KDE Frameworks 5.94.0 released

Sat May 14 11:35:48 BST 2022

14th May 2022. KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 5.94.0.

KDE Frameworks are 83 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
https://kde.org/products/frameworks/

Baloo

  [Timeline KIO] Don't announce that we can write

Breeze Icons

  Add view-left-new action
  New debug step icons

Extra CMake Modules

  Drop lib prefix when building for Windows (MinGW)
  Allow ecm_add_{qt,}wayland_{client,server}_protocol take targets
  ECMQueryQt: always use CMake target to find the qmake/qtpaths binary
  KDEGitCommitHooks: only configure pre-commit hook if needed

KActivitiesStats

  Make replace not block because of missing item removal
  Add ResultModel::forgetResources method

KDE Doxygen Tools

  only bootstrap when explicitly asked for
  Add a dummy install target to cmake

KAuth

  Add INSTALL_BROKEN_KAUTH_POLICY_FILES cmake option

KCalendarCore

  Create UIDs if necessary (bug 339726)

KCMUtils

  Fix filtering of plugin in KPluginWidget
  Check executables exist in PATH before passing them to QProcess
  KPluginModel: Add method to get KPluginMetaData config object for given plugin id
  KPluginDelegate: Add configTriggered signal
  Refactor QML components of MPluginSelector to have less dependencies and have better layout
  KPluginModel: Add isSaveNeededChanged singal
  Import AboutPlugin dialog from QML
  Expose proxy sort model as private QML API
  Create QML version of KPluginSelector
  Allow consumers to get sort proxy model
  Export the KPluginModel class & make it usable from QML

KConfig

  KConfigGroup: fix writePathEntry/readPathEntry roundtrip for symlinks
  Support storing QUuid

KConfigWidgets

  KCommandBar: remove installed event filter in destructor (bug 452527)
  [kcolorschememanager] Rework and improve auto theme switching (bug 452091)
  [kcolorschememanager] Don't save colors on application start
  Move kstatefulbrush implementation to its own file
  fix: KRecentFilesAction saveEntries and loadEntries use the correct group when no group is passed
  Add move constructor and assignment operator for KColorScheme
  Make it clear that KStandardAction::name gives you ascii

KCoreAddons

  KPluginMetaData: Fix setting of MetaDataOption when building without deprecations
  processlist: don't call procstat_getpathname() at all (FreeBSD)
  ListOpenFilesJob: avoid creating the processlist on FreeBSD multiple times

KDeclarative

  Add PlaceholderMessage to GridView KCMs

KFileMetaData

  Check executables exist in PATH before passing them to QProcess
  Create and install version header file
  exiv2extractor: add support for Canon CR3 raw image

KGlobalAccel

  Add BUILD_RUNTIME option (default ON)
  x11: Implement deactivation
  Add KGlobalAccel::globalShortcutActiveChanged

KDE GUI Addons

  Un-pluginify modifierkeyinfo
  Add plugin for wayland keystates

KHolidays #

  Add QML API for the sun and moon computations
  New function for plasma to generate holidays without astro seasons (bug 445324)
  Report intermediate lunar phases as well
  Category added as parameter
  Add functions for holiday only
  Remove double entries and correct indian- (bug 441275)

KI18n

  KF5I18nConfig: Add missing find_dependency call

KImageFormats

  avif: prepare for breaking change in libavif
  XCF: Support to QImageIOHandler::Size option
  psd: Fix crash on broken files
  psd: duotone read
  psd: Don't crash with broken images
  psd: Header depth has to be 8 for CM_INDEXED color_mode
  psd: Protect against broken images
  avif: lossless support
  psd: Don't assert on broken files
  PSD: Performance improvements and support to missing common formats

