Dozens of KDE apps are getting new releases from KDE’s release service. New
features, usability improvements, re-designs and bug fixes all contribute to
helping boost your productivity and making this new batch of applications more
efficient and pleasant to use.
Full announcement:
https://kde.org/announcements/releases/2020-08-apps-update/
Please refer to the 20200811 UPDATING entry when upgrading
dependent (*-emacs26-*) ports.
Port changes:
- depend on math/gmp
- match upstream by turning CAIRO, HARFBUZZ, and JSON options and on and
turning MAGICK off by default
- remove OPENMP check for graphics/ImageMagick as the openmp is now
included in base
- update EMACS_VER in Mk/Uses/emacs.mk
- bump USES=emacs ports or remove BROKEN for net-im/jabber.el and
deskutils/howm, which now build
Submitted by: HIROSE Yuuji <yuuji@gentei.org> (canna patch)
Reviewed by: ashish
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23966
August 08, 2020. KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 5.73.0.
KDE Frameworks are over 70 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 web page.
This release is part of a series of planned monthly releases making
improvements available to developers in a quick and predictable manner.
Changelog:
https://kde.org/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.73.0
PR: 248534
Exp-run by: antoine
Tuesday, 28 July 2020. Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5,
versioned 5.19.4. Plasma 5.19 was released in June 2020 with many feature
refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience.
This release adds three week's worth of new translations and fixes from KDE's
contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important and include:
* Plasma Networkmanager: Make hotspot configuration dialog bigger.
* Only open KCM in systemsettings if it can be displayed. Fixes bug #423612
* Plasma Vault: Reset password field when the user clicks Ok. Fixes bug #424063
Full changelog:
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.19.3-5.19.4-changelog
Per discussion on D14709, this patch implements Antoine's suggested "closest
version" logic in place of the previous "highest version" when the default
version is not in the range allowed by the port.
Submitted by: Andrew Gierth <andrew_tao173.riddles.org.uk>
MFH: no
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24492
July 04, 2020. KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 5.72.0.
KDE Frameworks are over 70 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 web page.
This release is part of a series of planned monthly releases making
improvements available to developers in a quick and predictable manner.
Changelog:
https://kde.org/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.72.0.php?site_locale=en
- net/kdav became a framework and was therefore moved to net/kf5-kdav.
- thanks to adridg@ for fixing the fallout
Exp-run by: antoine
PR: 247907
- This Rust release comes with LLVM 10. Drop the LLVM patches we
no longer need.
- On FreeBSD 13.0 powerpc64 set the elfv2 ABI explicitly in the
Rust target instead of patching LLVM.
- Build LLVM with Ninja. It can shorten the build time slightly.
- Force rebuild all consumers to catch regressions early
Changes: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2020/07/16/Rust-1.45.0.html
Tested by: mikael, pkubaj, tobik
With hat: rust
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D25658
Tuesday, 7 July 2020. Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5,
versioned 5.19.3. Plasma 5.19 was released in June 2020 with many feature
refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience.
This release adds a fortnight's worth of new translations and fixes from KDE's
contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important and include:
* KWin: Make sure tablet coordinates take decorations into account. Fixes bug #423833
* Fix a KCM crash when no file manager is installed. Fixes bug #422819
* Powerdevil: Fix compilation with Qt 5.15, this hit the time bomb too.
Full Plasma 5.19.3 changelog:
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.19.2-5.19.3-changelog
This is a major upgrade of the Qt libraries [1], [2].
* People that use upgrading mechanisms with incomplete dependency handling
(portmaster & Co) should make sure to manually remove the existing Qt
packages to guarantee a safe upgrade. Keep in mind, that Qt does not like if
you have an incomplete upgrade.
* This version of Qt drops support for OpenSSL 1.0 -- this means that there
won't be any binary packages for Qt5 provided by the FreeBSD package builders
for FreeBSD 11.x anymore -- and the same for *all* the ports depending on
net/qt5-network [3]. If you cannot upgrade to a more recent FreeBSD
version (12.x, 13.x), you will need to build Qt5 from ports while switching
to an SSL implementation from ports.
