Plasma 5.27 LTS back-ported to Kubuntu 22.04 LTS ?

[MoapaValley]

Plasma 5.27 LTS has been released on 2023-02-14. Would it be back ported into Kubuntu 22.04?

[Schwarzer Kater]

I wish.

claydoh gave some answers to your question in another thread: https://www.kubuntuforums.net/forum/...239#post668239

PS: Plasma 5.27 is already available in KDE neon and openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE (if you want to have a look) - and I am sure Arch will follow in the next 24 hours.

[stuarte]

Good morning all,

I was just wondering if there has been an update to the availability of KDE Plasma 5.27 for Kubuntu 22.04.2. I would like to install it if it is available via the backports path.

In the Muon package manager, I clicked on the "By Origin" tab on the left and this clearly listed KDE Backports Extra. In Konsole I entered "sudo apt full-upgrade" to upgrade Plasma. However, when I then opened Info Centre I found that I was still using the following software.

Operating System: Kubuntu 22.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.98.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Kernel Version: 5.19.0-50-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

So, how do I upgrade KDE Plasma to version 5.27, or is that not allowed on Kubuntu 22.04.2 ?

Stuart

[Schwarzer Kater]

Plasma 5.27.x is not available for Kubuntu 22.04.x (yet? I don't know…).

Also see Overview: Kubuntu, its parent and some of its siblings

[claydoh]

I was just wondering if there has been an update to the availability of KDE Plasma 5.27 for Kubuntu 22.04.2

Barring some official word on the topic, it is going to be safe to assume that, as per normal LTS policy and history, there won't be such a major upgrade available in 22.04. it defeats the purpose of an LTS, not to mention the extra work and effort into maintaining this needs to taken into account.

[stuarte]

Good afternoon,

@claydoh: Thanks for the update and explanation. I guess for this, I will just have to wait for Kubuntu 24.04 LTS.

Stuart