KIO

  Temporarily revert "Consider slow files as remote files in previewjob"
  KFileWidget: set standard zoomIn/Out keyboard shortcuts
  KFileWidget: allow icon sizes to go up to 512 (bug 452139)
  PreviewJob: consider all the available thumbnail cache pool sizes
  dropjob: Extract Ark data in ctor (bug 453390)
  dropjob: upstream ark behaviour from various file view implementations
  KFileWidget: KF6, fix view size glitch on initial show
  Don't put job/ioworker on hold after getting the mimetype (bug 452729)
  Don't build kio_trash on Android
  Remove unused Blkid dependency
  Mark setSubUrl for cleanup in KF6
  KCoreDirLister: modernise for loops
  [KUrlNavigatorPlacesSelector] Disconnect setupDone signal when done
  [KUrlNavigatorPlacesSelector] Do storage setup also when requesting a new tab (bug 452923)
  [KFilePlacesView] Pass widget to QStyle::styleHint
  Revert "Replace He with They in Doc not found page"
  KFileItemDelegate: Add a semi-transparent effect to the icons of hidden files
  [WidgetsAskUserActionHandler] Use WarningYesNo for permanently deleting files
  [KDirOperator] Use QSortFilterProxyModel::invalidate() instead of 'fake resorting'
  KFilePlacesView: use animations only if QStyle::SH_Widget_Animation_Duration > 0 (bug 448802)
  Replace He with They in Doc not found page
  KFilePlacesModel: make it more accessible from QML
  KUrlNavigator: offer open in new window action too (bug 451809)
  Prepare KCoreDirLister::matches(Mime)Filter to be private
  KDirOperator: do not overwrite standard back actions
  KFilePlacesView: Improve touch support
  KCoreDirLister: handle dir permission change in non-canonical paths
  KCoreDirLister: handle file removal in non-canonical paths
  KRecentDocument: fix erroneous messages about overwriting
  KRecentDocument: ensure the path to the XBEL file existss (for CI)
  Fix ~KTcpSocket crash with libc++ (e.g. FreeBSD)

Kirigami

  ScrollablePage: Stop duck-typing QML types
  SwipeListItem: Expose the width of overlayLoader
  Dialog: Unbreak standardButton() method
  ApplicationItem: Fix Shortcut's warning about sequence vs. sequences
  ApplicationItem: Clean it up a bit
  columnview: Fix memory leak caused by `QQmlComponent::create`
  columnview: Remove m_attachedObjects
  AbstractApplicationItem: Fix copy-pasta mistake
  correctly hide the bottom floating buttons when ther eis a page footer
  ToolBarPageHeader: Do not assign undefined to real values
  ColumnView notifies for contentChildren when page is removed (bug 452883)
  ActionToolBar: fix moreButton visibility (bug 449031)
  LoadingPlaceholder: remove redundant explanation
  Improve ListItemDragHandle
  Add LoadingPlaceholder component
  AboutPage: Prevent infinite loop (bug 447958)
  PlaceholderMessage: add types
  Introduce TabletModeChangedEvent
  [doc]: Remove double inheritance arrow for Kirigami.PagePoolAction

KItemModels

  Fix assertions in KDescendantsProxyModel (bug 452043)
  Fix punctuation/whitespace of runtime rate-limited deprecation warnings

KNewStuff

  Action: simplify expression for engine property
  Deprecate KNS3::QtQuickDialogWrapper::exec (bug 450702)
  qtquickdialogwrapper: Fix memory leak caused by `QQmlComponent::create` (bug 452865)
  Use Kirigami.LoadingPlaceholder component
  Delete our own custom PlaceholderMessage
  Dialog: Port to Layouts
  Dialog: use a real ToolBar for the footer instead of a homemade one
  Dialog: Add a little separator line between footer and content
  Convey lack of hotness visually in placeholder message

KNotification

  Don't send alpha channel if pixmap has none

KPackage Framework

  Remove CMAKE_AUTOMOC_RELAXED_MODE

KPeople

  Add avatar image provider

KPty

  KPtyProcess: call childProcessModifier() of parent class first

KQuickCharts

  Use ECM_MODULE_DIR instead of ECM_DIR/../modules

KRunner

  Make Qt::Gui dependency for deprecation free builds internal
  Deprecate public KConfigGroup include of AbstractRunner class

KService

  KService: Do not link KCoreAddons and KConfig publicly when building without deprecations
  kservice.h: Wrap public KCoreAddons includes in deprecation macros

