Qt 6.8.1 Toolkit Released With 550+ Bug Fixes

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  • phoronix
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    • Jan 2007
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    Qt 6.8.1 Toolkit Released With 550+ Bug Fixes

    Phoronix: Qt 6.8.1 Toolkit Released With 550+ Bug Fixes

    Building off the early October release of Qt 6.8 LTS, Qt 6.8.1 is out today with more than 550 fixes collected over the past two months...

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  • ahrs
    Senior Member
    • Apr 2021
    • 550

    #2
    It was packaged in Gentoo within hours of it being tagged. I wish they'd more closely align pyside6 releases though:


    Right now I updated it in my own local overlay.

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    • Weasel
      Senior Member
      • Feb 2017
      • 4438

      #3
      Do you rejoice when 500 bugs get fixed in 2 months, or realize how a bug-ridden software/lib you've been using all this time?

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      • ahrs
        Senior Member
        • Apr 2021
        • 550

        #4
        Originally posted by Weasel View Post
        Do you rejoice when 500 bugs get fixed in 2 months, or realize how a bug-ridden software/lib you've been using all this time?
        It did make me ponder how many bugs GTK must have laying dormant because they don't have the backing of a commercial company. Where is their first-class support for macOS, Windows, Android and Web Assembly?

        Qt is obviously going to have more bugs because it supports more platforms.

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        • caligula
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2014
          • 3312

          #5
          Originally posted by Weasel View Post
          Do you rejoice when 500 bugs get fixed in 2 months, or realize how a bug-ridden software/lib you've been using all this time?
          It's the same with all minor versions of Qt. This over-complicated piece of turd is just that. Pure garbage. You can't really make properly functioning software in C++. It's the same cult that recently got rid of this guy asking questions about UB.

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          • bug77
            Senior Member
            • Dec 2009
            • 6477

            #6
            Originally posted by Weasel View Post
            Do you rejoice when 500 bugs get fixed in 2 months, or realize how a bug-ridden software/lib you've been using all this time?
            Considering the scope of the project, even 1,000 bugs is nothing to worry about. As it stands, it's less than 50 bugs per supported platform, on average.

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            • woddy
              Senior Member
              • Feb 2023
              • 275

              #7
              Originally posted by Weasel View Post
              Do you rejoice when 500 bugs get fixed in 2 months, or realize how a bug-ridden software/lib you've been using all this time?
              When your software becomes popular and has to interface with hundreds of dependencies, different terms of use, different platforms and thousands of users who use it in the strangest ways, then your fucking software page will be flooded with bug reports and you will realize that the quality of a software is not measured by bugs, but by the usability of it and then maybe you will understand that there is no software without bugs at least if you want to keep up with new technologies and not remain on a piece of museum code.​

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              • AHSauge
                Phoronix Member
                • May 2008
                • 117

                #8
                Originally posted by Weasel View Post
                Do you rejoice when 500 bugs get fixed in 2 months, or realize how a bug-ridden software/lib you've been using all this time?
                When did the speed at which bugs are fixed become an indicator of quality? Would it make you more comfortable if it were 100 fixed bugs and the remaining 400 were dormant instead?
                (Implicitly, how do you know if the alternative is any better)

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                • ddriver
                  Senior Member
                  • Jan 2014
                  • 711

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Weasel View Post
                  Do you rejoice when 500 bugs get fixed in 2 months, or realize how a bug-ridden software/lib you've been using all this time?
                  Qt is terrible in this regard. The amount of open bugs is EVER INCREASING, and that's despite the periodic swooping of old issues under the rug to massage them numbers.

                  The key to using Qt successfully - use as little of it, as peripherally as possible. The Qt way is full of pain and suffering. Ironically, it is the best tool of its kind. Which makes is the best, much like how cmake is the best build system and js is the best programming language

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                  • cl333r
                    Senior Member
                    • Oct 2009
                    • 2296

                    #10
                    Qt Creator 15 is also out, for those who don't remember - disconnect from the internet before trying to install it or it will require an online user account.

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