Changes/Drop Libreoffice KF5

Drop Libreoffice KF5 integration package

Summary

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

• Name: Mattia Verga
• Email: mattia.verga@proton.me
• Name: Gwyn Ciesla
• Email: gwync@protonmail.com

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora Linux 44
• Last updated: 2026-03-17
• Announced
• Discussion thread
• FESCo issue: #3537
• Tracker bug: #2436479
• Release notes tracker: #307

Detailed Description

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

This has been requested specifically in bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2426728

Scope

• Proposal owners:

Adjust the specfile. The libreoffice-kf* integration subpackages are already under conditional.

• Other developers:

None.

• Release engineering: #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

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)

Do you require 'QA Blueprint' support? N

How To Test

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

User Experience

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.

Contingency Plan

• 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

N/A (not a System Wide Change)