Changes/LXQt 2.1

LXQt 2.1

This is a proposed Change for Fedora Linux.
This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.

Summary

Upgrade LXQt in Fedora to version 2.1.

Owner

• Name: Steve Cossette, Neal Gompa, Shawn W Dunn
• Email: farchord@gmail.com, ngompa13@gmail.com, sfalken@cloverleaf-linux.org

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora Linux 42
• Last updated: 2024-12-03
• Announced
• Discussion thread
• FESCo issue: #3294
• Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
• Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

LXQt in Fedora will be upgraded to v2.1 and will default to Wayland, leveraging miriway by default for the Wayland experience.

More details on LXQt 2.1 are available from the upstream release announcement.

Benefit to Fedora

Fedora includes the latest version of LXQt and one more desktop spin offering a Wayland-based experience.

Scope

• Proposal owners:
  • Upgrade all related LXQt packages
    • Incorporate pending upstream changes to support miriway as a Wayland compositor for LXQt
  • Adjust comps and live image to use Wayland by default

• Other developers: N/A

• Release engineering: #12455

• Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)

• Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

• Alignment with the Fedora Strategy: N/A

Upgrade/compatibility impact

Users will be upgraded to LXQt 2.1, though no major configuration or user experience changes are expected.

How To Test

Install using the spin, netinstall or DVD. Or upgrade from older release. Then users should be able to test by doing any daily work.

User Experience

The user experience is not expected to change significantly with this upgrade.

Dependencies

None outside of this Change.

Contingency Plan

• Contingency mechanism: Roll back the LXQt packages. It will require an Epoch bump.
• Contingency deadline: Beta freeze
• Blocks release? No.

Documentation

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Release Notes

LXQt in Fedora has been upgraded to version 2.1 and now defaults to Wayland.