KDE 5.25 was recently released, and I wondered how long a new release takes to show up for FreeBSD.

I asked the ever-helpful @FreeBSDHelp about this.

@FreeBSDHelp With KDE 5.25 out recently, what’s the typical time from release to a KDE update being available for FreeBSD?

And when it is available, would you have to be on latest rather than quarterly pkg updates to get it sooner?

— Tom (@TomaszJ) June 17, 2022

The response was that it depends on how much might need to be updated, but that there is a proactive team that works on bringing KDE to FreeBSD.

Generally depends on degree to which the the whole stack (or not) needs to be updated. Our Desktop & KDE teams are very proactive and work closely with the @kdecommunity

Check out: https://t.co/GUoEibYPCa for more info and join us at #freebsd-desktop on @liberachat 🙂

— FreeBSD Help (@FreeBSDHelp) June 17, 2022

There are a couple of useful links there. You also likely need to be on the latest rather than quarterly packages. I’ll update my repo config at some point for that.

There’s also a GitHub repo you can keep your eye on.

Whoop! Forgot to mention that the KDE team maintains an in-development KDE repository for work in progress and testing updates before it hits the official tree. You can keep an eye out on whats going on right here: https://t.co/Zx9bhHE84p

— FreeBSD Help (@FreeBSDHelp) June 17, 2022