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Target Versions for Trixie
Notable information
Shipping Qt6 / Qt5 Stacks
Transitions before the freeze
Schedules
Team Coordination with the Trixie Release Schedule
Debian and KDE Schedules Side-by-side
Unblock requests
Backports
Packages Added / Dropped
Reference Documents
Target Versions for Trixie
Qt 6: 6.8.2 =>
Qt 5: 5.15.15 =>
KDE Frameworks 6 : 6.12 => 6.13
KDE Frameworks 5 : 5.115 => 5.116
Plasma : 6.3.5 => 6.3.6
Gear : 24.12.3 + some main 25.04 packages that don’t require library transitions =>
Notable information
Shipping Qt6 / Qt5 Stacks
With the Qt5 stack now being deep in maintenance mode, we will be shipping mostly Qt6 libraries and applications.
What we will ship for the Qt5 stack :
Qt5
KDE Frameworks 5
Compatibility for Qt5 apps in Plasma 6
Remaining Gear apps and libraries that have not been ported to Qt6
What we will
not
be shipping :
Dual Qt5 / Qt6 builds of libraries not part of KDE Frameworks (ex libs shipped by KDE Gear packages)
Transitions before the freeze
TBD
[Qt]
Qt 6.8
=> Done
[Frameworks]
No transition expected
[Plasma]
No transition expected
[Gear]
Marble
=> Done
[Others]
Alkimia
Postponed post-trixie
Schedules
Team Coordination with the Trixie Release Schedule
Qt 6.8.2 => Done
Upload to experimental => Done
Upload to unstable => Done
Frameworks 5.116 => Missed while planning but still done
coucouf plans to upload
5.116
released 4 days
after
the
Hard
Freeze. => Released early and done 2025-04-13
Frameworks 6.12 => Doable (if no transition as expected)
coucouf plans to upload
6.11
released 29 days
before the
Transition
Freeze. => Done 2025-02-15
coucouf plans to upload
6.12
released 1 day
before the
Transition
Freeze. => skipped
coucouf plans to upload
6.13
released 4 days
before the
Soft
Freeze => Done 2025-04-12
Plasma 6.3.5 => Doable
coucouf plans to upload
6.3.0
released
32 days
before the
Transition
Freeze. => Done 2025-02-10
coucouf plans to upload
6.3.1
released
25 days
before the
Transition
Freeze. => skipped
coucouf plans to upload
6.3.2
released
18 days
before the
Transition
Freeze. => Done 2025-02-28
coucouf plans to upload
6.3.3
released
4 days
before the
Transition
Freeze. => skipped
coucouf plans to upload
6.3.4
released
14 days
before the
Soft
Freeze => Done 2025-04-03
coucouf plans to upload
6.3.5
released
9 days
before the
Hard
Freeze. => Done 2025-05-19 only for packages with actual code changes mentioned in the release notes.
coucouf plans to upload
6.3.6
released
54 days
after
the
Hard
Freeze. => Done 2025-07-29 only for packages with actual code changes mentioned in the release notes.
