KDE Software Compilation 4.10.4 / 4.11 Beta 1 - Changelog

What's new in KDE Software Compilation 4.11 Beta 1:

June 13th, 2013

Qt Quick in Plasma Workspaces:
· Qt Quick is continuing to make its way into the Plasma Workspaces. Plasma Quick, KDE"s extensions on top of Qt Quick, allow deeper integration and more powerful apps and Plasma components. One of the central Plasma widgets, the task manager, was completely rewritten in Plasma Quick. It got quite a few bug fixes on its way to the new QML version. The Battery widget was overhauled. It now shows information about all the batteries (e.g. mouse, keyboard) in a system. And the battery icons can now show a finer-grained load-status.
Faster Nepomuk indexing:
· The Nepomuk semantic engine received massive performance optimizations (e.g., reading data is 6 or more times faster). Indexing happens in two stages: the first stage retrieves general information (such as file type and name) immediately; additional information like MP3 tags, author information and similar is extracted in a second, somehow slower stage. Metadata display is now much faster. In addition, the Nepomuk backup and restore system was improved. The system also got new indexers for documents like odt or docx.
Kontact improvements:
· Kontact got a faster indexer for its PIM data with improvements to Nepomuk, and a new theme editor for email headers. The way it handles email images now allows it to resize pictures on the fly. The whole KDE PIM suite got a lot of bug fixes, such as the way it deals with Google Calender resources. The PIM Import Wizard allows users to import settings and data for Trojita (the Qt IMAP email client) and all other importers were improved as well.
KWin and Path to Wayland:
· Intial experimental support for Wayland was added to KWin. KWin also got many OpenGL improvements including support being added for creating an OpenGL 3.1 core context and robustness from using the new functionality provided by the GL_ARB_robustness extension. Numerous KWin optimizations are aimed at reducing CPU and memory overhead in the OpenGL backend. Some desktop effects have been re-written in JavaScript to ease maintenance.

What's new in KDE Software Compilation 4.10.4:

June 5th, 2013

· These updates continue the series of monthly stabilization updates to the 4.10 series. 4.10.4 updates bring many bugfixes and translation updates on top of the 4.10 release and are recommended updates for everyone running the 4.10 release series. As this release only contains bugfixes and translation updates, it will be a safe and pleasant update for everyone.

What's new in KDE Software Compilation 4.9.3:

November 6th, 2012

· The list of 86 recorded bugfixes include improvements in the Kate editor and Kontact email and groupware client, resulting from recent coding sprints the respective teams had. KDE's development platform has received a number of updates which affect multiple applications.

What's new in KDE Software Compilation 4.9.2:

October 2nd, 2012

· Significant bugfixes include improvements to the Kontact Suite, bugfixes in Dolphin, Plasma and many more corrections and performance improvements all over the place. KDE's development platform has received a number of updates which affect multiple applications. The changes are listed on Bugzilla. For a detailed list of changes that went into 4.9.2, you can browse the Subversion and Git logs. 4.9.2 also ships a more complete set of translations for many of the 55+ supported languages.

What's new in KDE Software Compilation 4.5.3:

November 3rd, 2010

kdelibs [ all SVN changes ]:
Bugfixes:
· Avoid an infinite loop in KCategorizedView. Fixes bug 226631. See SVN commit 1181739.
· Prevent that the wrong page in a KPageView is shown. Fixes bug 249706. See SVN commit 1185518.
· Workaround an issue causing KSharedDataCache to mysteriously crash when changing the system time (including timezones for dual-boot users). Fixes bug 253795. See SVN commit 1187999.
· Fix support for big ZIP archives in KZip. Fixes bug 216672. See SVN commit 1187160.

kdebase [ all SVN changes ]:
Bugfixes:
· Prevent that icons overlap in Details View when the zoom level is changed. Fixes bug 234600. See SVN commit 1182798.

plasma:
Bugfixes:
· Nowplaying dataengine: do not get confused by applications exporting MPRIS2 interfaces. See SVN commit 1184471.

kdegames [ all SVN changes ]:
Bugfixes:
· Rebuild board when difficulty level has changed. Fixes bug 230241. See SVN commit 1182107.
· Fix logical error in "unsolvable games" option. Fixes bug 145953. See SVN commit 1182109.

kdeedu [ all SVN changes ]:
Bugfixes:
· Fixed handling of the zoom value. Fixes bug 249628. See SVN commit 1185602.
· Corrected broken painting of the atmosphere. Fixes bug 254154. See SVN commit 1185965.

