Re: Plasma versions and Debian point-releases

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On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 09:51:29PM +0000, Quentin Aymard wrote:
>I thought point-releases of Debian were aimed at uploading newer versions =
of packages to Stable as long as the feature set remained consistent (no br=
eaking change or major user experience modification).

No, point releases of stable simply pack stable updates made since the=20
previous point release, and the stable updates policy is "bugfixes only"=20
(and even then).

>Does this mean I misunderstood the idea behind point-releases, or do Debia=
n KDE team consider minor releases (eg 6.x) of Plasma to be "too much" of a=
 jump forward, making them unsuitable for point-releases ?

Probably both. I wouldn't say that "minor releases (eg 6.x) of Plasma" are=
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"the feature set remained consistent (no breaking change or major user=20
experience modification)".


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WBR, wRAR

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