More 5.27 Releases
Plasma 5.27 is not getting any more regular timed releases. However in the past for LTS releases we have said that we would just make them on-demand if there's enough stuff. I've seen enough patches over the last month that warrant putting into 5.27 with people not cherry-picking some major fixes because "there's not going to be another release". I want to request that we do at least one more spin some time in the next few months. David
Re: More 5.27 Releases
Agreed. I also think it’s a bad mindset to have “there won’t be any 5.27 release”. We should for now treat backporting as if there will be another one, given 6.0 isn’t even out yet. Cheers Kai Uwe Am 12.02.24 um 11:53 schrieb David Edmundson: Plasma 5.27 is not getting any more regular timed releases. However in the past for LTS releases we have said that we would just make them on-demand if there's enough stuff. I've seen enough patches over the last month that warrant putting into 5.27 with people not cherry-picking some major fixes because "there's not going to be another release". I want to request that we do at least one more spin some time in the next few months. David
Re: More 5.27 Releases
I agree, but as discussed in the meeting today, if we want to do a 5.27 release, we should backport the ci adaptations and make ci actually work there On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 11:53 AM David Edmundson wrote: > > Plasma 5.27 is not getting any more regular timed releases. However in > the past for LTS releases we have said that we would just make them > on-demand if there's enough stuff. > > I've seen enough patches over the last month that warrant putting into > 5.27 with people not cherry-picking some major fixes because "there's > not going to be another release". I want to request that we do at > least one more spin some time in the next few months. > > David
Re: More 5.27 Releases
On 12/2/24 21:34, Kai Uwe Broulik wrote: Agreed. I also think it’s a bad mindset to have “there won’t be any 5.27 release”. We should for now treat backporting as if there will be another one, given 6.0 isn’t even out yet. Cheers Kai Uwe Am 12.02.24 um 11:53 schrieb David Edmundson: Plasma 5.27 is not getting any more regular timed releases. However in the past for LTS releases we have said that we would just make them on-demand if there's enough stuff. I've seen enough patches over the last month that warrant putting into 5.27 with people not cherry-picking some major fixes because "there's not going to be another release". I want to request that we do at least one more spin some time in the next few months. David I agree, while Plasma 6 is right around the corner, many distros won't adapt it for some time. Major bugfixes and security fixes should definitely continue being applied until such time that most major distros have updated to 6. Justin
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Agreed, I think it makes sense. Also maybe we should have a policy of "don't avoid backporting just because no more releases are planned" as a sufficient number of backported patched can indicate that we should do another release. Nate On 2/12/24 03:53, David Edmundson wrote: Plasma 5.27 is not getting any more regular timed releases. However in the past for LTS releases we have said that we would just make them on-demand if there's enough stuff. I've seen enough patches over the last month that warrant putting into 5.27 with people not cherry-picking some major fixes because "there's not going to be another release". I want to request that we do at least one more spin some time in the next few months. David
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These replies about a certain amount of bug-fix releases make me very happy as a Kubuntu user. Our next LTS will be released in March 2024, and thus can't be based on Qt6, but we really look forward to the October 2024 release based on a stable Qt6-based Plasma, Frameworks and apps release. Many of our users rely on the LTS for even more stability, so we support that for 3 years. It feels really good to see the Plasma devels having our backs! Autocorrect made "devels" into devils! 😃 Valorie, Kubuntu Councillor On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 5:44 PM Nate Graham wrote: > Agreed, I think it makes sense. Also maybe we should have a policy of > "don't avoid backporting just because no more releases are planned" as a > sufficient number of backported patched can indicate that we should do > another release. > > Nate > > > > On 2/12/24 03:53, David Edmundson wrote: > > Plasma 5.27 is not getting any more regular timed releases. However in > > the past for LTS releases we have said that we would just make them > > on-demand if there's enough stuff. > > > > I've seen enough patches over the last month that warrant putting into > > 5.27 with people not cherry-picking some major fixes because "there's > > not going to be another release". I want to request that we do at > > least one more spin some time in the next few months. > > > > David > -- she/her. "Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them." - Marcus Aurelius
Re: More 5.27 Releases
We discussed it at today's Plasma meeting and decided on Wednesday 6 March for Plasma 5.27.11 Jonathan