KGeography:
Bugfixes:
· Update the name of a place in Azerbaijan. See SVN commit 1188209.

kdeutils [ all SVN changes ]:
Bugfixes:
· Do not follow symlinks when creating tar archives. Fixes bug 253059. See SVN commit 1186377.

kdemultimedia [ all SVN changes ]:
Bugfixes:
· Fix compilation on DragonFly BSD. Fixes bug 247643. See SVN commit 1188014.

kdegraphics [ all SVN changes ]:
Bugfixes:
· Save the visibility of menu bar and toolbar when closing as full screen. Fixes bug 250370. See SVN commit 1185956.
· XPS backend: support also application/oxps, which is the new MIME type name for XPS documents. See SVN commit 1187569.
· DjVu backend: do not crash when handling links pointing to pages not in the document. Fixes bug 254610. See SVN commit 1189016.

What's new in KDE Software Compilation 4.5.0 RC1:

June 28th, 2010

· A reworked notification area. Thanks to the new, D-Bus-based protocol that replaces the old "system tray", a uniform look and consistent interaction scheme can now be guaranteed across applications and toolkits.
· KWin-Tiling makes it possible to automatically place windows next to each other, employing the window management paradigm also found in window managers such as Ion. Advanced graphical effects, such as blurring the background of translucent windows make for a more pleasurable and usable experience.
· Users that prefer WebKit above the KHTML rendering engine currently used in Konqueror, KDE's web browser now can install the WebKit component and switch Konqueror to use WebKit as rendering engine for web sites. The WebKit component for Konqueror is available from KDE's Extragear repository, is based on the popular KPart component technology and fully integrates with password storage, content-blocking and other features users already know and love in Konqueror.
· A special focus of this release cycle is the stability of the software delivered with KDE SC 4.5. While there are many exciting new features, developers have spent considerable amounts of time finishing off features and polishing those that haven't come to full bloom yet.

What's new in KDE Software Compilation 4.5.0 Beta 2:

June 10th, 2010

· A reworked notification area. Thanks to the new, D-Bus-based protocol that replaces the old "system tray", a uniform look and consistent interaction scheme can now be guaranteed across applications and toolkits.
· KWin-Tiling makes it possible to automatically place windows next to each other, employing the window management paradigm also found in window managers such as Ion. Advanced graphical effects, such as blurring the background of translucent windows make for a more pleasurable and usable experience.
· Users that prefer WebKit above the KHTML rendering engine currently used in Konqueror, KDE's web browser now can install the WebKit component and switch Konqueror to use WebKit as rendering engine for web sites. The WebKit component for Konqueror is available from KDE's Extragear repository, is based on the popular KPart component technology and fully integrates with password storage, content-blocking and other features users already know and love in Konqueror.
· A special focus of this release cycle is the stability of the software delivered with KDE SC 4.5. While there are many exciting new features, developers have spent considerable amounts of time finishing off features and polishing those that haven't come to full bloom yet.

What's new in KDE Software Compilation 4.4.4:

June 2nd, 2010

· Several bugs in filename sorting in the Dolphin file manager have been fixed
· Issues with encoded filenames in ZIP archives have been fixed
· A number of bugs in games, such as KMines, KNetwalk and LSkat and KSpaceDuel have been fixed

What's new in KDE Software Compilation 4.4.2:

March 31st, 2010

· kdecore
Bugfixes:
· Resolve mimetype aliases by default; fixes nspluginscan creating mimetypes that already exist (as aliases), like audio/mp3. Fixes bug 197346. See SVN commit 1097954.
· Detect aliases that are also known as real types (can happen with 3rd party xml files), to prevent inconsistencies when editing mimetypes. Fixes bug 218735. See SVN commit 1097945.
· Fix the disabling of debug output when compiling apps in release mode. Fixes bug 227089. See SVN commit 1105396.

