Debian nübs asking when Plasma 6 will hit their repos

If you're using Debian stable, hopefully you fully expect and want not to get major software updates until long after they release, in exchange for a more predictable system.

I'm excited for Plasma 6 but I'm very willing to wait for it, and stick to 5.27 as a daily driver for the next year.

They might include it. Or they might not. If they don't have time to test it, they just won't, and you may wind up with 5.27 for longer than just the next year if you're waiting for debian's stable repos.

debian's neovim is on version 0.7.2 (even in trixie/sid, you have to go to experimental to get to 0.9.5, which is the current). If there are any bugfixes between 0.7.2 and 0.9.5 that aren't security backported... too bad. You aren't getting it any time soon, because it's not landing in Trixie, and it's not guaranteed to land in whatever is after that either.

Debian's "stable" refers to "predictable" like you said. Which includes bugs being predictable. Not resolved. Predictable. And if you have a bug that crashes your system, that bug will stay there unless it's a "security" issue. Predictable crashing. NOT the "doesn't crash" that people seem to think "stable" means.
- I've never had a bug in Debian stable. Not a single one.

In about 2 years. By that time it will actually be stable and pretty much bug free. For me Debian is the only distro that provides a reliable experience.

Until then, enjoy 5.27.x with unfixed bugs for 2 years ;D
- Well I don't actually use KDE. I just am stating what I've noticed in the past. KDE doesn't have stability as a priority so using old versions is really the only way to not have bugs.

Noobs don't use Debian.

Can confirm, after 8 years of distro hopping i stopped at Debian, Debian is for home servers and tired ass mothafuckers
I tried Debian for my very first Linux install very long ago. Its installer formatted my windows partition despite me explicitly telling it not to.

Never touched it after. Not out of resentment, but because I just don't need it for anything.

I mean, the point of Debian is stability. If I'm running Debian then I'm not even gonna want to try and install the thing until after I've seen 100 people use it. I don't think they'll be looking for it in repos.

Plasma 6 is the most tested release EVER. There where at least 5 ways to test it, there was KDE Neon and a dedicated atomic Fedora image for it.

There are many bugs only fixed in Plasma 6.

So it is debateable
- Both of you misunderstand the point of Debian's stability.
  When I run Debian Stable I want to be sure nothing changes about how the system works, until I have time to plan an upgrade.
  So KDE6 could have literally zero bugs and it still wouldn't make sense to push it into a current Debian release, because it has new features.

Debian sid user here. If it appears now or in two weeks in the repo does not change anything for me as I don't depend on the changes for my workflows. For Debian Stable I actually demand them to come much later, in a mostly bugfree version. What's the rush when it probably needs more field-testing?

For Debian Stable, it should actually never come, cause what's the point of KDE on a server?
- Lol. My gaming PC runs Debian Bookworm and KDE.

Oh how quickly people forgot about Plasma 4. When a Debian stable is released with Plasma 6 then I'll know it's ready for me. I don't rush into major KDE releases anymore.

4 is two major versions back. For this statement to be fair, you should have evaluated it against 5. (Spoiler alert: that release was super smooth)
- My point was more that it was a very rough release even for a .0 and the distros should have waited a bit longer before shipping it as a default. All said I <3 KDE and have been using it since 0.9.6 I think

Haha those stupid idiots are big dumb for not knowing about the incredibly niche thing.

I don't care about Plasma, I want Cosmic

It will get to Fedora eventually
- There is an atomic image ready ,it still uses GDM (display managers are more complex to implement than you think) and I have the feeling it cant be the latest stuff, because it feels very incomplete.
  
  Things like a populated dock etc are all missing, its upstream COSMIC.
  
  Also there is no SELinux support yet, you can run it in permissive mode and should get all the errors needed to create one.
  
  Join the Matrix Chat to discuss Fedora Cosmic.

Wasn't it just released or something? It'll be there on the next release. Maybe....

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