Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:59:38 +0000 From: Lorenzo Salvadore <salvadore@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org Cc: Max Brazhnikov <makc@FreeBSD.org> Subject: git: b628d2c5d7 - main - Status/2025Q4/kde.adoc: Add report Message-ID: <6967a14a.4653d.11ac1d26@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by salvadore: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=b628d2c5d76300269b3eafb26a614f7ff790af00 commit b628d2c5d76300269b3eafb26a614f7ff790af00 Author: Max Brazhnikov <makc@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2026-01-10 12:44:16 +0000 Commit: Lorenzo Salvadore <salvadore@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2026-01-14 13:59:18 +0000 Status/2025Q4/kde.adoc: Add report Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54381 --- .../en/status/report-2025-10-2025-12/kde.adoc | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2025-10-2025-12/kde.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-10-2025-12/kde.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..615749e162 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-10-2025-12/kde.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +=== KDE on FreeBSD + +Links: + +link:https://freebsd.kde.org/[KDE/FreeBSD initiative] URL: link:https://freebsd.kde.org/[] + +link:https://community.kde.org/FreeBSD[FreeBSD -- KDE Community Wiki] URL: link:https://community.kde.org/FreeBSD[] + +Contact: KDE on FreeBSD Mailing List <kde@FreeBSD.org> + +The KDE on FreeBSD project packages CMake, Qt, and software from the KDE Community, for the FreeBSD ports tree. +The software includes a full desktop environment called KDE Plasma (for both X11 and Wayland) and hundreds of applications that can be used on any FreeBSD machine. +The mailto:kde@FreeBSD.org[KDE team] is part of mailto:desktop@FreeBSD.org[desktop@], building the software stack to make FreeBSD beautiful and usable as a daily driver graphical desktop workstation. + +==== Infrastructure + +CMake was updated to 3.31.10. +Ninja was updated to 1.13.2. + +Qt6, PyQt6, and PySide6 were updated to 6.10.1. + +Qt5 was updated to 5.15.18 KDE patch collection. +Upstream standard support for Qt5 is officially over. +This might be the last update for Qt5 on FreeBSD. + +==== KDE Stack + +KDE Frameworks, Plasma, and Gear release happen very regularly. mailto:kde@FreeBSD.org[KDE team] lands these updates shortly after their upstream release. + +* KDE Frameworks ports were updated to 6.21.0. +* KDE Plasma Desktop was updated to 6.5.4. +* KDE Gear was updated to 25.12.0. + +With KDE Gear 25.12.0 the last two applications have been finally ported to Qt6, and KDE Stack is liberated from Qt5 packages now. +The package:x11/kde[] port has been reduced and does not install Plasma 6 integration plugins for Qt5 and GTK2 applications anymore. +They are still available and can be installed via package:x11/plasma6-plasma[] port if required. + +Support for Plasma/Wayland has been improved. +It can be used as a daily driver instead of Plasma/X11. + +==== Related Ports + +The mailto:kde@FreeBSD.org[KDE team] maintains nearly 730 ports and updates them all as needed. +According to link:https://portscout.freebsd.org/kde@freebsd.org.html[Portscout] only 1% ports are outdated. + +The KDE team would like to thank mailto:arrowd@FreeBSD.org[Gleb Popov], mailto:jhale@FreebSD.org[Jason E. Hale], mailto:lbartoletti@FreeBSD.org[Loïc Bartoletti], and mailto:makc@FreeBSD.org[Max Brazhnikov] for keeping things up-to-date. +The KDE team is grateful to Harley (SponiX on IRC) for sharing his building box.home | help
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