· kdebase
· dolphin
Bugfixes:
· Prevent accidental execution of commands in the terminal when changing the directory. Fixes bug 161637. See SVN commit 1103209.
· Fixed possible crashes in the Information Panel and tooltips, when the receiving of meta data takes too long. Fixes bugs 224848 and 222324. See SVN commit 1097312.

· konqueror
Bugfixes:
· Fix crash when closing a tab showing a PDF document (and the sidebar had focus). Fixes bug 213876. See SVN commit 1104130.

· kwin
Bugfixes:
· Set the correct action in screen edge configuration module on load. See SVN commit 1101217.
· Fix flickering when clicking on a window in Desktop Grid. Fixes bug 229741. See SVN commit 1103104.
· Windows are rearranged in Desktop Grid and Present Windows if the geometry of a window changes. Fixes bug 228829. See SVN commit 1103206.
· Correctly handle mouse clicks in classic Alt+Tab list when the selected window is shown additionally. Fixes bug 226877. See SVN commit 1103492.
· Prevent modal dialogs to be shown twice during Alt+Tab. Fixes bug 230807. See SVN commit 1105473.
· Show windows on all desktops in Cube if windows hover above the Cube. Fixes bug 203086. See SVN commit 1105593.

What's new in KDE Software Compilation 4.3.2:

October 7th, 2009

kdelibs:

kdecore bugfixes:
· Make external browser work even when kfmclient is not installed. Fixes bug 206581. See SVN commit 1020884.
· Fix KConfig so that existing settings are not lost in case the disk is full. Fixes bugs 169132 and 206596. See SVN commit 1023830.
· Fix crash during concurrent access to KLocale's catalogs from multiple threads. Fixes bug 208178. See SVN commit 1029879.
· kfile
Bugfixes:
· Fix possible crash when copying files during previews are shown. Fixes bug 200125. See SVN commit 1022120.

kdebase:

kwin bugfixes:
· Fix crash in CoverSwitch Effect when a window is closed. Fixes bug 184602. See SVN commit 1021316.
· Fix crash in BoxSwitch Effect when a window is closed. Fixes bug 179865. See SVN commit 1021318.
· Fix broken icons for Special Application/Window Settings menu. Fixes bug 207136. See SVN commit 1023072.
· Slideback effect works correctly with multiple modal windows. See SVN commit 1023325.
· Windows get rearranged when a window gets closed in Present Windows effect. Fixes bug 200084. See SVN commit 1024317.
· Fix crash in CoverSwitch Effect during end animation when last window is closed. Fixes bug 207554. See SVN commit 1027306.
· Remove screen flicker when (un)loading effects. Fixes bug 183107. See SVN commit 1027313.

plasma bugfixes:
· Fix crash in tasks applet when the grouping strategy is set to "only when full". Fixes bug 199325. See SVN commit 1027747.
· Make the applicationjobs data engine load translations properly. See SVN commit 1023553.

dolphin bugfixes:
· Don't crash when notified that something changed in the current directory. Fixes bug 193466. See SVN commit 1029209.
· Fix redirection handling so that copying files into sftp://host works. Fixes bug 186947. See SVN commit 1025419.

kio_trash bugfixes:
· Fix wrong trash status (marked as empty even when it's not anymore). Fixes bug 167388. See SVN commit 1023690.
· konqueror
Bugfixes:
· Fix crash when closing tab (or any other view) and the mouse is over a link. Fixes bugs 200181 and 184604. See SVN commit 1021168.
· Fix crash when closing tab with the find bar open. Fixes bug 207173. See SVN commit 1028036.
· Fix redirection handling so that going up from an archive (tar/zip/...) works. Fixes bug 79302. See SVN commit 1026290.

kdeutils:

okteta bugfixes:
· Fix tooltips for bookmarks ignoring the offset produced by the scrolling of the view See SVN commit 1023559.
· kdeedu [ all SVN changes ]
· khangman
Improvements:
· Make tooltip a global setting instead of a per-word one. See SVN commit 1027708.

kdegraphics:

Okular bugfixes:
· Fix saving files over themselves. See SVN commit 1023087.
· kdepim [ all SVN changes ]

