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Baloo

Fix several issue of mtime related search
PostingDB Iter: Do not assert on MDB_NOTFOUND
Balooctl status: Avoid showing 'Content indexing' about folders
StatusCommand: Show the correct status for folders
SearchStore: Gracefully handle empty term values (bug 356176)

Breeze Icons

icon updates and additions
22px size status icons for 32px too as you need it in the system tray
Changed Fixed to Scalable value to 32px folders in Breeze Dark

Extra CMake Modules

Make the KAppTemplate CMake module global
Silence CMP0063 warnings with KDECompilerSettings
ECMQtDeclareLoggingCategory: Include with the generated file
Fix CMP0054 warnings

KActivities

Streamlined the QML loading for KCM (bug 356832)
Work-around for the Qt SQL bug that does not clean up connections properly
(bug 348194)
Merged a plugin that executes applications on activity state change
Port from KService to KPluginLoader
Port plugins to use kcoreaddons_desktop_to_json()

KBookmarks

Fully initialize DynMenuInfo in return value

KCMUtils

KPluginSelector::addPlugins: fix assert if 'config' parameter is default (bug
352471)

KCodecs

Avoid deliberately overflowing a full buffer

KConfig

Ensure group is unescaped properly in kconf_update

KCoreAddons

Add KAboutData::fromPluginMetaData(const KPluginMetaData &plugin)
Add KPluginMetaData::copyrightText(), extraInformation() and
otherContributors()
Add KPluginMetaData::translators() and KAboutPerson::fromJson()
Fix use-after-free in desktop file parser
Make KPluginMetaData constructible from a json path
desktoptojson: make missing service type file an error for the binary
make calling kcoreaddons_add_plugin without SOURCES an error

KDBusAddons

Adapt to Qt 5.6's dbus-in-secondary-thread

KDeclarative

[DragArea] Add dragActive property
[KQuickControlsAddons MimeDatabase] Expose QMimeType comment

KDED

kded: adapt to Qt 5.6's threaded dbus: messageFilter must trigger module
loading in the main thread

KDELibs 4 Support

kdelibs4support requires kded (for kdedmodule.desktop)
Fix CMP0064 warning by setting policy CMP0054 to NEW
Don't export symbols that also exist in KWidgetsAddons

KDESU

Don't leak fd when creating socket

KHTML

Windows: remove kdewin dependency

KI18n

Document the first argument rule for plurals in QML
Reduce unwanted type changes
Make it possible to use doubles as index for i18np*() calls in QML

KIO

Fix kiod for Qt 5.6's threaded dbus: messageFilter must wait until the
module is loaded before returning
Change the error code when pasting/moving into a subdirectory
Fix emptyTrash blocked issue
Fix wrong button in KUrlNavigator for remote URLs
KUrlComboBox: fix returning an absolute path from urls()
kiod: disable session management
Add autocompletion for '.' input which offers all hidden files/folders* (bug
354981)
ktelnetservice: fix off by one in argc check, patch by Steven Bromley

KNotification

[Notify By Popup] Send along event ID
Set default non-empty reason for screen saver inhibition; (bug 334525)
Add a hint to skip notifications grouping (bug 356653)

KNotifyConfig

[KNotifyConfigWidget] Allow selecting a specific event

Package Framework

Make it possible to provide the metadata in json

KPeople

Fix possible double deletion in DeclarativePersonData

KTextEditor

Syntax h/l for pli: builtin functions added, expandable regions added

KWallet Framework

kwalletd: Fix FILE* leak

KWindowSystem

Add xcb variant for static KStartupInfo::sendFoo methods

NetworkManagerQt

make it work with older NM versions

Plasma Framework

[ToolButtonStyle] Always indicate activeFocus
Use the SkipGrouping flag for the "widget deleted" notification (bug 356653)
Deal properly with symlinks in path to packages
Add HiddenStatus for plasmoid self-hiding
Stop redirecting windows when item is disabled or hidden. (bug 356938)
Don't emit statusChanged if it hasn't changed
Fix element ids for east orientation
Containment: Don't emit appletCreated with null applet (bug 356428)
[Containment Interface] Fix erratic high precision scrolling
Read KPluginMetada's property X-Plasma-ComponentTypes as a stringlist
[Window Thumbnails] Don't crash if Composite is disabled
Let containments override CompactApplet.qml