Big thanks are due for
* kai@ for updating webengine (also mikael@)
* Felix Palmen for providing LibreSSL support patches
* adridg@ and lbartoletti@ for helping me fix the fallout
[1] https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-5.15-released
[2] https://wiki.qt.io/New_Features_in_Qt_5.15
[3] https://www.freshports.org/net/qt5-network
PR: 247010
Exp-run by: antoine
Chase the devel/libffi update
Bump portrevision of all dependent ports to chace shard library version bump
in libffi.
Update LIB_DEPENDS lines where needed to not require a specific version of
libffi.so.
PR: 247028 (for tracking)
Tuesday, 23 June 2020. Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5,
versioned 5.19.2. Plasma 5.19 was released in June 2020 with many feature
refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience.
This release adds a week's worth of new translations and fixes from KDE's
contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important and include:
* Fix KRunner positioning on X11 with High DPI and Qt scaling on Plasma.
* Fix case of monitored service in startplasma's shutdown.
* KSysGuard: Expose better size hints.
Full changelog:
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.19.1-5.19.2-changelog
June 06, 2020. KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 5.71.0.
KDE Frameworks are over 70 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 web page.
This release is part of a series of planned monthly releases making
improvements available to developers in a quick and predictable manner.
Announcement:
https://kde.org/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.71.0
Exp-run by: antoine
PR: 247240
Tuesday, 16 June 2020. Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5,
versioned 5.19.1. Plasma 5.19 was released in June 2020 with many feature
refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience.
This release adds a month's worth of new translations and fixes from KDE's
contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important and include:
* Dr Konqi: Map neon in platform guessing.
* Battery applet not showing up in tray.
* Fix confirmLogout setting for SessionManagement.
Changelog:
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.19.0-5.19.1-changelog
Tuesday, 9 June 2020.
Plasma 5.19 is out! If we gave alliterative names to Plasma releases, this one
could be "Polished Plasma". The effort developers have put into squashing bugs
and removing annoying papercuts has been immense.
In this release, we have prioritized making Plasma more consistent, correcting
and unifying designs of widgets and desktop elements; worked on giving you more
control over your desktop by adding configuration options to the System
Settings; and improved usability, making Plasma and its components easier to
use and an overall more pleasurable experience.
Read on to discover all the new features and improvements of Plasma 5.19…
Announcement:
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.19.0
- Remove devel/cargo-tree since it is now integrated into cargo
- Add patch to fix build with LibreSSL 3.1.x and 3.2.0 [1]
- Force rebuild all consumers to catch regressions early
Changes: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2020/06/04/Rust-1.44.0.html
PR: 246332 [1]
Tested by: mikael, tobik
With hat: rust
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D25099
Allow ports to only depend on a component of PyQt for testing.
USES=pyqt:5
USE_PYQT=webengine_test
will add a TEST_DEPENDS on www/py-qt5-webengine
Approved by: portmgr (mat)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23241
USES=scons:python2 usage is a temporary solution for ports using Python 2.
It will be removed when all consumers moved to Python 3.
Or it will go away with Python 2 removal by December 31, 2020.
May 02, 2020. KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 5.70.0.
KDE Frameworks are over 70 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 web page.
This release is part of a series of planned monthly releases making
improvements available to developers in a quick and predictable manner.
Announcement:
https://kde.org/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.70.0.php
PR: 246331
Exp-run by: antoine
From the changelog [1]:
Some of the fixes included in this release are:
* kio-fish: Only store password in KWallet if the user asked for it.
* The Umbrello Fixes for adding multiline c++ comment support.
