Hi everyone, https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/amarok/-/blob/master/ChangeLog has been filling up nicely and we're also clearly under 500 open bugs now. I merged a reimplemented Similar Artists context applet earlier today, which was the final thing I wanted to have included in the next version.
Although there haven't been that many new new features, there's been a huge amount of Qt6 compatibility preparation work, however. That shouldn't affect Qt5/KF5 functionality, but it naturally carries some kind of regression risk (additionally, minimum KF version has been bumped to 5.89), so I figured it's probably a good idea to make the next release 3.1 already, and do a beta for it first. The beta will be tagged in a couple of days, with 3.1 release maybe in early August. KF5.89's a nice dependency, as it's apparently still compatible with Kubuntu 22.04 LTS. Maybe there'll be a 3.1.1 a bit later which doesn't yet raise the dependency, but after that it's time to go to 5.108 so all the remaining deprecated KF parts can be replaced ( https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/amarok/-/issues/8 ). That'll probably be called 3.2 then, and maybe it will at least be buildable with Qt6/KF6 already. Wishing everyone a nice week Tuomas Kirjoitit torstaina 27. kesäkuuta 2024 16.18.50 UTC+3: > Hi everyone > I thought I'd write a couple of words of status update here. > > There's been some work on pruning outdated documentation in online resources > etc ongoing, > and also removing outdated/unused bits in Amarok code, too. > 3.0.2 will come probably in July; there are already a bunch of nice > improvements listed in > Changelog: https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/amarok/-/blob/master/ChangeLog > and some more will come before release. Open bugs/wishes are now at 503, and > it'll > probably go under 500 before release. (I think I'll also close all the bugs > reported > against the latest Windows version 2.8.0 from 2013 soon - no point in keeping > them open > as they've been mostly fixed since, but not going to land on any Windows user > before someone > wants to make Windows-3.0's happen) > > Qt6 build keeps progressing a bit further, bit-by-bit, while everything's > still staying > Qt5-compatible too. I have no idea yet if there will be a point when same > codebase can be > built with Qt5 and Qt6, but at least getting as near as that as possible is > probably a good idea. > > There's also one pending change I'd be very happy to hear more opinions on: > https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/amarok/-/merge_requests/107 > As it kind of effects how credits / info on earlier contributors are > displayed, I'd be happy to > hear if the idea of removing the openDesktop.org integration sounds > justifiable to other > people, too, before merging (some screenshots demonstrating the state are > shown on the > merge request). > Additionally, I'd maybe like to remove the donors tab altogether. It lists 3 > people who > contributed to Roktober 2012 or earlier. Maybe it would be time to. > > Wishing you a nice summer Thursday! > Tuomas >
