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David Faure has announced the release of KDE Frameworks 5.83.0.



KDE Frameworks 5.83.0 released

12th June 2021. KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 5.83.0.

KDE Frameworks are 83 addon libraries to Qt which provide a wide variety of commonly needed functionality in mature, peer reviewed and well tested libraries with friendly licensing terms. For an introduction see
https://kde.org/products/frameworks/

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Baloo

Embed JSON metadata in KIOSlaves
Convert protocol files to JSON
[balooctl] Allow clearing a document which has been deleted

BluezQt

Add missing Qt5::DBus to qml plugin

Breeze Icons

Added new KMyMoney icon again with some extra tweaks
Add Goodvibes icon
Add an icon for skanpage
Tweaked the Rust mimetypes to better match the official branding (bug 434346)
Made links relative
Updated icons and added symlinks
Separated icons to -left and -right

Extra CMake Modules

Add LicenseRef-KDE-Accepted-GPL to license compatibility Matrix
ecm_gperf_generate(): add option for target arg to add the gen. source to
ecm_qt_declare_logging_category: catch alias targets before failing internally
Add module to find libmount
Drop FindFontConfig.cmake
Make sure that dir path exists before attempting to copy file
Attempt to find the Play store icon if it's not explicitly set
Add address sanitizer for MSVC
ecm_create_qm_loader: support target as alternative argument
Don't pass through list rich text elements, Google Play can't handle those
Fix doc build with Sphinx 4
Use pkg_check_modules in FindTaglib.cmake
Find PkgConfig quietly
Handle text-less tags
ECMAddAppIcon: support target as argument
Fall back to English for missing translated elements
ECMSetupVersion: phase out deprecated *_VERSION_STRING CMake variables
Extend Android language mappings for translated metadata

KActivitiesStats

Turns out the tier field was wrong, but not the subgroup

KArchive

[KArchive] Use better wording for open error
Use imported target for ZLib

KCalendarCore

Allow sorting of todos by category (tag)
Use UTC times when calculating the transition dates of standard and dst phases
Remove conditional compilation for libical older than 3
Fix Compat-libical3-eGroupware.ics

KCompletion

Deprecate KLineEdit::passwordMode

KConfig

kconfig_add_kcfg_files: catch alias targets before failing internally
Don't write position data for maximized windows (bug 434116)

KConfigWidgets

Deprecate KTipDatabase and KTipDialog
[KHamburgerMenu] Ignore native menus
Add KCommandBar - a hud-style dialog for quickly executing QActions

KContacts

Allow setting email, phonenumber, impp from QML
[addressee] Add property for photo
Add properties to Picture

KCoreAddons

kcoreaddons_add_plugin: make SOURCES argument optional
KJob: if a delegate is already attached to a job, warn when setJob() is called
Make KAboutData::productName accessible for KCrash
Do not return duplicate plugins in KPluginLoader::findPlugins

KCrash

Use target_sources() to add sources to targets
write metadata to a cache file when applicable
Pass Bugzilla product name to DrKonqi when explicitly set in the app
init rlp struct and don't cast rlim_t to int

KDeclarative

[KeySequenceItem] Display ampersands in shortcuts (bug 437718)

KFileMetaData

[ExtractionResult] Remove automatic mimetype determination
[ExternalWriter] Test property serialization
[ExternalExtractor/Writer] Avoid unnecessary map value lookup from key
[ExternalWriter] Fix infinite loop when serializing properties
Avoid leaking a QObject in ExternalWriter
[TaglibWriter] Fix memory leak when updating Cover images in ASF (WMA)

KGlobalAccel

Revert "Prevent kglobalaccel5 getting activated on non-Plasma systems" (bug 437034)

KDE GUI Addons

Fix crash in keysequence recorder due to out of bound access

KI18n

ki18n_wrap_ui: catch alias targets before failing internally

KIdleTime

add std::chrono overload for addIdleTimeout

KImageFormats

avif: Adjust for libavif breaking change
Enable HEIC plugin to save all ICC profiles
Color profile loading/saving fixes
xcf: Make sure offsets are not negative
xcf: Fix Stack-buffer-overflow WRITE on broken files

