changes were already made in desktop profile, therefore
+only users of other profiles should set USE="kf6compat qt6" globally[4].
+
+Users are recommended to run the following command (pretend-only) to identify
+packages in @world which have been removed, to help reduce conflicts:
+
+    emerge -pev @world --backtrack=0
+
+Then for any "no ebuild available" messages, either resolve it by making
+the needed changes, or emerge --deselect them. Then proceed to the world
+upgrade below.
+
+Once the packages become available on your arch, it should be as simple as
+update @world:
+
+    emerge -avuUD @world
+
+
+[1] https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/
+[2] https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Wayland_Known_Significant_Issues
+[3] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/KDE#Profile
+[4] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/package.use

[gentoo-commits] data/gentoo-news:master commit in: 2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable/

[Sam James]

commit:     c4f9680676aca17ca36d0d9405fd0c9e07d36328
Author:     Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Sun Sep  1 08:09:31 2024 +0000
Commit:     Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sun Sep  1 08:09:31 2024 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=c4f96806

2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable: add other packages w/ kf6compat

Add all packages w/ IUSE="kf6compat", scoped by slot, to help cover those
e.g. not on Plasma profile.

Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org>

 .../2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable.en.txt           | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable.en.txt b/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable.en.txt
index b527535..a780ad8 100644
--- a/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable.en.txt
+++ b/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable.en.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 Title: KDE Plasma 6.1.4 and Gear 24.05.2 Upgrade
 Author: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org>
 Posted: 2024-08-31
-Revision: 1
+Revision: 2
 News-Item-Format: 2.0
+Display-If-Installed: kde-apps/kio-extras:5
+Display-If-Installed: kde-apps/libkgapi:5
+Display-If-Installed: kde-frameworks/baloo:5
+Display-If-Installed: kde-frameworks/kglobalaccel:5
+Display-If-Installed: kde-frameworks/kguiaddons:5
+Display-If-Installed: kde-frameworks/kuserfeedback:5
+Display-If-Installed: kde-frameworks/kwallet:5
+Display-If-Installed: kde-misc/kio-gdrive:5
+Display-If-Installed: kde-plasma/libplasma:5
 Display-If-Installed: kde-plasma/plasma-workspace:5
 
 Reasons

[gentoo-commits] data/gentoo-news:master commit in: 2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable/

[Sam James]

commit:     66b83002074073a47f715d122518710c13663f75
Author:     Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Mon Sep  2 06:47:01 2024 +0000
Commit:     Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Mon Sep  2 06:47:01 2024 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=66b83002

2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable: mention dispatch-conf & depclean

A few users have forgotten to dispatch-conf at least.

Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org>

 .../2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable.en.txt               | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable.en.txt b/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable.en.txt
index a780ad8..7a37bcc 100644
--- a/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable.en.txt
+++ b/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable/2024-08-31-kde-plasma6-gear-24-05-stable.en.txt
@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ update @world:
 
     emerge -avuUD @world
 
+Run dispatch-conf (preferred) or etc-update to get updated configuration
+files:
+
+    dispatch-conf
+
+Then depclean:
+
+    emerge -ac
 
 [1] https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/
 [2] https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Wayland_Known_Significant_Issues