KDE Gear 25.08.3 released
KDE Gear 25.08.3 has rolled out, bringing new bugfix source releases with updated translations to more than 180 individual programs and dozens of programmer libraries and feature plugins.
The latest batch includes improvements for Kdenlive, which can now render images in the timeline preview without issues. In addition, Kosmindoormap has been enhanced to accurately depict staircases in corridors. Meanwhile, kwalletmanager ensures that the context menu is created even when an empty list is present.
Change logs reveal significant updates across various KDE applications. For instance, Calligra has seen improvements with the integration of Eigen 5 and config-opts fixes. Dolphin's development includes resets to user-defined default zoom levels and fixups for folder creation functionality. Dragon, a KDE application, has received name changes to better align with Flatpak compatibility.
Event views have been fortified against dereferencing issues, while itinerary enhancements include clip journey delegates. Kalarm has addressed version number discrepancies and crafted fixes using the latest stable PIM. Kate improvements involve context toolview focus-stealing corrections, as well as drive letter capitalization on Windows.
LSP updates within Kate have led to improved documentation resolution and delayed reacting to view changes. Additionally, Kate's save-modified dialog now plays sound only for non-spontaneous events. Kcalutils has utilized the en_US locale to resolve issues with the test incidence formatter, whereas kdeconnect-kde made plugin settings translatable.
Kdenlive received fixes for incorrectly handled clip length crashes, possible UI file-related crashes, and native font dialog in subtitle styles on Linux. Further enhancements include preventing unused clips from interfering with video frame rate and adding support for svg files. Fixes were also applied to image sequences and crash issues related to normalized tracks.
Updates have also been made to other KDE applications. Kgeography corrected Danish and French flag colors, the itinerary has added the citycity.se iCal extractor script, tweaked Flixbus address extraction methods, and improved PDF extraction patterns for various transportation companies. Kmime included more sanity checks for Yenc part size values, ignored empty newsgroup header entries, and peeked ahead to prevent parsing issues.
Kolourpaint exchanged its website with apps.kde.org/kolourpaint; kosmindoormap has been enhanced to accurately depict staircases in corridors; kpublictransport has properly validated onboard API coordinates; fixed the parsing of RailJet speed; and added another Wi-Fi name for the Frecciarossa onboard API.
Moreover, KWalletManager ensured that the context menu is created even when an empty list is present. MessageLib has fixed parent-related issues, which could lead to memory leaks. Fixes have also been applied to false positive scam detection in messageLib.
KDE applications like NeoChat and Okular received updates to ensure a smoother user experience. Specifically, NeoChat displayed less frightening icons for neutral reasons when cancelling verification, while Okular improved error handling on multiple open calls. Pimcommon fixed a variable name issue, whereas tokodon incremented or decremented favorite/reblog counters when interacting with users.
You can find the full changelog here and the release info here.
