F44 Change Proposal: Drop Libreoffice KF5 [SelfContained]

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Drop Libreoffice KF5

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This is a proposed Change for Fedora Linux.
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Summary :open_book:

With KDE being on Qt6 since F40 and lxqt also being on qt6 since F41, we would like to drop the libreoffice-KF5 subpackage which provides integration against Qt5.

Owner :open_book:

Detailed Description :open_book:

With KDE being on Qt6 since F40 and lxqt also being on qt6 since F41, we would like to drop the libreoffice-KF5 subpackage which provides integration against Qt5.

The libreoffice-kf6 subpackage is already set as a supplement of libreoffice-core and plasma-workspace since F40. This change will drop the libreoffice-kf5 subpackage entirely and make the libreoffice-kf6 obsolete the old package.

Feedback :open_book:

This has been requested specifically in bugzilla: 2426728 – Subpackage deprecation: libreoffice-kf5

Benefit to Fedora :open_book:

Scope :open_book:

  • Proposal owners:
    Adjust the specfile. The libreoffice-kf* integration subpackages are already under conditional.
  • Other developers:
    None.
  • Release engineering: [Making sure you're not a bot! #Releng issue number]
    None.
  • Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)
    None.
  • Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
    None.
  • Alignment with the Fedora Strategy:
    None.

Upgrade/compatibility impact :open_book:

On upgrade the libreoffice-kf5 should be removed (if it was previously installed).

On new installations, the libreoffice-kf6 package should be installed when the DE is plasma-workspace.

Early Testing (Optional) :open_book:

Do you require ‘QA Blueprint’ support? N

How To Test :open_book:

Upgrade/install libreoffice and check, for example, it uses the open/save dialogs from KF6/Qt6.

User Experience :open_book:

No change should be noticed on upgrades from a recent Fedora version.

When upgrading from F<40, users will notice LO uses KF6/Qt6 windows dialogs.

Dependencies :open_book:

Contingency Plan :open_book:

  • Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No

Documentation :open_book:

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Release Notes :open_book:

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Last edited by @alking 2026-01-05T17:11:08Z

Last edited by @alking 2026-01-05T17:11:08Z

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How do you feel about the proposal as written?

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  • Strongly opposed
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This change proposal has now been submitted to FESCo with ticket #3537 for voting.

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