Re: Request to update KDE Plasma 6.3.6 to version 6.5 in Debian 13 (Trixie)

[Martin Steigerwald <martin@lichtvoll.de>]

Hi.

Andrey Rakhmatullin - 31.10.25, 15:02:10 CET:
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 06:00:40PM +0530, TSTK wrote:
> >Reason: KDE Plasma 6.5 contains performance improvements, new Wayland
> >features, and bug fixes over 6.3.
> >References: https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.0/
> 
> That's not how Debian stable works.
> You will get newer Plasma in Debian 14 in 2027.

I agree. Stable is not a rolling distribution. A back port may or may not 
be doable given the several year long maintenance requirement and the 
sheer amount of packages with a huge lot of dependencies.

Expecting the current Debian Qt/KDE team to do that work *on top* of their 
already existing workload… let's say it this way: I would not demand that, 
especially not without even adding a single "please" to the request.

I am really happy with the maintenance of Qt/KDE in Debian.

Plasma 6.5.1 is working quite nicely here! And I am still on Wayland. :)

Thanks for the good work!

Best,
-- 
Martin