Release of KDE Frameworks 5.45.0

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April 14, 2018. KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 5.45.0.

KDE Frameworks are 70 addon libraries to Qt which provide a wide variety of commonly needed functionality in mature, peer reviewed and well tested libraries with friendly licensing terms. For an introduction see the Frameworks 5.0 release announcement.

This release is part of a series of planned monthly releases making improvements available to developers in a quick and predictable manner.

New in this Version

Attica

Explicitly set content type to form data

Baloo

Simplify Term operator&& and ||

Do not retrieve document ID for skipped result entries

Do not retrieve mtime from database repeatedly when sorting

Do not export databasesanitizer by default

baloodb: Add experimental message

Introduce baloodb CLI tool

Introduce sanitizer class

[FileIndexerConfig] Delay populating folders until actually used

src/kioslaves/search/CMakeLists.txt - link to Qt5Network following changes to kio

balooctl: checkDb should also verify the last known url for the documentId

balooctl monitor: Resume to wait for service

Breeze Icons

add window-pin icon (bug 385170 add window-pin icon)

rename 64 px icons added for elisa

change 32px icons for playlist shuffle and repeat

Missing icons for inline Messages (bug 392391)

New icon for Elisa music player

Add media status icons

Remove frame around media action icons

add media-playlist-append and play icons

add view-media-album-cover for babe

Extra CMake Modules

Make use of upstream CMake infrastructure to detect the compiler toolchain

API dox: fix some "code-block" lines to have empty lines before/after

Add ECMSetupQtPluginMacroNames

Provide androiddeployqt with all prefix paths

Include the "stdcpp-path" in the json file

Resolve symlinks in QML import paths

Provide QML import paths to androiddeployqt

Framework Integration

kpackage-install-handlers/kns/CMakeLists.txt - link to Qt::Xml following changes in knewstuff

KActivitiesStats

Do not assume SQLite works and do not terminate on errors

KDE Doxygen Tools

Look first for qhelpgenerator-qt5 for help generation

KArchive

karchive, kzip: try to handle duplicate files in a bit nicer way

Use nullptr for passing a null pointer to crc32

KCMUtils

Make it possible to request a plugin configuration module programatically

Consistently use X-KDE-ServiceTypes instead of ServiceTypes

Add X-KDE-OnlyShowOnQtPlatforms to KCModule servicetype definition

KCoreAddons

KTextToHTML: return when url is empty

Cleanup m_inotify_wd_to_entry before invalidating Entry pointers (bug 390214)

KDeclarative

Setup QQmlEngine only once in QmlObject

KDED

Add X-KDE-OnlyShowOnQtPlatforms to KDEDModule servicetype definition

KDocTools

Add entities for Elisa, Markdown, KParts, DOT, SVG to general.entities

customization/ru: Fix translation of underCCBYSA4.docbook and underFDL.docbook

Fix duplicate lgpl-notice/gpl-notice/fdl-notice

customization/ru: Translate fdl-notice.docbook

change spelling of kwave requested by the maintainer

KFileMetaData

taglibextractor: Refactor for better readability

KGlobalAccel

Don't assert if used incorrectly from dbus (bug 389375)

KHolidays

holidays/plan2/holiday_in_en-gb - update holiday file for India (bug 392503)

This package was not be updated. Perhaps a problem with script

Reworked the holiday files for Germany (bug 373686)

Format README.md as the tools expect (with an Introduction section)

KHTML

avoid asking for an empty protocol

KI18n

Make sure ki18n can build its own translations

Don't call PythonInterp.cmake in KF5I18NMacros

Make it possible to generate po files in parallel

Create a constructor for KLocalizedStringPrivate

KIconThemes

Make KIconEngine export comment accurate

Avoid an asan runtime error

KInit

Delete IdleSlave having temporary authorization

KIO

Ensure that the model is set when resetResizing is called

pwd.h isn't present on windows

Remove Recently Saved This Month and Recently Saved Last Month entries by default

