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KTextAddons 1.5.4 is a bugfix release of our text display and handling library It fixes two notable bugs and updates translations Fix bug 484328: Kmail config dialog takes about 40 seconds to show up Use QListView::clicked (in emoji popup menu) URL: https://download.kde.org/stable/ktextaddons/ Source: ktextaddons-1.5.4.tar.xz SHA256: 64b80602e84b25e9164620af3f6341fa865b85e826ab8f5e02061ae24a277b20 Signed by: E0A3EB202F8E57528E13E72FD7574483BB57B18D Jonathan Esk-Riddell jr@jriddell.org https://jriddell.org/esk-riddell.gpg

This blog will be used by the Release Team for communally maintained projects which need a release announcement. KDE Frameworks, Plasma and KDE Gear will remain on kde.org. But individual releases of apps and libraries which get their own releases can be announced here.

Ruqola 2.1.1 is a bugfix release of the Rocket.chat app. Improvements: Preview url fixed I implement "block actions" (it's necessary in RC 6.6.x when we invite user) Fix OauthAppsUpdateJob support (administration) Fix update view when we translate message (View was not updated in private channel) Show server icon in combobox server Fix show icon for displaying emoji popup menu when we display thread message Fix jitsi support Fix dark mode URL: https://download.kde.org/stable/ruqola/ Source: ruqola-2.1.1.tar.xz SHA256: 6f089271ef9f2f576aa31ddc404bdbc8ddd5ddecba3cd9ff829641123bceb0ae Windows Build: ruqola-2.1.1-windows-cl-msvc2022-x86_64.exe Signed by: E0A3EB202F8E57528E13E72FD7574483BB57B18D Jonathan Esk-Riddell jr@jriddell.org https://jriddell.org/esk-riddell.gpg

I'm happy to announce the launch of our revamped Blogs.KDE.org website, now powered by Hugo instead of Drupal 7! This switch was motivated by the fact that Drupal 7 is now reaching end of life and since Blogs.kde.org is the home of many individual blog for KDE hackers so it was important to keep it up to date and secure. Read More

This is the final update on the migration of the Craft jobs from Binary Factory to KDE's GitLab. Since the last blog the last missing pieces have been put in place. We now build a KF6 runtime which is used for the nightly flatpaks of many of the apps that will be part of KDE's Megarelease 6. Read More

As someone suffering from a latent burnout thingy which has become more imminent in recent years and as someone who is still struggling to develop strategies to alleviate its effects on health and general well-being, I wholeheartedly recommend everyone to watch this video and let those points sink. Yes, even if you are not (yet) affected. The video is not all about burnout but about strategies for sustaining long-term sanity. Read More

This is an update on the ongoing migration of jobs from Binary Factory to KDE's GitLab. Since the last blog a lot has happened. A first update of Itinerary was submitted to Google Play directly from our GitLab. Read More

The migration of jobs from Binary Factory to KDE's GitLab continues. Last week almost all jobs that built APKs were migrated to invent.kde.org. The only remaining Android job on Binary Factory doesn't use Craft. Read More

We changed the default mouse click behaviour to double-click for KF6. For me this was surprising, so I would like to raise a few questions here that might as well be answered with: "sure, we are", and I just did not see it because I am a bit out of touch with KDE development news (and modern ways of communication in general). Personal and biased opinion follows. But here are the questions first: Read More

There is a term, that in recent years my brain is using a lot when trying to explain to me what my eyes observe. Late-Roman Decadence. I am not a historian, so I might be inaccurate with its actual meaning. For me it just means "wasting because we can". If you want to see this in action, delete your YouTube cookies to get out of your tech bubble and open its start page. Probably depending on your location, it's all about eating the biggest meals for 9000€, driving the fastest cars for 777k€, destroying expensive things in the most hilarious ways for 2M€ as well as giving homeless people 100€ and filming them at whatever they do with it before they fall back into their own life of being spat out and ignored by society. For me: disgusting and worth another strategically well sized and well placed comet. Read More