KIO

New job: KTerminalLauncherJob
Remove the cache KCM
Remove the Browser Identification KCM
Fix outdated URL for RAE Search Provider
KOpenWithDialog: expand category on selection (bug 437885)
Support wayland's xdg_activation_v1
[kopenwithdialog] Show better error message when specifying a non-executable file (bug 437880)
Updating caching logic for thumbnails, to detect encrypted devices (bug 411919)
Port ioslave template to use JSON metadata
webshortcuts KCM: Remove unneeded rebuildKSycoca method call
Remove ServiceTypes property from webshortcuts
protocoltojson: Do not create empty array for ExtraNames value
kio_file: remove pmount-related code
Honor the port number when fetching favicons
[KCoreDirLister] Guard uiDelegate(), it might be null (bug 437153)
[src/widgets/kfileitemactions] Dont try to connect non-existing plugin
Improve strings for file/folder and URL link functionality
TCPSlaveBase: deprecate socket() and introduce tcpSocket()
Allow selecting directories in KFileWidget (bug 419874)
MimeTypeFinderJob: the StatJob details should include the mimetype (bug 398908)
kio_file: pass the absolute path to QMimeDatabase::mimeTypeForFile()
When finding a job delegate extension, also try the uiDelegate() of its parents (bug 436049)
Capture sender object in connect() call instead of using sender()
MimeTypeFinderJob: Resolve symlinks for a local file
Put compatibility code which uses KMimeTypeTrader in deprecation wrappers
PreviewJob: Create a larger SHM when necessary (bug 430862)
[KUrlNavigator] Improve presentation of search results
Port KFileItemActions::runPreferredApplications away from trader constraint
Port KFileItemActions::associatedApplications away from trader constraint

Kirigami

Update template app
[ActionTextField] Switch actions to use small sizing rather than smallMedium
fix(a11y): use semantically correct ellipses instead of semantically incorrect triple period
use ecm_generate_qmltypes cmake macro
SwipeNavigator hotfixes
Fix back button in layers not asking Page::backRequested first before closing the page
Split PageTab out of SwipeNavigator
Split TabViewLayout out of SwipeNavigator
[ActionTextField] Add more spacing between actions and text
Improve look of card by making border a bit more subble
[ActionTextField] Respect actions' enabled properties
Adapt BasicListItemTest.qml to new API
[BasicListItem] Offer vertical fill options for leading/trailing items
Fix non-atomic updating of PlatformTheme colours
Add BasicListItemTest case for leading+trailing items with skinny list items
[BasicListItem] Increase icon size when showing or reserving space for subtitle
[BasicListItem] Fix sizing for reserveSpaceForSubtitle: true case
Fix BasicListItem.reserveSpaceForSubtitle to take into account textSpacing
Fix rendering of small size borders of ShadowedTexture
Add new fadeContent property to BasicListItem (bug 436816)
Introduce Kirigami.Heading.type
Disconnect before destroying items (bug 436707)
[BasicListItem] Expose spacing between label and subtitle as property
[BasicListItem] Increase spacing between label and subtitle
Don't unnecessarily use the std::function overload of qmlRegisterSingletonType

KNewStuff

Ensure XmlLoader works in the expected, asynchronous fashion
Add functionality to have a local providers file
Don't show Go to... action unless it has children
Fix opensearch parsing
Make Syndication optional and only build OPDS plugin when present
Change the role names in the search preset to custom ones
Add in tagfilters and filter out entries that are not openaccess for now
Add 'restart' search preset so people can go back to the search they started out with
Add recommended and subscription to the searchpreset types
Ensure to use the 'self' link relation for resolving relative urls
Add download size if said information is available
Add concept of search presets to hold navigation links for opds feed
Make sure the documents are valid feed documents
Add the start link as an entry so we can at the least always return to the root of the opds catalog
Fix some misunderstandings with Download Link information
Make caching work a bit better, and ensure it shows the installed entries
Make the download links a bit prettier
Try to implement the loading of new feeds from entries
Initial patch for opds support
Adjust help text for knewstuff-dialog
Engine: Deprecate configSearchLocations and setConfigLocationFallback methods
Make knewstuff-dialog work more reliable
KNSCore::Engine: Add method to list all available knsrc files
KNSCore::Question: Use nested event loop for waiting

KParts

Deprecate BrowserExtension::actionSlotMap()

