Re: Request to update KDE Plasma 6.3.6 to version 6.5 in Debian 13 (Trixie)
On Friday, 31 October 2025 14:17 Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> 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!
I would add my thanks and appreciation for the work that the Debian Qt/KDE
team does.
If you want relative stability plus newer versions, move to Debian testing
(forky) ... but be prepared to pick up the pieces when every now and again
things don't go to plan.
Andy.
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