MX Modified - Latest MX KDE 5.22 Using MX21 beta

[andyprough]

The problem is with libQt, not with the KDE/Plasma packages. Updating to Qt 5.14 and then running KDE/Plasma should be fine, but all other packages that depend/use Qt 5.12 will be (mostly?) broken.

Honestly said - but I am not a Qt expert - I was always surprised why *EVERY* package needs to be recompiled when a new version of Qt came out. All - and I mean practically ALL - libraries I know are different, that is that they are mostly backward compatible. So maybe there are quite some packages in Debian/buster compiled against libQt 5.12 that would actually run with libQt 5.14, but this is wild guess, I have no deeper insights into the Qt packaging.

This is interesting. So I should find which of our MX packages are dependent on libQt 5.12 and look at them specifically in a libQt 5.14 environment. I know Dan is running his installation differently - he upgraded the entire system to the Debian Sid repos and then added your KDE repos and packages, while keeping the regular MX repo enabled. He said that his MX tools still seem to be working. We should look into his system and see if we can find some broken MX packages. I can't find any broken MX tools on my system.

[MAYBL8]

My system as of the latest updates:
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.74.0
Qt Version: 5.14.2
Kernel Version: 5.7.0-1-amd64
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-10510U CPU @ 1.80GHz
Memory: 15.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics

[andyprough]

My system as of the latest updates:
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.74.0
Qt Version: 5.14.2
Kernel Version: 5.7.0-1-amd64
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-10510U CPU @ 1.80GHz
Memory: 15.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics

Did you get more updates today? I haven't checked lately.

[MAYBL8]

@Norbert
Should we be seeing 5.20 from you soon?
Thanks
Dan

[andyprough]

@Norbert
Should we be seeing 5.20 from you soon?
Thanks
Dan

Your timing is perfect Dan. He just posted a blog article about it this morning: https://www.preining.info/blog/2020/10/ ... to-debian/

[norbert]

It is Qt 5.15 that holds me back ;-)

[andyprough]

Norbert has a new blog post up. The exciting news is that KDE 5.19.4 should be getting accepted directly into Debian unstable soon, as the Debian KDE devs are working with Norbert now. Also, Norbert has been updating a bunch of packages recently: https://www.preining.info/blog/2020/10/ ... 020-10-12/

[MAYBL8]

Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.75.0
Qt Version: 5.14.2
Kernel Version: 5.8.0-2-amd64
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-10510U CPU @ 1.80GHz
Memory: 15.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics

[andyprough]

Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.75.0
Qt Version: 5.14.2
Kernel Version: 5.8.0-2-amd64
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-10510U CPU @ 1.80GHz
Memory: 15.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics

Still using it for your daily driver Dan?

[MAYBL8]

I am
I haven't had any big issues so far.
I also have a partition with base MX that I am using for when I am doing the packaging which I have been away from in a while.
I hope to get back to helping out soon.