Hi all, Is there any schedule for plasma-desktop 5.5 in sid??
2016-04-14 23:09 GMT+02:00 Martin Steigerwald <mar...@lichtvoll.de>: > Hello Marc, > > On Donnerstag, 14. April 2016 21:37:03 CEST Marc Haber wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 07:53:42PM -0300, Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez > Meyer wrote: > > > I'm afraid that's an issue of the builders. it will get solved whenever > > > either qt 5.6 gets into unstable (we are hopping to have the rc soon) > or > > > the kde stuff does. > > > > The situation seems to be unchanged since from two months ago. May I > > ask for an update? What's the reason for Debian unstable KDE being > > half a year behind upstream with the last unstable upload being four > > months old, having missed an entire upstream release row (the 5.5 > > numbers)? > > > > Is this just lack of personpower or a technical issue? > > I really like to see things updated as well. > > From what I gathered the situation is still blocked by Qt 5.6.1 being > finalized and entering unstable. > > unormal on #debian-qt-kde gathered as much as: > > "lisandro told me yesterday that 5.6.1 is planned 6 to 8 weeks after 5.6 > (we're now in week 4 or so) and then IIRC they plan to first upload to > experimental and then to unstable." > > "Target to get Qt 5.6.1 out at the beginning of May" > > Thing is while Qt 5 has hefty regressions already that break multiscreen > via > randr completely, such as: > > [kwin] [Bug 361704] New: window on external screen disappears when > hibernating > with external screen connected and resuming when it is not connected > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=361704 > > which are summarized into > > [kwin] [Bug 341497] Segfault in Qt since the (at least) the xcb screen > backend > cannot deal with "no screen" conditions > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=341497 > > and > > Qt GUI application disappear or crash when no screens are available > https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-42985 > > I already read that while Qt 5.6 hopefully fixes these (still not sure), it > also contains *new* regressions: > > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=361704#c9 > > > So it appears to me right now there are at least some severe issues with > the > foundation Plasma / KF 5 is based on: Qt. > > I didn´t read about why Qt/KDE debian team waits for Qt 5.6.1 instead of > going > with Qt 5.6 for unstable, but that may be part of the reason. > > If you want to find out in more detail, I suggest you ask on > #debian-qt-kde on > OFTC IRC. > > > Of course I think the Debian Qt/KDE team can benefit from more helping > hands. > For packaging I think Maxy´s mass-uploading new packages with his scripts > and > other people helping with packaging is working out quite good already. But > any > new packages need user testing then, especially those batch uploaded ones, > and > the Debian bugtracker in regards to Plasma 5 is in a sorry state. On > DebConf I > gathered from Maxy that the Qt/KDE team really appreciate any help with bug > triaging. > > So or so, nothing of what I write is an official statement of the team. > Thats > just as much as I gathered here and there. > > So hopefully beginning of May Qt 5.6.1 will enter experimental, then > unstable > and… then it might go quite quick. I saw Maxy uploading 50+ or even 100+ > packages a day often enough already :). > > Thanks, > -- > Martin > >