KMail bugfixes:
· Fix unexpected deletion of mails when renaming a disconnected IMAP folder, under certain conditions. See SVN commits 1022963 and 1022964.
· Fix a crash when autocompleting a LDAP address. Fixes bug 206024. See SVN commits 1019119 and 1019358.
· Potentially fix several crashes, for example when deleting IMAP messages. Fixes bugs 163071 and 200137. See SVN commit 1024448.
· Fix potential crash when using precommands. Fixes bug 196053. See SVN commit 1020261.
· Fix a crash upon importing certain MBOX files. See SVN commit 1020526.
· Fix a memory leak that could occur with disconnected IMAP after deleting messages. See SVN commit 1021563.
· Make KMail a bit more responsive when using search folders. Fixes bug 205448. See SVN commit 1017920.
· Use the correct localized date format in group headers. Fixes bug 196108. See SVN commit 1019113.
· Don't truncate attachment names with a slash in them when saving. Fixes bug 191455. See SVN commit 1019990.
· Don't remove parts of the filename when saving attachments. Fixes bug 185167. See SVN commit 1020593.
· Don't scroll too much when scrolling with the page up/down key. Fixes bug 160990. See SVN commit 1020455.
· Show a clear button in regular expression input fields. Fixes bug 204532. See SVN commit 1020460.
· Don't waste space with tree decorations when not using threading and grouping. Fixes bug 181794. See SVN commit 1020461.
· Fix the icon column sizes in the POP filter confirmation dialog. Fixes bug 205018. See SVN commit 1020464.
· Try harder to find the executable of annoyance-filter. Fixes bug 140353. See SVN commit 1020465.
· Fix the problem that the forward menu was missing entries. Fixes bug 206377. See SVN commit 1020525.
· Show the attachment icon also for attachment-only mails. Fixes bug 143237. See SVN commit 1020587.
· Fix display of the unread count in the folder view with RTL languages. Fixes bug 207028. See SVN commit 1022456.
· Be more tolerant against invalid encodings in header fields. Fixes bug 206417. See SVN commit 1021325.
· Improved URL discovery in plain text mails. Fixes bug 202445. See SVN commit 1015198.
· Also recognize local folders as groupware folders when configured so. See SVN commit 1021565.
· Ensure that recent addresses don't get double-double-quoted. See SVN commit 1021567.
· Fix reading an incorrect config value for the POP filter confirmation dialog. See SVN commit 1023466.
· Fix display problem after renaming a disconnected IMAP folder. See SVN commit 1027233.
· Don't overwrite custom IMAP folder type annotations. See SVN commit 1027236.
· Fix regression that the shared seen flag setting could not be set for the inbox. See SVN commit 1027237.

KOrganizer bugfixes:
· Don't make all-day events disappear until the next restart after editing them. Fixes bug 204998. See SVN commit 1023576.

Kontact bugfixes:
· Fix oversized progress bar when fetching feeds. See SVN commit 1027230.
· Don't crash on exit when having nested todos. See SVN commit 1026793.

KAlarm improvements:
· Provide 'any time' option when deferring date-only alarms. Fixes bug 208521. See SVN commit 1028929.
Bugfixes:
· Use KDE system settings to determine default working days in the week. See SVN commit 1017649.

What's new in KDE Software Compilation 4.3.1:

September 2nd, 2009

· KDE 4.3 is now also available in Croatian
· A crash when editing toolbar setup has been fixed
· Support for transferring files through SSH using KIO::Fish has been fixed
· A number of bugs in KWin, KDE's window and compositing manager has been fixed
· A large number of bugs in KMail, KDE's email client are now gone

What's new in KDE Software Compilation 4.3.0:

August 4th, 2009

The KDE Desktop Workspace provides a powerful and complete desktop experience that features excellent integration with Linux and UNIX operating systems. The key components that make up the KDE Desktop Workspace include:

· KWin, a powerful window manager that provides modern 3D graphical effects
· The Plasma Desktop Shell, a cutting-edge desktop and panels system that features productivity enhancements and online integration through customizable widgets
· Dolphin, a user-friendly, network- and content-aware file manager
· KRunner, a search and launch system for running commands and finding useful information
· easy access to desktop and system controls through SystemSettings.

