kde-spectacle removed from kde-standard dependencies on sid/amd64
Hello, I have noticed that today's sid upgrade has removed the `kde-spectacle` dependency from `kde-standard` on the amd64 architecture. I have verified this by checking the package information at https://packages.debian.org/sid/kde-standard, and it appears that only the architectures [alpha, ia64, mips64el, riscv64] now require `kde-spectacle`. This change seems surprising to me, especially considering that the amd64 platform typically has the most users and generally sufficient disk space. Removing `kde-spectacle` from the dependencies might increase the difficulty for new Linux users who rely on a complete and familiar KDE environment. Additionally, the amount of disk space saved is likely minimal compared to the potential impact on user experience. Is this a bug? should I file a bug report or a wishlist item to address this issue? Thank you for your time and assistance. Best regards
Re: Network printer autodetection in Plasma 6
Le dimanche 26 janvier 2025, 12:28:10 UTC+1 Shai Berger a écrit : > Hi again list, > > As I mentioned here before, I went from a partially-upgraded testing (a > progress from KDE 5 to 6) to a newly-installed one. One thing I had a > problem restoring is the auto-detected network printer. > > Now, those of you who read https://wiki.debian.org/Plasma%206 carefully > might already guess what the problem was, and you'd be mostly correct: > The main issue was that network printer autodetection depends on mdns > which is, well, a network service, and the newly installed firewall > blocks those. > > So I figured it out, added a rule for mdns, and sailed on. > > But it made me think: I am a relatively sophisticated user. The whole > point of mdns is for things to work "out of the box". The rules I had > on by default were to allow incoming ssh and dhcpv6 (not sure if it's > because I picked the "SSH Server" component in installation). Shouldn't > we allow mdns in by default? I think this makes sense. Would you share your mdns rule ? Do you know by any chance how to ship packaged firewalld rules ? Thanks, -- Aurélien
Re: kio-extras-kf5 / call for help
Le lundi 23 décembre 2024, 22:25:38 UTC+1 Luigi Toscano a écrit : […] > (that said, given that KF5 is still going to be supported in Trixie, having > kio-extras-kf5 in the repository may still be useful) The main difference being that Frameworks still has somewhat active KF5 branches that upstream gives a (minimum) care about. The last kio-extras with a supported KF5/Qt5 version on the other hand is 23.08 and then the support for KF5/Qt5 was dropped entirely. [1] So no, I don’t think kio-extras-kf5 is happening (at least I won’t be doing it). Happy hacking, -- Aurélien [1] https://invent.kde.org/network/kio-extras/-/commit/8a658b42ffe795263a17b3c34a9845c03070d252
Re: Network printer autodetection in Plasma 6
Hi, Thanks for this! On Sat, 01 Mar 2025 22:23:00 +0100 Aurélien COUDERC wrote: > Le dimanche 26 janvier 2025, 12:28:10 UTC+1 Shai Berger a écrit : > > Shouldn't we allow mdns in by default? > > I think this makes sense. > > Would you share your mdns rule ? > Do you know by any chance how to ship packaged firewalld rules ? > Sorry -- I have no idea about shipping firewalld rules, I don't even know the CLI for it. I'm attaching the (trivial) rules I set using the system settings app for mdns (and kdeconnect, which has a similar issue). Thanks again, Shai.
Re: kio-extras-kf5
[fixed the title, no help requested] Le lundi 23 décembre 2024, 22:25:38 UTC+1 Luigi Toscano a écrit : […] > (that said, given that KF5 is still going to be supported in Trixie, having > kio-extras-kf5 in the repository may still be useful) The main difference being that Frameworks still has somewhat active KF5 branches that upstream gives a (minimum) care about. The last kio-extras with a supported KF5/Qt5 version on the other hand is 23.08 and then the support for KF5/Qt5 was dropped entirely. [1] So no, I don’t think kio-extras-kf5 is happening (at least I won’t be doing it). Happy hacking, -- Aurélien [1] https://invent.kde.org/network/kio-extras/-/commit/8a658b42ffe795263a17b3c34a9845c03070d252
Re: KDEPIM with SQLite3
Martin Steigerwald - 28.02.25, 10:13:54 MEZ: > I wonder whether > > Bug#1034561: akonadi-server: Switch default Akonadi backend to SQLite > > https://bugs.debian.org/1034561 > > would be good to consider for Trixie. Sandro already made SQLite default since package version 4:24.05.2-1. Thank you. -- Martin - please no carbon copy to me
Qt 6.8.2 incoming
Hi! As usual please take care. Parts of Plasma 6.3.2 is mostly available, some parts like kwin with fix for a rare 100% CPU hang issue I have seen on two laptops are still missing. Idea is to get in Qt 6.8.2 quickly, but it will take some time for the build servers to do their job. Also there are dependencies which need to be rebuilt against new Qt. Thanks to Patrick and everyone else involved! Best, -- Martin - please no carbon copy to me