KTextEditor

  fix vector init in commands()
  inc ui file version after action name fixes
  EmulatedCommandBarTest: port from processEvents to QTRY_VERIFY
  create commands and motions once
  avoid storing instance in commands/motions
  avoid cursor move on insert of line at EOF on save (bug 453252)
  use proper name for selection menu
  Multicursors: Use shorter actions names
  Multicursors: Move current cursor to end of line when cursors are created from selection
  more deprecation fixes for Qt 6
  Fix completion leaks, don't use null parent
  Add option to show folding markers on hover only
  Paint using path once instead of painting multiple rects
  Fix background visible through selection with custom painted selection
  vimode: add another motion command for moving down one line
  Fix help link for editing command line
  Fix crash when ModeMenuList wasn't init but we try to reload it (bug 452282)
  Enable auto-brackets by default
  Improve Color theme config page

KUnitConversion

  Don't use GenericDataLocation on Android

KWayland

  client: implement plasma-surface openUnderCursor
  Fix include path in the generated pkgconfig file
  [plasmawindowmanagement] Add resourceName

KWidgetsAddons

  Use KDatePickerPopup in KDateComboBox
  Add support for custom date word maps, as done in KDateComboBox
  Share date range support between KDateComboBox and KDatePickerPopup
  Allow to change KDatePickerPopup modes at runtime
  Implement date word actions as done in KDateCombobox
  Build the date picker menu dynamically on demand
  Add KDatePickerPopup
  KPageDialog: Add a new face type with a flat list of small icons

KXMLGUI

  ui_standards.rc: add tag so kate can insert a menu between Edit and View
  Fix saving of state config if one has autosave enabled (bug 451725)
  Replace OS-specific system information code with QSysInfo (bug 450862)

NetworkManagerQt

  WirelessNetwork: Fix reference access point for the active network

Plasma Framework

  IconItem: Allow specifying a custom loader
  plasmastyle: Import PlasmaCore in MenuStyle
  Don't assert if the theme is not found, just warn
  desktoptheme: Install plasmarc
  plasmaquick: Fix memory leak caused by `QQmlComponent::create`
  Revert "Prevent tooltips from being incorrectly dismissed" (bug 439522)
  wallpaperinterface: Add some APIs needed for wallpaper accent color support
  Fix use-after-free in ContainmentInterface (bug 451267)
  Fix osd dialog position (bug 452648)
  mark plasmapkg as nongui executable
  Fix check for argument length in DataEngine loader (bug 452596)
  desktoptheme: Convert desktop to json files
  desktoptheme: Separate config from theme metadata
  Convert desktop files of plugins to json
  examples: Convert desktop files of KPackages to json
  Keep PlasmaComponents.Highlight on its former behaviour (bug 452555)
  Dialog: Do not update layout parameters while hidden (bug 452512)
  Wrap KPluginInfo includes in deprecation wrappers
  PlaceholderMessage: Remove Kirigami references
  PlaceholderMessage: add types
  PC3 toggle controls: fix odd heights misaligning indicators (bug 447977)
  Fix search field left padding when icon is hidden
  ExpandableListItem: deprecate contextmenu and allow actions+custom view
  Deprecate DataEngine related code in Plasma::PluginLoader
  Plasma::Theme: Port last KPluginInfo usage
  Plasma::Theme: Allow packages to ship metadata.json file, move config to separate file
  Add include needed by Qt6 forgotten in d74a8286e1

Prison

  Remove duplicate header between .h/.cpp file
  Fix out-of-bounds read on the Aztec special char table
  Enable macOS support
  Fix PrisonScanner target name
  Consider flipped video frames when computing the barcode positioon
  Add barcode scanner component for barcode scanning from live video

Purpose

  Port to ecm_add_qml_module

QQC2StyleBridge

  Remove infoChanged signal from KQuickStyleItem
  Replace connect to self in KQuickStyleItem with direct method calls
  Recalculate metrics when tablet mode changes
  Fix use of a no longer existing id

Solid

  udev/cpuinfo_arm: Add missing CPU ID

Syntax Highlighting

  cmake.xml: Updates for CMake 3.23
  Fix haxe rawstring escaping

Security information

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

https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/5/5.94.0

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David Faure, faure at kde.org, http://www.davidfaure.fr
Working on KDE Frameworks 5