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KDE Plasma 5.6.3 is out with bugfixes and translation update from the last couple of weeks



Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5, versioned 5.6.3. Plasma 5.6 was released in March with many feature refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience.

This release adds a month's worth of new translations and fixes from KDE's contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important and include:

KWin: Fix crash on repainting an invalid sizes decoration. The first ever KWin bug fix which is combined with an X11 integration test. Commit. Fixes bug #361551
Fix hover effect on desktop in pager. Commit. Fixes bug #361392
Use actual installation information to infer popularity. Commit.

Plasma 5.6.3 Complete Changelog

Bluedevil

Restore adapter powered state after 1s delay. Commit. Fixes bug #357720

Discover

Hide 0 rating. Commit.
Properly report information on non-found ratings. Commit.
Use actual installation information to infer popularity. Commit.
Fix how we maintain the resources model sorted. Commit.
Remove Rating::rating ambiguity. Commit.
Expose the rating count on the ResourcesModel. Commit.
Account for components having no package as installation candidate. Commit.

Plasma Addons

[Weather] Fix: do not open browser url on clicking area left to credit line. Commit.
[Weather] do not allow in NotificationArea, broken in Plasma 5.6. Commit.
[Weather] Fix: do not trigger wrong timeout message on location selection. Commit.
[libplasmaweather] add workaround for crash risk with empty associatedAppUrls. Commit.
[Weather] Fix: prevent credit line being drawn outside widget borders. Commit.
[libplasmaweather] Do not set an empty url as associated application url. Commit.
Add i18n() to a UI facing string. Commit.
Fix typo in string. Commit.
Fix null values in currency conversion. Commit.

KScreen

Extract strings from ui files to make the kcm fully translated. Commit.

KWayland

[client] Fix FakeInput::requestPointerAxis. Commit.

KWin

[autotests] Only start Xwayland if compositor created a scene. Commit.
Only start Xwayland server if Compositor created a Scene. Commit.
Fix crash on repainting an invalid sizes decoration. Commit. Fixes bug #361551

libkscreen

Verify rotation when updating screen size in XRandR backend. Commit. Fixes bug #356228

libksysguard

[KSysGuardProcessList] Don't forward keys with modifiers (except shift) to the search field. Commit. Fixes bug #335177

Plasma Desktop

Make sure desktop toolbox has integer and even size. Commit.
Fix hover effect on desktop in pager. Commit. Fixes bug #361392

Plasma Networkmanager (plasma-nm)

Applet: do not hardcode width for password field. Commit. Fixes bug #361812
Right-align labels in IPv4/IPv6 dialogs. Commit. Code review #127643
Mark placeholder strings as non translatable. Commit.

Plasma Audio Volume Control

Fix MapBase::reset(). Commit.

Plasma Workspace

Close popup upon item select. Commit. Fixes bug #361629
TaskManager: Group tasks when losing demands attention state. Commit.
[weather bbcukmet] Add missing "thick cloud", improve some cloud mapping. Commit.
Guard KPluginInfo access. Commit. Fixes bug #360927
  Plasma 5.6.3 released