Hi all, As an update, Frameworks/6.24 branches have been created, with a couple of commits already backported
On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM Marco Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > I'm speaking with my Techpaladin hat here. We have a client (Kubuntu Focus, > which they are KDE patrons as well) which is interested in long commercial > support for Plasma 6.6, alongside accompanying Gear applications and > frameworks. > This is for Kubuntu 26.04 LTS, which means: > * Plasma 6.6 > * Frameworks 6.24 > * Gear 25.12 (unfortunately not 26.4) > > We would continue to backport and test the relevant bugfixes for the time > being, > point releases would continue to be made out of such backports. > > They will also sponsor to the eV the necessary CI nodes to continue CI for > those branches, as long they are supported. > > Now the delicate part is frameworks, which as of today it doesn't have a > stable branch, but since Kubuntu can't upgrade frameworks in its LTS, such a > stable maintenance branch would need to be created, which would be a first. > > We (as in Techpaladin) pledge to take up the maintenance of such branch as > long as it's supported, managing backports, testing and releases, as well as > keeping the new CI nodes green -- Marco Martin