Gear 24.12.3 => Doable
PIM => Done
24.12.0 => Done
24.12.1 => skipped
24.12.2 => Done
24.12.3 => Done
Non-PIM
24.12.0 => Done (except for some package not currently in Debian)
24.12.1 => partially uploaded
24.12.2 => partially uploaded
24.12.3 => skipped
Gear 25.04.3
PIM => Requires a transition and released after the transition freeze
Non-PIM => Done
25.03.90 uploaded, except: kdevelop, kdevelop-php, kdevelop-python, kpmcore, partitionmananger, neochat (some details below)
25.04.0 uploaded, except:
kdevelop
kdevelop-php
kdevelop-python
(soname bump needed)
kpmcore
partitionmanager
(soname bump needed)
neochat
(requires libquotient >= 0.9, requires a soname bump)
25.04.1 => skipped
25.04.2 => Done only for packages with actual code changes mentioned in the release notes, with same exceptions
25.04.3 => Done only for packages with code changes, with same exceptions
Debian and KDE Schedules Side-by-side
Milestone Date
Debian
KDE
Frameworks
Plasma
Gear
2025-01-09
6.10
6.2.90 (beta1)
24.12.1
2025-01-23
6.2.91 (beta2)
2025-02-06
24.12.2
2025-02-11
6.3.0
2025-02-14
6.11
2025-02-18
6.3.1
2025-02-25
6.3.2
2025-03-06
24.12.3
2025-03-11
6.3.3
2025-03-14
6.12
2025-03-15
Transition and
toolchain freeze
2025-03-27
25.03.90 (RC)
2025-04-01
6.3.4
2025-04-11
6.13
2025-04-15
Soft Freeze
2025-04-17
25.04.0
2025-05-06
6.3.5
2025-05-08
25.04.1
2025-05-15
Hard Freeze
2025-05-19
5.116
2025-06-02
25.04.2
2025-07-03
25.04.3
2025-07-08
6.3.6
2025-07-27
Full Freeze
Legend :
TODO
Skipped
Partially uploaded
package set
Uploaded
Unblock requests
Type
Package
Bugs
Reason
Commit
Upload
Unblock
Status
Frameworks
Backports
Package Set
Topic
Upstream Refs
Package
Debian Refs
Version
Status
When
Qt6
QOpenGlContext: Always unset current context in doneCurrent()
qtbase/10c195b8
src:qt6-base
qt6-base/a32b5c54
6.8.2+dfsg-4
Uploaded
experimental
2025-02-15
QThreadPrivate saying "QThreadStorage: Thread %p exited after QThreadStorage %d destroyed"
qtbase/a43c7e58
qtbase/2ef61522
qtbase/12d4bf1a
Frameworks
Plasma
Make Breeze Dark darker
breeze/9c13ba31
src:breeze
breeze/f9ca85c7
6.3.0-1
Uploaded
2025-02-10
libplasma/2038cf78
src:libplasma
libplasma/107674c6
4:6.3.0-1
Uploaded
2025-02-10
Gear
Packages Added / Dropped
List of packages
added
replacing another package or
dropped
between bookworm and trixie.
Type
Package
Comment
Qt5
src:qtdoc-opensource-src
src:qtremoteobjects-everywhere-src
src:qtscxml-everywhere-src
src:qtserialbus-everywhere-src
src:qtstyleplugins-src
src:qtwebkit-opensource-src
Qt6
src:qt6-graphs
Qt 6 graphs module
src:qt6-grpc
Qt 6 gRPC module
src:qt6-location
Qt 6 location module
src:qt6-quickeffectmaker
Qt 6
QtQuick effect maker module
KF5
src:kwayland-kf5
Ships the same contents that was previously in
src:kwayland
which is now part of Plasma 6
src:extra-cmake-modules
Replaced by
src:kf6-extra-cmake-modules
src:kdelibs4support
Qt4 compatibility layer, not used in any Debian package
src:kdewebkit
Out of security support
src:khtml
Out of security support
src:kjs
Out of security support
src:kjsembed
Out of security support
KF6
72
kf6-* packages
including
src:kf6-extra-cmake-modules
Plasma
src:krdp
RDP Server and settings module for Plasma
src:ocean-sound-theme
New sound theme for Plasma 6
src:plasma5support
Plasma support for Qt5 applications
src:plasma-activities
Qt6 continuation of Qt5-based
src:kactivities-kf5
src:plasma-activities-stats
Qt6 continuation of Qt5-based
src:kactivities-stats
src:kgamma
Replaces
src:kgamma5
src:kglobalacceld
Replaces
src:khotkeys
src:libplasma
Qt6 continuation of Qt5-based
src:plasma-framework
src:oxygen-fonts
Abandoned upstream
src:plasma-bigscreen
Development stopped
src:plasma-remotecontrollers
Development stopped
Gear
PIM
src:mimetreeparser
MIME tree parser
src:libkgapi5
Ships a Qt5 build of
src:libkgapi
for compatibility with Qt5 applications
src:calendarsupport
Replaces
src:libkf5calendarsupport
src:eventviews
Replaces
src:libkf5eventviews
src:grantleetheme
Replaces
src:libkf5grantleetheme
