=== 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: Adriaan de Groot 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 KDE team (kde@) is part of desktop@ and x11@, building the software stack to make FreeBSD beautiful and usable as a daily-driver graphical desktop workstation. The notes below describe *mostly* ports for KDE, but also include items that are important for the entire desktop stack. ==== Infrastructure Qt5 ports had various updates: * package:devel/qt5-webengine[] was repaired when building with Clang 16. This is in preparation for the upcoming release of FreeBSD 14. * package:devel/qt5-qmake[] was repaired to deal with an edge case where installing qmake on an otherwise Qt-less system would cause weird errors. Qt6 ports had various updates: * package:devel/qt6-tools[] was repaired when building with Clang 16. This is preparation for the upcoming release of FreeBSD 14. The package:accessibility/at-spi2-core[] port -- essential for accessible technologies on the desktop -- was updated to release 2.48.0. The package:accessibility/at-spi2-core[] port now has better support for non-X11 desktops. This is an improvement for Wayland-based systems. Thanks to Jan Beich for landing that. The package:graphics/poppler[] port -- a base for many PDF viewers -- was updated to 23.05. The package:ports-mgmt/packagekit-qt[] port is a new addition to the tree to pave the way for graphical package managers on FreeBSD. ==== KDE Stack KDE Gear releases happen every quarter, KDE Plasma updates once a month, and KDE Frameworks have a new release every month as well. These (large) updates land shortly after their upstream release and are not listed separately. * KDE Frameworks updated to 5.105, .106 and .107. * KDE Gear updated to 23.04.0, then .1 and .2 with bugfixes. * KDE Plasma Desktop was updated to version 5.27.4, then .5 and .6 with bugfixes. ==== Related Ports Deprecations: * package:graphics/ikona[], an icon-viewer written in Rust with Qt bindings, has been abandoned upstream. * package:polish/kadu[], a chat application once popular in Poland, is deprecated and upstream has disappeared. * package:sysutils/plasma5-ksysguard[], a system monitoring application, is deprecated upstream and will no longer update. Updates: * package:astro/kstars[], an interactive planetarium, was updated to release 3.6.4. * package:devel/qcoro[], a C++ coroutines implementation, was updated to 0.9.0. * package:devel/qtcreator[], an integrated development environment for Qt, C++, and more, was updated to release 10.0.2. * package:games/gcompris-qt[], an education suite for children aged 3-12, was updated to release 3.2. * package:graphics/kphotoalbum[], a photo album and display utility, was updated to release 5.10.0. * package:net-im/tokodon[], a Mastodon social network client, joins KDE Gear. * package:textproc/kdiff3[], a text-differencing utility, was updated to release 1.10.1. New Software: * package:devel/kommit[], a Git client, was added. It is a rename of previous package gitklient. * package:multimedia/kasts[] is a new podcast-listening and enjoyment application from the KDE community. * package:textproc/arianna[] is a mobile-oriented e-book reader from the KDE community that makes reading FreeBSD documentation a joy.