Have KIO build for Android

Temporarily disable installation of file ioslave's kauth helper and policy file

Handle privilege operation confirmation prompts in SlaveBase rather than in KIO::Job

Improve consistency of "Open With" UI by always showing top app inline

Fix crash when device emits ready read after job is finished

Highlight selected items when showing parent folder from the open/save dialog (bug 392330)

Support NTFS hidden files

Consistently use X-KDE-ServiceTypes instead of ServiceTypes

Fix assert in concatPaths when pasting a full path into KFileWidget's lineedit

[KPropertiesDialog] Support Checksum tab for any local path (bug 392100)

[KFilePlacesView] Call KDiskFreeSpaceInfo only if necessary

FileUndoManager: don't delete non-existing local files

[KProtocolInfoFactory] Don't clear cache if it had just been built

Don't try to find an icon for a relative URL either (e.g. '~')

Use correct item URL for Create New context menu (bug 387387)

Fix more cases of incorrect parameter to findProtocol

KUrlCompletion: early return if the URL is invalid like ":/"

Don't try to find an icon for an empty url

Kirigami

Bigger icons in mobile mode

Force a content size into the background style item

Add InlineMessage type and Gallery app example page

better heuristics selective coloring

make loading from local svgs actually work

support the android icon loading method as well

use a coloring strategy similar to the former different styles

[Card] Use own "findIndex" implementation

kill network transfers if we change icon while running

first prototype for a delegate recycler

Allow OverlaySheet clients to omit the built-in close button

Components for Cards

Fix ActionButton size

Make passiveNotifications last longer, so users can actually read them

Remove unused QQC1 dependency

ToolbarApplicationHeader layout

Make it possible to show the title despite having ctx actions

KNewStuff

Actually vote when clicking stars in the list view (bug 391112)

KPackage Framework

Try to fix the FreeBSD build

Use Qt5::rcc instead of looking for the executable

Use NO_DEFAULT_PATH to ensure the right command is picked up

Look also for prefixed rcc executables

set component for correct qrc generation

Fix the rcc binary package generation

Generate the rcc file every time, at install time

Make org.kde. components include a donate URL

Mark kpackage_install_package undeprecated for plasma_install_package

KPeople

Expose PersonData::phoneNumber to QML

Kross

No need to have kdoctools required

KService

API dox: consistently use X-KDE-ServiceTypes instead of ServiceTypes

KTextEditor

Make it possible for KTextEditor to build on Android NDK's gcc 4.9

avoid Asan runtime error: shift exponent -1 is negative

optimization of TextLineData::attribute

Don't calculate attribute() twice

Revert Fix: View jumps when Scroll past end of document is enabled (bug 391838)

don't pollute the clipboard history with dupes

KWayland

Add Remote Access interface to KWayland

[server] Add support for the frame semantics of Pointer version 5 (bug 389189)

KWidgetsAddons

KColorButtonTest: remove todo code

ktooltipwidget: Subtract margins from available size

[KAcceleratorManager] Only set iconText() if actually changed (bug 391002)

ktooltipwidget: Prevent offscreen display

KCapacityBar: set QStyle::State_Horizontal state

Sync with KColorScheme changes

ktooltipwidget: Fix tooltip positioning (bug 388583)

KWindowSystem

Add "SkipSwitcher" to API

[xcb] Fix implementation of _NET_WM_FULLSCREEN_MONITORS (bug 391960)

Reduce plasmashell frozen time

ModemManagerQt

cmake: don't flag libnm-util as found when ModemManager is found

NetworkManagerQt

Export the NetworkManager include dirs

Start requiring NM 1.0.0

device: define StateChangeReason and MeteredStatus as Q_ENUMs

Fix conversion of AccessPoint flags to capabilities

Plasma Framework

Wallpaper templates: set background color to ensure contrast to sample text content

Add template for Plasma wallpaper with QML extension

[ToolTipArea] Add "aboutToShow" signal

windowthumbnail: Use gamma correct scaling

windowthumbnail: Use mipmap texture filtering (bug 390457)

