Stable branches, including frameworks for Kubuntu LTS

[Sune Vuorela]

On 2026-05-12, 2Albert Astals Cid <aacid at kde.org> wrote:
> That is, do we want to try to make this "a KDE thing" or is it clearly 
> structured as a Techpaladin/Kubuntu Focus thing?
>
> For me the second option makes it "simpler".

Agreed.

> Then my suggestion would be to just create "vendor" branches like the ones 
> that we have for example in kleopatra/mimetreeparser/friends
>
>   gpg4win/23.10
>   gpg4win/24.05
>   gpg4win/gpd-5.0
>   gpg4win/gpd-5.1
>
> So create something like kubuntufocus/26.04
>
> Maybe it would even make sense to create such branches for KDE Plasma 6.6 
> (after final 6.6.6 is released) and KDE Gear 25.12?

Agreed

If Techpaladin/KubuntuFocus or other vendors want this, they will create
the branches *somewhere*. That *somewhere* can be on other
infrastructure or on our infrastructure.
I think I have a sligth preference for having it on our infrastructure,
but we should not play pretend it is a community thing unless it is.


/Sune
(full disclaimer: I'm on the gpg4win team)