KDE Frameworks 5.91.0 released

13th February 2022. KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 5.91.0.



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/

Baloo

Static libs linked into shared libs need -fPIC

Breeze Icons

start-here-kde: Make icon adaptable to dark themes (bug 416302)
Fix icon colors to be consistent across all sizes
Check executables exist in PATH before passing them to QProcess
Declare namespace for kongress icon
Fix naming of brightness icons

Extra CMake Modules

kde_package_app_templates: drop atime,ctime, consistently set mtime
kde_package_app_templates: use numeric owner/group with tar
Set the right @since version for ECMQmlModule
Only enable -bsymbolic-functions when Qt is built in a compatible way
Introduce ECMFindQmlModule.cmake
Add ecm_set_deprecation_versions cmake function

Framework Integration

Install plugin in kf
Fix wrong porting of KNSCore::Engine::configSearchLocations (bug 448237)

KActivitiesStats

reduce boost

KActivities

Use uppercase includes
Unharcode Qt major version

KAuth

Move plugins in kf directory
Correct the dependencies specified for KAuth
Bump minimum required version of Polkit-Qt-1 to 0.112.0
Remove Polkit-Qt build support, Polkit-Qt-1 replaced it a long time ago
Adjust CMake code to find PolkitQt{5,6}-1

KCalendarCore

Revert "Honour STATUS:CANCELLED"
Serialize container sizes as 32bit integers
Compare timeSpec() for the due date/time, too
Fix generate pkg file
T12270: create an inheritance hierarchy of private types

KCMUtils

Add KPluginWidget::load()
Remove assertion for KPluginMetaData param in KCModuleLoader::loadModule
KCModuleProxy: Use std::optional to check if we have a KPluginMetaData object
KCModuleProxy: Replace space with underscore when registering DBus service
Switch header style to ToolBar for system settings
kpluginmodel: Also copy plugin Id from KService to json object
KCMUtils can be built on Windows too

KConfig

Introduce StandardShortcutWatcher to watch for runtime changes (bug 426656)
Extract isNonDeletedKey() helper function
Look for entries with common group prefix in entryMap's subrange
KConfigPrivate::copyGroup: remove redundant entryMap lookup
groupList: convert each group name from UTF-8 once
Exclude deleted groups from groupList() (bug 384039)

KConfigWidgets

KLanguageButton: Don't insert duplicates
KLanguageButton: Adapt to new .desktop filenames
Change shortcuts of standard actions if standard shortcut changes (bug 426656)
Use BUILD* deprecation wrapper for virtual method (bug 448680)
Simplify KHamburgerMenu menu items
Only require KAuth on Linux/FreeBSD
Don't use KAuth on Windows

KCoreAddons

Search in kf plugin
kcoreaddons_target_static_plugins: Use private linking for plugin registration file
klibexec helper to resolve libexec path relative
KPluginMetaDataTest: Fix check for service type querying error essage
desktopfileparser: Avoid a run-time string concatenation
KF5CoreAddonsConfig: check desktoptojson version when cross-compiling
desktoptojson: Further improvements to cross-compilation mode
Fix kcoreaddons_desktop_to_json when cross-compiling
Add KPluginMetaData::fromJsonFile()
KPluginMetadata: store all paths as absolute ones
KPluginMetaData::metaDataFileName: Fix broken check if we have the metaDataFileName value set
kcoreaddons_add_plugin: Throw error when we have unparsed args
Improve formatRelativeDateTime
Improve error message for KPluginFactory::loadFactory
Add missing copying of error text in KPluginFactory::instantiatePlugin

KDAV

Fix header installation path to include module prefix
Use uppercase "KDAV" name as qmake identifier, to be match KF standards
Fix pri file to also note KCoreAddons dependency
Fix non-existing include path set in pri file

KDeclarative

proper position for top separator
[KeySequenceItem] Make keySequence «non-null», «non-undefined» and «non-""»
[KeySequenceItem] Fix code style and bump QML imports
Make QML code depend less on the `kcm` context property
Fix QT_NO_OPENGL build after 66c5bb0efa
kquickcontrols: Improve accessibility in ColorButton.qml (bug 449282)
GridDelegate: Focus on the delegate after a menu is closed
GridDelegate: Open menu when Menu key is pressed
Exclude epoxy in qt6 => exclude plotter class
Deprecate KDeclarative::ConfigPropertyMap in favor of KConfigPropertyMap
It's not necessary now as "the Frameworks that actually require
Don't use KGlobalAccel on Windows

