Backporting QT 5.6

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Wolfram, just switch to KDE Neon by adding repositories. Read a topic about
it on kubuntuforums. Or do a clean install. There is no big difference
between Kubuntu and KDE Neon, only new packages, so no additional knowledge
required.

2016-06-14 9:52 GMT+02:00 Scarlett Clark <scarlett.gately.clark at gmail.com>:

> Due to other obligations I can no longer package for Kubuntu for the
> unforeseeable future. Please send all queries to the kubuntu-devel mailing
> list.
> This has been forwarded.
> Thanks,
> Scarlett
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Wolfram Köhn <wk at ratiosystem.com>
> Date: Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 12:04 AM
> Subject: Re: Backporting QT 5.6
> To: Scarlett Clark <scarlett.gately.clark at gmail.com>
>
>
> Am 03.05.2016 um 18:41 schrieb Scarlett Clark:
>
> Sorry to hear that. Kubuntu has not packaged QT in a very long time. Here
> is the info I recieved:
>
> [07:50] <clivejo> yofel: who normally packages QT?
> [07:51] <yofel> clivejo: debian-qt-kde, i.e. Mirv_ and mitya57_ mostly I
> believe. It's WIP (5.6.0 is stuck in experimental because "too buggy")
>
> Cheers,
> Scarlett
>
> On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 12:06 AM, Wolfram Köhn <wk at ratiosystem.com> wrote:
>
>> Am 03.05.2016 um 08:46 schrieb Scarlett Clark:
>>
>> Sure. Why are you asking me to backport qt? I have never touched the qt
>> packaging. Might try debfx or timo.  Or anyone listed in the changelog.
>> Cheers,
>> Scarlett
>>
>> On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 11:44 PM, Woko < <wk at ratiosystem.com>
>> wk at ratiosystem.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hallo, anybody out there ?
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>> Hi, thank you for answering.
>> The problem is, that session management is totally broken since over one
>> year (see KDE Bug 346768). Because it's fixed in QT 5.6, and I'm not able
>> to build my own KDE-environment, I am looking forward for some kind of
>> backport. Unfortunately QT 5.6 was too late to make it into Kubuntu 16.06.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Wolfram
>>
>
> Hi, Scarlett
> Now, that QT 5.6.1 is released, are there plans to backport it ?
>
> With the last backport to Plasma 5.6.4 the worst bugs are gone, but the
> session-problems still exist.
> I tried KDE neon in a VM and could check, that they are fixed with QT
> 5.6.0.
>
> Cheers,
> Wolfram
>
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