src:incidenceeditor
Replaces
src:libkf5incidenceeditor
src:libgravatar
Replaces
src:libkf5gravatar
src:libkdepim
Replaces
src:libkf5libkdepim
src:libkleo
Replaces
src:libkf5libkleo
src:libksieve
Replaces
src:libkf5ksieve
src:mailcommon
Replaces
src:libkf5mailcommon
src:mailimporter
Replaces
src:libkf5mailimporter
src:merkuro
Replaces
src:kalendar
src:messagelib
Replaces
src:kf5-messagelib
src:pimcommon
Replaces
src:libkf5pimcommon
src:akonadi-notes
Abandoned upstream
src:kjots
Abandoned upstream,
src:marknote
recommended as a replacement
src:knotes
Abandoned upstream,
src:marknote
recommended as a replacement
Non-PIM
src:isoimagewriter
Write ISO images to USB disks
src:kde-inotify-survey
Notify user about running out of inotify watches
src:krecorder
Mobile-friendly recording app
src:tokodon
Mastodon client
src:libkdcraw
Replaces
src:libkf5kdcraw
src:libkexiv2
Replaces
src:libkf5kexiv2
src:libkmahjongg
Replaces
src:libkf5kmahjongg
src:libksane
Replaces
src:libkf5sane
src:kipi-plugins
Abandoned upstream
src:kross-interpreters
Abandoned upstream
src:ktp-accounts-kcm
KDE Telepathy stack abandoned upstream
src:ktp-approver
KDE Telepathy stack abandoned upstream
src:ktp-auth-handler
KDE Telepathy stack abandoned upstream
src:ktp-call-ui
KDE Telepathy stack abandoned upstream
src:ktp-common-internals
KDE Telepathy stack abandoned upstream
src:ktp-contact-list
KDE Telepathy stack abandoned upstream
src:ktp-contact-runner
KDE Telepathy stack abandoned upstream
src:ktp-desktop-applets
KDE Telepathy stack abandoned upstream
src:ktp-filetransfer-handler
KDE Telepathy stack abandoned upstream
src:ktp-kded-integration-module
KDE Telepathy stack abandoned upstream
src:ktp-send-file
KDE Telepathy stack abandoned upstream
src:ktp-text-ui
KDE Telepathy stack abandoned upstream
src:libkf5kipi
Abandoned upstream
Mobile
src:calindori
Calendar for Plasma Mobile
src:kasts
Podcats application
src:kclock
Clock for Plasma Mobile
src:koko
Image gallery for Plasma Mobile
src:kweather
Weather app for Plasma Mobile
src:kweathercore
Shared library for online weather used by KWeather
Others
src:amarok
Back after missing several releases !
src:klevernotes
Note taking app
src:kmplayer
Back after missing bookworm
src:ktextaddons
Text processing addons used by PIM
src:marknote
Note taking app, recommended replacement for
src:kjots
and
src:knotes
src:xwaylandvideobridge
Wayland video bridge for X11 clients
src:kdiagram2
Ships the same contents that was previously in
src:kdiagram
for Qt5 apps that still need it
src:kirigami-addons5
Ships the same contents that was previously in
src:kirigami-addons
for Qt5 apps that still need it
src:oxygen-icons
Qt6 continuation of Qt5-based
src:oxygen-icons5
src:kraft
Not ported to Qt6 / KF6 and depends on old PIM / python libs
src:latte-dock
Not ported to Qt6 / Plasma 6
Third Party
src:futuresql
Non-blocking database framework used by several Gear apps
src:gammaray
Tool for examining the internals of Qt applications
src:immer
C++ data structures library
src:kdsoap-ws-discovery-client
Required for newer versions of
src:kdsoap
src:lager
C++ library for value-oriented design
src:libkode
C++ code generation and XML/XSD parsing
src:mpvqt
libmpv wrapper for
QtQuick2 and QML
src:pyside6
Python bindings for Qt6
src:zug
C++ library providing transducers
src:bismuth
Not ported to Qt6 / Plasma 6
src:calamares-extensions
Not ported to Qt6 / KF 6 whereas
src:calamares
itself now relies on Qt6
src:charmtimetracker
Abandoned upstream
src:gtk2-engines-oxygen
Abandoned upstream
src:qt-gstreamer
Abandoned upstream
src:soundkonverter
Abandoned upstream
src:telepathy-accounts-signon
Abandoned upstream
src:telepathy-logger-qt
Abandoned upstream
Reference Documents
Bits from the Release Team: trixie freeze dates
Schedules/Frameworks
Schedules/Plasma 6
Schedules/KDE Gear 25.04 Schedule
CategoryPackaging
CategoryPermalink
: mentioned in the
Release Notes for trixie
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