KDED

install plugins in kf
Set order of kded launching with systemd boot
kded supports building on Windows, make sure we have our dependencies available

KDELibs 4 Support

Link against KF5::Auth
Also add the KAuth dependency in the CI metadata

KDESU

Check executables exist in PATH before passing them to QProcess
Port from KToolInvocation::kdeinitExecWait (deprecated) to QProcess
kdesud: close all file descriptors > 3 on exec()

KDocTools

Check executables exist in PATH before passing them to QProcess
Don't hardcode "kf5" for the catalog search path

KFileMetaData

make TypInfo comparison const
Install plugins in kf
deprecate image extraction via embeddedimagedata

KGlobalAccel

Fix action registration and unregistration order (bug 448369)
Check executables exist in PATH before passing them to QProcess

KDE GUI Addons

Add Google Maps Geo URI handler
Add Qwant Maps to CMakeLists
Add Qwant Maps Geo URI handler
Add a fallback handler for the geo: URI scheme
Install plugins in kf

KHolidays #

Update Taiwanese holidays
UK holiday change 2022 (Spring bank holiday) (bug 448305)

KHTML

fix khtml crash in wayland session
[ci] Fix phonon dep

KI18n

Default initialize QVariants as such, not as a QString
install plugins in kf
Fix warning info
KuitSetup: fix setting classification of tags

KIconThemes

Check executables exist in PATH before passing them to QProcess
Don't create a new KColorScheme for each KIconColors

KIdleTime

Change plugin install dir on macOS
Install plugins in kf

KImageFormats

Check executables exist in PATH before passing them to QProcess

KIO

[KFilePlacesView] Use helpEvent for teardown action tooltip
KPropertiesDialog: only load plugins suitable for mime type of file
Use new KLibexec to locate kioslave5
Consider slow files as remote files in previewjob (bug 372849)
[KFilePlacesView] Elide section header if needed
exec line is not necessary now
[desktopexecparser] Consider associations from mimeapps.list to determine whether an app supports a scheme (bug 439132)
[kopenwithdialog] Fix filtering (bug 449330)
[KFilePlacesView] Adjust entire delegate height during (dis)appear animation
kdirmodel: Allow using full path for Icon in .desktop file (bug 448596)
Deprecate class KNTLM & methods, no users known outside of kio-http
[previewjob] Don't recreate same regex
KDirOperator: on first show, don't display files in dir-only mode
Group configure_file and kcoreaddons_add_plugin
Install plugins in kf
Officially deprecate kcoredirlister methods that use QRegExp
Utilize KPluginMetaData::value overloads
Install kio_version.h in the KIO include prefix
Add option of using DBus activation for ApplicationLauncherJob
[KFilePlacesView] Don't highlight delegate when hovering header area
[KFilePlacesView] Call teardownFunction from inline eject button, too
[KFilePlacesView] Don't hide hidden entries when clicking one
[KFilePlacesView] Add inline eject button
[KFilePlacesModel] Introduce TeardownAllowedRole
[KFilePlacesView] Wire up QAbstractItemView::iconSize
[KFilePlacesView] Add getter and change signal for showAll
[KFilePlacesView] Allow to provide a teardown function
[KFilePlacesView] Add middle click support and signals for item activation
[KFilePlacesView] Refactor context menu
file_unix: Do not try to preserve ownership when permission is -1 (bug 447779)
KPropertiesDialog: use the KFileItem when checkig if the url is local (bug 444624)
Deprecate the "connected slave" feature

Kirigami

OverlaySheet: Accommodate the left and right padding
OverlaySheet: Initialise the view with sound values
FormLayout: Replace heuristic approach with an instanceof check
Fix install plugin in kf
libkirigami: Port to target_sources and other target-specific properties
Disable BUILD_EXAMPLES/TESTING when BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is off
Add Chip Component
Add android related files to template
Add BasicListItem.iconSelected property and use it in CheckableListItem
Take in count difference in bottom and top padding in search icon
API dox: document CamelCase include headers
KF5Kirigami2: install headers to path prefix matching C++ namespace Kirigami
Introduce "InputMethod" singleton and supporting code to detect virtual keyboard
Properly document ShadowedRectangle and co
Deprecate TabBar toolbar style
Dialog: Smoothen enter/exit animation, and ensure themes don't add footer background
Improve search icon inside SearchField
Give the NavigationTabBar component an ocean style
Add a search icon to the SearchField
template: remove title from AboutPage
examples/PageRouter: don't introduce applicationWindow id
Make enter/key presses "click" BasicListItems
Improve default template
Dialog: Use performant shadow
Use version-less/non-deprecated install location variables
Fix find_dependency
change color when card is highlighted
Kirigami supports Windows, ensure we have our dependencies there too