KPeople

Expose PersonsSortFilterProxyModel header
Fix DBus check

KQuickCharts

Implement monotonic cubic interpolation for line charts (bug 435268)
Prevent an infinite loop in LegendLayout when minTotalWidth equals available
Reduce severity of column not found to debug
Expose preferredWidth as a property on LegendLayout and Legend

KRunner

RunnerManager::runnerMetaDataList: Do not return duplicate plugin IDs

KService

Do not crash if there's no Konsole
Launch KCMs in kcmshell5 if systemsettings5 is not installed
KToolInvocation: deprecate kdeinitExec()

KTextEditor

Avoid bad negative search offsets
Fix vim cursor gets stuck with 'b'
Limit shortcut context to active view for Reuse Word Above/Below (bug 352902)
ensure remove trailing spaces value is in range
Revert "Add option to keep spaces to the left of cursor when saving" (bug 433455)
Revert "Update remove-trailing-spaces modeline"
Revert "compute lastChar only if needed"
Revert "Use KTextEditor::Cursor instead of ints in removeTrailingSpaces"
Add "Transpose Words" feature (bug 436621)
Don't apply the offset for the quoted regexp, as it is not zero-length
Fix on-the-fly spell checking with recent Qt (bug 436004)
fix :e for vi-mode to properly open non-local files, too
fix :e filename for untitled documents
Fixup registering text hint providers
Add a separator line after 'Automatic Selection'

KTextWidgets

Ensure instances of derived Private classes are properly destructed
Un-overload KReplace::replace() signal

KWayland

Use protocol files from plasma-wayland-protocols
Update Plasma Wayland Protocols dependency to 1.3.0
Do not emit Surface::leave twice when an output is removed

KWidgetsAddons

Ensure instances of derived Private classes are properly destructed
Fix crash in KSelectAction (bug 436808)
KFontChooser: always prepend the default font style in the styles list

KWindowSystem

Provide KWindowSystem::lastInputSerial
Include API for wayland's xdg_activation_V1
Drop Qt5Widgets dependency if KWINDOWSYSTEM_NO_WIDGETS=ON

KXMLGUI

Add KCommandBar to KXMLGui-using apps by default
Remove the Attica requirement by using the store's new links
Use new version-controlled enumerator deprecation warning macros
Ensure instances of derived Private classes are properly destructed
Don't translate urls (bug 436052)

ModemManagerQt

Make it compile with current flags

NetworkManagerQt

Fix missing definition for IPv6 property when building against older NM
IPv6Setting: add option to disable IPv6
fix(pppoe): add parent

Oxygen Icons

high def new version printer
more versions of the printer icon size 16x16
more size versions of preferences-kde-connect

Plasma Framework

Fix crash when there is already exactly 5 events displayed
Remove call to setClearBeforeRendering
Fix missing definition of HAVE_X11
Change qqc2-desktop-style Units.fontMetrics property to a FontMetrics
Support for blur behind plasmoids
Filter configure action out of overflow menu correctly
Allow building the project without deprecations
PC3 TabButton: Center align text without icon, use icon property
PC3 TabButton: Fix horizontal content alignment with max text width
Fix events appearing in year or decade view (bug 436999)
Check QAction enablement before triggering
Introduce new SVG element: `menubaritem`
Add sizeForLabels icon size to Units
Fix Label having non-integer sizes
[pluginloader] Deprecate listContainments and listContainmentsOfType
Deprecate PluginLoader::listContainmentsForMimeType
add missing signal is setConstraintHints
Allow ExpandableListItem to not be expandable when it has no valid actions
[dataengine] Emit sourceRemoved earlier (bug 435991)

QQC2StyleBridge

[scrollview] Consider scroll bars when calculating implicit size
User HoverHandler instead of MouseArea

Solid

Ensure inherited PIMPL instances are properly destructed

Sonnet

Add Malayalam trigram

Syntax Highlighting

Rust syntax - Separate ControlFlow from Keywords
Fix perl qw< > highlighting
Update GAS syntax to highlight reg/instrs/jmp instrs

Security information

The released code has been GPG-signed using the following key:
pub rsa2048/58D0EE648A48B3BB 2016-09-05 David Faure
Primary key fingerprint: 53E6 B47B 45CE A3E0 D5B7 4577 58D0 EE64 8A48 B3BB

https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/5/5.83.0

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David Faure, http://www.davidfaure.fr
Working on KDE Frameworks 5