* The scrolling behavior in the Okular document viewer has been
improved and is more usable with free-spinning mouse wheels
* A regression that sometimes caused the JuK music player to
crash on start has been fixed
* The Kdenlive video editor has received many stability updates,
including a fix to the DVD chapter creation and a fix that
improves the handling of timecodes, improved handling of missing
clips, draw “photo” frame on image clips to differentiate from
video clips., and previews in the timeline
* KMail now correctly handles existing maildir folders when adding
a new maildir profile and no longer crashes when adding too many
recipients
* Import and export of Kontact settings has been enhanced to include
more data
[1] https://kde.org/announcements/changelog-releases.php?version=20.04.1
- Repocopy textproc/py-sphinx to textproc/py-sphinx18
Update it to 1.8.5 (latest version from 1.8.X).
This version supports Python 2 and 3.
Add test target.
- textproc/py-sphinx: Update to 3.0.2
Python 3 only (3.5+).
Add test target.
- Mk/Uses/python.mk: Add PY_SPHINX
Shared macro to use with flavors and not break
ports with USES=python (all versions).
Python >=3.5 --> textproc/py-sphinx (v3.0.2)
Python < 3.5 --> textproc/py-sphinx18 (v1.8.5)
All ports that uses sphinx were changed to use the new variable
${PY_SPHINX} in the dependency line, exceptions:
* Ports that fails to build with sphinx 3.0.2 because of code.
They are pointing to textproc/py-sphinx18 directly.
There aren't many ports.
* Ports that doesn't know Python flavors.
- Add several patches to fix Sphinx consumers
The most common issues are related with pkg-plist, the output
files from Sphinx changes between versions, keep this dynamically
is the better approach.
This will save time in future sphinx updates.
PR: 245629
Exp-run by: antoine
Some changes have been made in this release that break backwards
compatibility. Let USES=gmake force users to upgrade to this version so
port maintainers don't have to support older versions.
PR: 245725
Exp-run by: antoine
Approved by: portmgr (antoine)
Tuesday, 5 May 2020. Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5,
versioned 5.18.5. Plasma 5.18 was released in February 2020 with many feature
refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience.
This release adds a month's worth of new translations and fixes from KDE's
contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important and include:
* KCM Colors fix apply button always disabled.
* [Notifications] Don't show do not disturb end date beyond 100 days.
* xdg-desktop-portal-kde: ScreenSharing: close dialogs when session is
closed.
Full Changelog:
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.18.4-5.18.5-changelog
KDE's April 2020 Apps Update
A new bundle of KDE applications is here! In these releases, you can expect to
find more features, stability improvements, and more user-friendly tools that
will help you work more effectively.
There are dozens of changes to look forward to in most of your favorite
applications. Take Dolphin, for example. Windows Samba shares are now fully
discoverable.
On the topic of playing music: the Elisa music player is adding features by
leaps and bounds. This release brings a new “Now Playing” view, easy
accessibility through the system tray, and an option to minimize the playlist
whenever you want. Thanks to the recently-added visual shuffle mode, it’s much
easier to rearrange your music in the playlists.
These are just the highlights of what’s new in KDE’s applications this month.
Read on to find out about everything we’ve prepared for you.
Announcement:
https://kde.org/announcements/releases/2020-04-apps-update/
- Add workaround to fix build when CC/CXX have "clang" in them [1]
- Respect AR to fix build with external toolchains [2]
- Force rebuild all consumers to catch regressions early
Changes: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2020/04/23/Rust-1.43.0.html
PR: 238556 [1], 245583 [2]
Reported by: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> [1], Greg V <greg@unrelenting.technology> [2]
Tested by: mikael, pkubaj, tobik
With hat: rust
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24521
Ports using USES=lua:module or lua:flavors will be flavored. A range of
supported lua versions can be set using XX-YY (or XX-, or -YY, or simply ZZ)
for ports not supporting all lua versions.
USES=lua sets LUA_FLAVOR that needs to be used on all dependencies of
flavored lua ports, in a similar way as PHP or Python flavors.
PR: 245038
Submitted by: andrew tao11 riddles org uk
Reviewed by: mat, kevans, russ haley gmail com
Approved by: mat (portmgr)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D16494