KItemModels

Rework removeParentMappings() to not rely on stable QHash iterators
Don't cache end iterator when modifying the container

KJobWidgets

Check executables exist in PATH before passing them to QProcess

KJS

Revert "Install kjs_version.h in /usr/include/KF5/KJS/"

KNewStuff

Update code snippet for NewStuff.Action
Register KNSCore::Entry under name "Entry" as a Q_GADGET to QML
Consume string views before they become invalid
Focus search field by default unless doing so would show the virtual keyboard (bug 444727)
Deprecate KNS3::Button class in favor of KNSWidgets::Button
Introduce KNSWidgets::Button class for better compatibility with KF6 changes
KNSWidgets::Action add compatibility for unified entry class in KF6
Unify how kpackageType is determined for the addons
Button.qml Fix binding for engine property
Button.qml: Use QML loaders for dialog component
Fix broken usage example for NewStuff.Action
Remove QProcess::ExitStatus parameter from signal handler parameter list if we don't need it

KNotification

Remove Phonon from Linux CI
Add KStatusNotifierItem::hideAssociatedWidget()
KStatusNotifierItem: use actions instead of Yes/No in Quit confirm dialog

KPackage Framework

Simplify code using KPluginMetaData::fromJsonFile
Explicitly call KPluginMetaData::fromJsonFile when constructing metadata objects
Fix unintended result in readKPackageTypes (bug 448625)
Use ecm_mark_nongui_executable() for mock:// handler
PackageJob: Use QStandardPaths::findExecutable() to find resolvers
QueryTest: validate the install() result
Build static libs which are linked into shared libs as PIC

KQuickCharts

ModelSource: Don't use QPointer for storing the model
ModelSource: Cache minimum/maximum properties of the model

KRunner

search plugins in kf
Put aliased classes in "KRunner"-namespace
Fix flickering in Application Launcher for every character typed (bug 423161)
Port to KDEDeprecationSettings cmake function
KF5RunnerConfig.cmake.in: Explicitly require QtGui and KCoreAddons, exclude Plasma on deprecation free builds
Add compatibility type definitions for classes without 'Plasma' namespace
Fixups for building without including KService/KIO/Plasma-Frameworks (bug 447908)
Silence deprecation warning for KPluginInfo/KServiceTypeTrader in compatibility blocks

KService

Install kservice_version.h in KService include prefix
Make parseLayoutNode function const
Make "missing merge tag" error actionable

KTextEditor

Abort completion on view scroll on wayland
Avoid flicker on refresh
install plugin in kf
Use QDir::temp().filepath() instead of manually creating temp file paths
KateModOnHdPrompt::slotDiff: Create diff file in temp folder (bug 448257)
avoid flicker for border on size changes (bug 435361)
Fix undo manager leaks more properly
When using tabs, use tabs to auto indent (bug 367966 375529)
Fix @since for aboutToSave
Fix leaks in undo manager
Don't scroll on select all (bug 435855)
Fix auto-reloading files in git repositories
Handle single statement condition blocks better (bug 385472)
Fix cstyle for cases where there is a func in param
Reload doc on OnDiskCreated
Allow disabling focus frame (bug 418657)
Fix selection scrolling from line border works only downwards (bug 419076)
Fix camel cursor when last word is of one letter only (bug 448692)
only execute diff in path
only start programs in user's path
completion: Use scored fuzzy matching
Do proper fuzzy matching in completion (bug 401509)
Fix undo history wrongfully restored in some cases
Revert "Do not cancel mouse selection when using the keyboard" (bug 446189)
don't let auto-detection overwrite user settings
Introduce auto indent detection
Restore undo history when document is same (bug 297883)
Fix drag pixmap highlight sometimes does not match original text (bug 438567)
Find: Update working range when replacing (bug 447972)
set QClipboard::Selection for select all (bug 428099)
Fix rash when switching between tabs while search is running (bug 445683)
improve wording for modified on disk warnings (bug 372638)
KTextEditor has a hard dependency on KAuth - ensure it is available
Introduce Document::aboutToSave signal
Fix creative QString constructions from numerical values
Use version-less install target default arguments
Use non-deprecated style option initialization
Combine keys and modifiers using the | operator
Disambiguate QStringBuilder to QByteArray conversion for hashing
Make comparison operator const
Don't pass a QString pointer to QString::compare
Automatically determine iterator type
Fix QChar conversion ambiguities

