[education/kstars] /: Starting KStars 3.8.5 Development Cycle

Git commit fdbfc17cd4d3a0e864a720c8038769c5bf8f7beb by Jasem Mutlaq.
Committed on 10/08/2026 at 15:08.
Pushed by mutlaqja into branch 'master'.

Starting KStars 3.8.5 Development Cycle

M  +2    -2    CMakeLists.txt
M  +1    -1    org.kde.kstars.appdata.xml
M  +6    -0    packaging/linux/debian/changelog

https://invent.kde.org/education/kstars/-/commit/fdbfc17cd4d3a0e864a720c8038769c5bf8f7beb

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 579e6f1e05..1bfc27fda8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.16.0 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 PROJECT(kstars
-        VERSION 3.8.4
+        VERSION 3.8.5
         DESCRIPTION "A Desktop Planetarium for KDE"
         HOMEPAGE_URL "https://edu.kde.org/kstars"
         LANGUAGES CXX C)
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PROJECT(kstars
 set (KStars_VERSION_MAJOR ${kstars_VERSION_MAJOR})
 set (KStars_VERSION_MINOR ${kstars_VERSION_MINOR})
 set (KStars_VERSION_REVISION ${kstars_VERSION_PATCH})
-set (KSTARS_BUILD_RELEASE "Stable")
+set (KSTARS_BUILD_RELEASE "Beta")
 set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
 # Option to choose between Qt5 and Qt6
diff --git a/org.kde.kstars.appdata.xml b/org.kde.kstars.appdata.xml
index 9ecdca58e8..afef07bef1 100644
--- a/org.kde.kstars.appdata.xml
+++ b/org.kde.kstars.appdata.xml
@@ -557,6 +557,6 @@
   </custom>
   <content_rating type="oars-1.1"/>
   <releases>
-    <release version="3.8.4" date="2026-08-01"/>
+    <release version="3.8.5" date="2026-10-01"/>
   </releases>
 </component>
diff --git a/packaging/linux/debian/changelog b/packaging/linux/debian/changelog
index 3943071c11..32c7d53c78 100644
--- a/packaging/linux/debian/changelog
+++ b/packaging/linux/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+kstars-bleeding (6:3.8.5) jammy; urgency=medium
+
+  * 3.8.5 Upstream release.
+
+ -- Jasem Mutlaq <[email protected]>  Thu, 1 Oct 2026 08:30:00 +0300
+
 kstars-bleeding (6:3.8.4) jammy; urgency=medium
 
   * 3.8.4 Upstream release.