Re: Plasma versions and Debian point-releases
Hi Quentin,
Am Montag, 17. November 2025, 19:08:34 Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit
schrieb Quentin Aymard:
> Hi,
>
> I'm still new to some parts of Debian's and KDE's lifecycle. I think I
> understand that :
>
> - hotfixes from upstream Plasma (6.3.x) should end up in or be
> backported to Debian stable ;
>
> - minor versions of Plasma (eg. 6.5) might at some point become
> available in Debian stable through upcoming point-releases (eg 13.3,
> 13.4, etc) in place of the current minor version (6.3.x) ;
>
> - as opposed to major versions (eg. something like Plasma 7.x far in
> the future) that should only be included in unstable then testing, as
> the "next-stable" channel, preparing the future of Debian 14.
>
> Am I correct ?
Partially. Debian Stable will only get targeted fixes ("hotfixes") that
each fix one particular issue. Since Plasma 6.3 is EOL, those will then
have to be backported from newer Plasma releases.
However, Debian Stable will stay on Plasma 6.3. It is not going to get
Plasma 6.4, 6.5 or whatever. Updating Plasma to later releases would
defy the point of "stable".
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Med vänliga hälsningar
Patrick Franz
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