As discussed on this list and in meetings I've updated the 5.8 release schedule at SuSE's request making the repo freeze during akademy and the release two weeks earlier at the end of september/start of october. Other dates become two weeks earlier too.
https://community.kde.org/Schedules/Plasma_5 https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=031gkgqg1hjf8lcmj0em1d2sj8%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Europe/London that puts 5.8.5 between christmas and new year which might not be a great idea We're pleased to help support long term committed patrons such as SuSE. Jonathan