Frank Steinmetzger posted on Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:58:33 +0100 as excerpted: > I believe I read somewhere that 4.11 was to be the last 4.x release.
AFAIK that's not quite accurate, tho (like most error that propagates well) it has a grain of truth at its core, just distorted and twisted beyond that truth. The bit of truth being that 4.11 (or more precisely 4.11.0, since the 4.x micro-series have always been bugfix-only stable series) was the last feature release for *SOME* kde4 packages -- they're going into maintenance mode now, with further features implemented only in the frameworks-five version. Kdelibs has actually been feature-frozen for some time now, it was listed as feature-frozen in the 4.10 feature plan, tho 4.9 had some feature changes. But with 4.11 plasma announced as feature-frozen for kde4 (changes for 4.11, none for 4.12), and I believe a few other apps are similarly feature frozen for kde4 now too. But a 4.12 series is already planned and a release schedule and feature plan is in fact already publicly available on techbase: http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules (That's my bookmarked link I've been referring to for several release cycles now. As they say, stay tuned! =:^) As you'll note from the 4.12 feature plan, not all kde4 packages are even feature-frozen, tho in comparing that to earlier versions, it's already evident that the list is significantly shorter than it was in earlier versions, reflecting the freeze in some areas. And actually, it appears 4.12 feature freeze is tomorrow (Oct. 30), with beta1 tagging/release a week later on November 6. And 4.12.0 should continue the semi-yearly feature-release schedule with release due in mid- January, 2014 (Tuesday, Jan 14, actually, tho as we know, software release schedules do occasionally slip a bit), with the last scheduled 4.12 series release being 4.12.5, scheduled for the end of April, 2014. I've actually seen talk of a 4.13 beyond that as well, and I /think/ it's reasonably likely there will either be a 4.13 or at least 4.12 releases scheduled beyond the 4.12.5 that's currently the last scheduled release, but AFAIK that's still up in the air and will likely depend on how kde frameworks five, which is preliminarily scheduled for initial release in 1H-2014 as well, is coming by then. So short of "World War III" or "the rapture" or something similarly earth shattering, 4.12 appears to be a given, at this point. It's just not going to be as big a release, feature-wise, as earlier releases, because they're focusing on 4.x stability and 5.x development, at this point. But there are still SOME feature enhancements coming, just not as many. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.