Plasma 5.6.x - when?

[claydoh]

clivejo, who let you out of your cell? Ain't you supposed to be packaging or sumpin?

A two week turnaround, I must add that to my to-do list ! ** Gets his PA to add it to Trello **

[sithlord48]

also iirc the fact that ubuntu decided to go with QT 5.5 for 16.04 instaed of the LTS 5.6 version of QT is a huge reason why its taking longer to get kde 5.6+ and it related apps Since they require a minimum of Qt 5.6. so the backport packagers now have to check that the upgrade to qt 5.6 doesnt break other qt programs outside of the kde ones that they would normally package.

[GreyGeek]

I'm already using the backports repo and sorry, I don't think I'm being unreasonable.

You can "think" what you wish, but DEMANDING the volunteers meet your schedule is, to say the least, arrogant. No one put a gun to your head and forced you to install Kubuntu, and no one is preventing you from moving to another distro. Nor is anyone stopping you from volunteering to help, instead of bitching. Kubuntu, like ALL distros that feature KDE, are at an uncommon dual crossroads: a change in the QT API from version 4 to version 5, forcing distros to move to Plasma 5. You can always remain with the 14.04 release for another two years but if you want Plasma 5 it won't matter which distro you try because KDE comes from KDE.org, regardless of which distro you use. KDE Neon, also based at KDE.org, is the source of the KDE Plasma 5 desktop. You can always switch to it if you want Plasma 5.7.2, which is what I am running right now.

[acheron]

you can always volunteer your time, money or both. That will hasten the delivery time.

http://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-dojo...oper-training/

http://kubuntu.org/contribute-to-kubuntu/

Msg #2 -"No ETA though"
Msg #3 - tells how to use backports to get it

"fed up", eh? Did you ask for a refund? Oh, that's right, Kubuntu is free and is developed by mostly VOLUNTEERS who have lives, family, friends and jobs to support themselves because volunteers, by definition, aren't paid. Rather then moaning and bitching you can always volunteer your time, money or both. That will hasten the delivery time.

I'm already using the backports repo and sorry, I don't think I'm being unreasonable. Kubuntu has turned into the Samsung of Linux Distros where updates to KDE come few and far between while efforts are focused elsewhere.
If there really isn't anyone available to maintain the current release then maybe people should stop and start thinking about the future of this distro.

[GreyGeek]

Msg #2 -"No ETA though"
Msg #3 - tells how to use backports to get it

"fed up", eh? Did you ask for a refund? Oh, that's right, Kubuntu is free and is developed by mostly VOLUNTEERS who have lives, family, friends and jobs to support themselves because volunteers, by definition, aren't paid. Rather then moaning and bitching you can always volunteer your time, money or both. That will hasten the delivery time.

Is there any more news on this? IMHO I expect there to be a two week turnaround MAXIMUM and if the deadline is missed, an explanation as to why.

Latest/Kubuntu plasma - 5.7.2/5.6.5
Frameworks - 5.24.0/5.23.0
Applications - 16.04.3/15.12.3

This is getting beyond a joke now and I'm fed up of this.

[jglen490]

In 14.04, the upgrade to 14.04.1 was available about 3 months after. I believe I saw the same for 16.04.1 in an Ubuntu site. That's what I'm waiting on.

My sound device is still visible.

On another note, does anyone know when we'll get KDE Applications 16.04.1? Hope we get a quick turnaround

[gnomek]

Thank you for reply. I installed KDE Neon and here they are too. So, must be a bug in backports.

[claydoh]

If any of you uses backports can you tell me please if you have any sound card listed in audio preference? I don't have.

I have mine, but then again I never "lost" them to begin with.

[gnomek]

If any of you uses backports can you tell me please if you have any sound card listed in audio preference? I don't have.

[GreyGeek]

Now in backports ppa.

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade

and reboot.

A couple weeks ago I downloaded and installed a CPU Temp widget on the panel on my laptop. Today I installed 16.04 on my grandson's laptop and wanted to put the same temp widget on his panel, but the icons wouldn't display and the link to www.opendesktop.org/CONTENT/... was broken, so widgets cannot be downloaded. I checked my box and the link was broken on it as well. A google search found next to nothing is mentioned about the broken link in the bugzillas. So I decided to install Plasma 5.6. That fixed the problem.

Whoo hoo - thanks chaps!