Remove unused X-Plasma-RemoteLocation entries

Templates: drop unused X-Plasma-DefaultSize from applet metadata

Consistently use X-KDE-ServiceTypes instead of ServiceTypes

Templates: drop unused X-Plasma-Requires-* entries from applet metadata

remove anchors of item in a layout

Reduce plasmashell frozen time

preload only after the containment emitted uiReadyChanged

Fix combobox breakage (bug 392026)

Fix text scaling with non-integer scale factors when PLASMA_USE_QT_SCALING=1 is set (bug 356446)

new icons for disconnected/disabled devices

[Dialog] Allow setting outputOnly for NoBackground dialog

[ToolTip] Check file name in KDirWatch handler

Disable deprecation warning from kpackage_install_package for now

[Breeze Plasma Theme] Apply currentColorFix.sh to changed media icons

[Breeze Plasma Theme] Add media status icons with circles

Remove frames around media buttons

[Window Thumbnail] Allow using atlas texture

[Dialog] Remove now obsolete KWindowSystem::setState calls

Support Atlas textures in FadingNode

Fix FadingMaterial fragment with core profile

QQC2StyleBridge

fix rendering when disabled

better layout

experimental support for auto mnemonics

Make sure we are taking into account the size of the element when styling

Fix font rendering for non-HiDPI and integer scale factors (bug 391780)

fix icons colors with colorsets

fix icon colors for toolbuttons

Solid

Solid can now query for batteries in e.g. wireless gamepads and joysticks

Use recently introduced UP enums

add gaming_input devices and others to Battery

Adding Battery Devices Enum

[UDevManager] Also explicitly query for cameras

[UDevManager] Already filter for subsystem before querying (bug 391738)

Sonnet

Don't impose using the default client, pick one that supports the requested language.

Include replacement strings in the suggestion list

implement NSSpellCheckerDict::addPersonal()

NSSpellCheckerDict::suggest() returns a list of suggestions

initialise NSSpellChecker language in NSSpellCheckerDict ctor

implement NSSpellChecker logging category

NSSpellChecker requires AppKit

Move NSSpellCheckerClient::reliability() out of line

use the preferred Mac platform token

Use correct directory to lookup trigrams in windows build dir

Syntax Highlighting

Make it possible to fully build the project when crosscompiling

Redesign CMake syntax generator

Optimize highlighting Bash, Cisco, Clipper, Coffee, Gap, Haml, Haskell

Add syntax highlighting for MIB files

Security information

The released code has been GPG-signed using the following key: pub rsa2048/58D0EE648A48B3BB 2016-09-05 David Faure <faure@kde.org> Primary key fingerprint: 53E6 B47B 45CE A3E0 D5B7 4577 58D0 EE64 8A48 B3BB

Installing binary packages

On Linux, using packages for your favorite distribution is the recommended way to get access to KDE Frameworks. Binary package distro install instructions.



Compiling from sources

The complete source code for KDE Frameworks 5.45.0 may be freely downloaded. Instructions on compiling and installing KDE Frameworks 5.45.0 are available from the KDE Frameworks 5.45.0 Info Page.

Building from source is possible using the basic cmake .; make; make install commands. For a single Tier 1 framework, this is often the easiest solution. People interested in contributing to frameworks or tracking progress in development of the entire set are encouraged to use kdesrc-build. Frameworks 5.45.0 requires Qt 5.8.

A detailed listing of all Frameworks and other third party Qt libraries is at inqlude.org, the curated archive of Qt libraries. A complete list with API documentation is on api.kde.org.

Contribute

Those interested in following and contributing to the development of Frameworks can check out the git repositories , follow the discussions on the KDE Frameworks Development mailing list and contribute patches through review board . Policies and the current state of the project and plans are available at the Frameworks wiki . Real-time discussions take place on the #kde-devel IRC channel on freenode.net

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