KDE February Mega Release schedule (the thing with Qt6 on it)

The next release for the big three in KDE land (KDE Frameworks, KDE Plasma and KDE Gear) is going to happen at the same time.

This is because we are switching to Qt6[*] and it helps if we can release all the products  at the same time.

If you want to help us with the effort, make sure to donate at https://kde.org/fundraisers/plasma6member/

The agreed schedule is:

8 November 2023: Alpha

KDE Gear 24.01.75 / KDE Plasma 5.80.0 / KDE Frameworks 5.245.0

29 November 2023: Beta 1

KDE Gear 24.01.80 / KDE Plasma 5.90.0 / KDE Frameworks 5.246.0

20 December 2023: Beta 2

KDE Gear 24.01.85 / KDE Plasma 5.91.0 / KDE Frameworks 5.247.0

10 January 2024: Release Candidate 1

KDE Gear 24.01.90 / KDE Plasma 5.92.0 / KDE Frameworks 5.248.0

For KDE Gear that want to ship with Qt6 for this release they need to be switched to Qt6 (and obviously stable) *BEFORE* this date.

31 January 2024: Release Candidate 2

KDE Gear 24.01.95 / KDE Plasma 5.93.0 / KDE Frameworks 5.249.0

21 February 2024: Private Tarball Release

KDE Gear 24.02.0 / KDE Plasma 6.0 / KDE Frameworks 6.0

28 February 2024: Public Release

KDE Gear 24.02.0 / KDE Plasma 6.0 / KDE Frameworks 6.0 

 

You can see that Alpha is less than 3 weeks away! Interesting times ahead!

 

[*]  some KDE Gear apps may remain in Qt5 if we have not had time to port them