· Below you can find a short list of improvements to the KDE Desktop Workspace.

· The Plasma Desktop Shell introduces a new default theme, Air. Air looks much lighter and fits better with the default application theme. Plasma also has seen large performance improvements. Memory usage has been reduced, and animations are smoother. Activities can now be tied to virtual desktops, allowing users to have different widgets on each of their desktops. Furthermore, Plasma has improved upon its job and notification management. Running jobs are grouped in a single progress bar to prevent the popup of too many dialogs. Animations are used to signify that jobs are still running by smoothly sliding dialogs into the systemtray and animating the notification icon. Smaller changes in Plasma include fully configurable keyboard shortcuts and more extensive keyboard navigation, the ability to create a plasma widget when you drag or copy content on the desktop and many new and improved Plasma widgets. The folderview widget now allows the user to peek into a folder by hovering it and the new Translatoid widget translates words and sentences right on your desktop using Google Translate. Furthermore, KRunner made its plugin features easier to discover by having a 'help' button showing the syntax of commands in the result area. Actions also have a small configuration allowing for example to start applications under another user account.

· The file manager Dolphin shows small previews of files within a folder and video thumbnails to help the user identify items. The trash can now be configured from the Dolphin Settings menu, and various configurable limitations on the trash size help make sure the disk does not fill up with deleted files. The menu which is shown on a right mouseclick on a item is configurable and the configuration dialog in general has been redesigned to be easier to use. The new network:/ location shows other computers and services on the network (currently limited to those announced by DNS-SD/zeroconf protocols, more will be supported in future versions).

· Further refinements to the workspace tools make it easier to work with your computer. A faster SystemSettings introduces an optional treeview for the configuration and several improvements to settingsdialogs. New effects like 'Sheet' and "Slide Back" and better performance in KWin make window management more smooth, while integration with the Plasma themes creates a more consistent look. Klipper, a tool which keeps a history of things copied to the clipboard, can now act intelligently on the content. It automatically determines a list of applications which can handle a object copied to the clipboard and allows the user to start them right away.

What's new in KDE Software Compilation 4.3 Beta 2:

June 10th, 2009

· Integration of many new technologies, such as PolicyKit and Geolocation services
· New Window animation effects, a more usable Run Command popup and many new and improved addons in Plasma
· Many bugfixes and improvements across all applications and more integration of features coming with the KDE 4 platform

What's new in KDE Software Compilation 4.3 Beta 1:

May 13th, 2009

General:

· Policykit integration
· Settings module for actions triggered by hardware events
· Recent applications, titles and context menues for the classic application launcher
· New Tree Mode in System Settings
· Revisited user interface of the crash dialog, including backtrace parsing and rating
· A network:/ IO Slave to show services such as Zeroconf as view in the file manager
· Sorting folders in the file manager first is now optional
· Support for the mobipocket format in the document viewer and desktop search

Plasma Desktop & KWin Window Manager:

· KRunner now displays all known syntax in the results area when Help button pressed
· Spacers for the panel
· Holidays are now displayed in the calendar of the clock
· Configurable keyboard shortcuts for Plasma
· Grouping support in Extenders
· "Open..." in notifications for finished jobs
· Entering into directories when hovering over them in the folder view
· Keyboard navigation in the zooming user interface and the folder view
· Animations of dialogs from the Panel
· SVG-themed desktop and panel toolbox
· Unit conversion library
· Completed wallpaper renderings can now be cached
· More complete JavaScript API
· Window manager elements now follow the Plasma theme
· Fading desktop switcher
· Windows sliding behind each other when changing focus

Plasma Addons:

· New Plasmoids: Bubble Monitor (a playful system monitor), Magnifique (Plasma magnifier), Media Player, openDesktop (Social Desktop Plasmoid), Remember The Milk Plasmoid (time management), retro-style system load viewer, Unit converter
· New dataengines: Akonadi, Calendar Geolocation, keyboard state, access to Nepomuk metadata, Open Collaboration Services, Picture of the day, support for sun positioning and sunrise/sunset in the time engine
· Rich-text editing and text-zooming in the Notes applet
· Microblogging Plasmoid now also supports identi.ca
· Pastebin applet has been reworked
· The System tray can now show / hide icons based on their category
· Jobs are now grouped together
· Grouped windows' tooltips now also show previews
· Lancelot launcher: Improved theming, configurable actions for system buttons, clear document history
· Speaking the time from the clock
· Weather wallpaper displays a wallpaper matching the current weather
· The Virus wallpaper slowly eats your desktop
· Mandelbrot fractals as real-time computed wallpaper
· Marble Interactive desktop globe can be used as wallpaper

PIM:

· Updated contact list in the instant messenging application Kopete
· Export, drag and drop and improved configuration in Alarm notifier
· A resource to sync Akonadi with Google Calendar
· Support for inserting inline images into emails in KMail

Games:

· New game "Curse of the Mummy" in KGoldrunner, more accurate pause and resume and recording and replaying of games
· KPatience can now save the game state on exit to be restored later
· New in KDE 4: KTron
· Improved AI and asynchronous "thinking" in Bovo
· 70 new levels in KMahjongg

Others:

· The moon and other Planets can now be displayed using the Marble desktop globe
· Support for imperial units, DGML2 and geolocation plugins in Marble
· The Juk music player now supports real translucency in track announcements
· UI improvements and better format handling in the compression tool Ark
· New bookmarking tool in Okteta hex editor
· KGpg, the GnuPG key manager has been ported to the new system tray

What's new in KDE Software Compilation 4.2 Beta 2:

December 17th, 2008

· Compositing desktop effects are enabled where hardware and drivers support it, with a basic default setup. Automatic checks confirm that compositing works before enabling it on the workspace.
· New desktop effects have been added such as the Magic Lamp, Minimize effect, Cube and Sphere desktop switchers. Others, such as the desktop grid, have been improved. All effects have been polished and and feel natural due to the use of motion dynamics. The user interface for choosing effects has been reworked for easy selection of the most commonly used effects.
· Central elements of the desktop experience have seen significant improvements to give a usable and coherent experience. These include grouping and multiple row layout in the task bar, icon hiding in the system tray, notifications and job tracking by Plasma, the ability to have icons on the desktop again by using a Folder View as the desktop background. Restored features and minor tweaks round out the work, such as the return of panel autohiding to maximise your productive screen space, icons now remain where they are placed in the Folder View, the location of new applets is improved, and window previews and tooltips are back in the panel and Task Bar.
· New Plasma applets include applets for leaving messages on a locked screen, previewing files, switching desktop Activity, monitoring news feeds, and utilities like the pastebin applet, the calendar, timer, special character selector, a quicklaunch applet, a system monitor, among many others.
· KRunner, the "Run command..." dialog has extended functionality through several new plugins, including spellchecking, konqueror browser history, power management control through PowerDevil, KDE Places, Recent Documents, and the ability to start specific sessions of the Kate editor, Konqueror and Konsole. The converter plugin now also supports quickly converting between units of speed, mass and distances.
· The Plasma workspace can now load Google Gadgets. Plasma applets can be written in Ruby and Python. Support for applets written in JavaScript and Mac OS dashboard widgets has been further improved.
· Wallpapers are now provided plugins, so developers can easily write custom wallpaper systems in KDE 4.2. Available wallpaper plugins in KDE 4.2 will be slideshows, Mandelbrot fractals, and of course regular static images.
· Theming improvements in the Task Bar, Application Launcher, System Tray and most other Plasma components streamline the look and feel and increase consistency. A new System Settings module, Desktop Theme Details, gives the user control over each element of various Plasma themes.
· Multi-screen support has been improved through the Kephal library, fixing many bugs when running KDE on more than one monitor.

What's new in KDE Software Compilation 4.1.1:

September 3rd, 2008

· Significant performance, interaction and rendering correctness improvements in KHTML and Konqueror, KDE's webbrowser
· User interaction, rendering and stability fixes in Plasma, the KDE4 desktop shell
· PDF backend fixes in the document viewer Okular
· Fixes in Gwenview, the image viewer's thumbnailing, more robust retrieval and display of images with broken metadata
· Stability and interaction fixes in KMail