KWallet Framework

Fix install headers

KWayland

Ensure when unmapped is emitted, ::windows() will not contain unmapped window
Don't use hard-coded versions with targets and variables
Install pkg-config file
Deprecate PlasmaWindowModel::requestVirtualDesktop()
kwayland server has been moved to plasma kwayland-server since 5.73
src/client: wrap deprecated methods in deprecation macros

KWindowSystem

Check executables exist in PATH before passing them to QProcess
install plugins in kf
Avoid XKeycodeToKeysym in KKeyServer::initializeMods (bug 426684)
Remove placeholder wayland platform plugin
[kwindowinfo] Add support for reading _GTK_APPLICATION_ID
Add KWindowSystem::updateStartupId(QWindow *window)

KXMLGUI

Check executables exist in PATH before passing them to QProcess
Use uppercase includes
Allow KToolBar to be in other places than MainWindow's ToolBarArea
Fix i18n comment not being properly extracted

ModemManagerQt

Explicitly register QDBusObjectPath type

NetworkManagerQt

Don't write to QByteArray out of bounds
Make de/serializing of the parity option symmetric
Add support for WPA3-Enterprise 192-bit mode

Oxygen Icons

Check executables exist in PATH before passing them to QProcess

Plasma Framework

Check executables exist in PATH before passing them to QProcess
ExpandableListItem: Deprecate custom isEnabled property and alias it to enabled (bug 449539)
PC3 ButtonContent: Move property defaultIconSize to the top-level component
Identify containments using X-Plasma-ContainmentType instead of service types
Native interface always available
ModelContextMenu: drop Accessible.role property
Do not use Control for PC3::IconLabel (bug 445899)
Corona::containmentForScreen: Ignore activities when an empty string is used (bug 448590)
Change where add_feature_info(EGL) is called
Fix detection of GLX support in QtGui
PC3 ScrollView: set step sizes based on devicePixelRatio
ConfigModel: Expose Roles enum to QML
Adapt build system for building against qt6 + fix some compile errors
Don't fallback to EGL::EGL, just don't link to EGL when it's not found
Always sync the setPanelBehavior to wayland (bug 448373)
PlasmaQuick::Dialog - Fix flickering issues when resizing (specially in krunner) (bug 427672)
Always sync the setPanelBehavior to wayland (bug 426969)
PC3 ScrollView: Avoid importing QtQuick.Controls.2
Doc: Improve descriptions of Plasma::DataSource methods
Don't crash when a screen gets disabled and enabled again (bug 447752)
PC3 RadioIndicator: use radiobutton.svg for breeze-light and breeze-dark
KWayland does not make sense outside of Linux/FreeBSD, so don't try to depend on it there
Add Yakuake panel icon (bug 427485)
Deprecated PlasmaExtras.ScrollArea component
PC3 SwipeView: use longDuration for highlight animation

Prison

Prison supports Windows

QQC2StyleBridge

Avoid needlessly reading font settings
StyleItem: emit signal on style changes
install plugins in kf
take icon width into account
adapt width of combobox to its content (bug 403153)
Theme placeholderTextColor
Make menu items taller in Tablet Mode
Fix find_package
Remove QStyle::State_Horizontal when it's not horizontal
Adapt build system for building against qt6
Slider: handle scrolling (bug 417211)
Use upstream scroll implementations for Combobox and SpinBox
Use metrics from Breeze for menu items (bug 447289)

Solid

Convert some connect to new signature style
[UDisks2 Backend] Don't do media check for loop devices
[upower] Properly round up battery's capacity (bug 448372)
[UPower Backend] Check for Bluez for any unknown battery type
[UDisks2] Ignore file systems mounted with x-gdu.hide option

Sonnet

Allow to install plugin in kf5 or kf6 directory

Syntax Highlighting

Python: fix line continuation starting with a string
CSS: add some values and functions
CSS: fix nested function call (bug 444506)
Zsh: fix line-break and pattern in double bracket condition
Bash: fix line-break in double bracket condition (bug 448126)
Bash: fix parameter expansion replacement with extended glob
[R] Add support for new pipe from R 4.1
Update Stan highlighting

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

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