14 DAY TRIAL // Today, November 10, 2016, the KDE Project announced the release and general availability of the third and last scheduled maintenance update of the KDE Applications 16.08 software suite for KDE Plasma 5 desktops.
That's right, we're talking about KDE Applications 16.08.3, which lands almost a month after the previous update, namely KDE Applications 16.08.2, bringing the long-term support version of KDE Development Platform 4.14.26 along for the ride. KDE Applications 16.08.3 is here to address over 20 bugs reported by users since then.
"This release contains only bugfixes and translation updates, providing a safe and pleasant update for everyone. More than 20 recorded bugfixes include improvements to KDE PIM, Ark, Okteta, Umbrello, KMines, among others. This release also includes Long Term Support version of KDE Development Platform 4.14.26," reads the announcement.
KDE Applications 16.12 now in dependency freeze
Now that KDE Applications 16.08.3 is out, the 16.08 series reached end of life, which means that KDE Applications 16.12 development starts today, November 10, with the dependency freeze in place. A first Beta of the upcoming KDE Applications 16.12 software suite is currently scheduled for next week, on November 17, 2016.
Public testers and earlier adopters will be able to get their hands on the KDE Applications 16.12 Release Candidate (RC) build on the first day of December, and the final release ships December 15, 2016, for the current KDE Plasma 5 desktop environments. As usual, KDE Applications 16.12 will get three point releases.
To see what exactly has been changed in today's KDE Applications 16.08.3 update, we recommend that you study the full changelog. In the meantime, do not hesitate to update your installations, as it looks like Arch Linux users have already received the KDE Applications 16.08.3 software suite in the stable repositories.