Qt 5.9 To Be An LTS Release, Qt 6 Planning On Radar
Lars Knoll has made some interesting remarks regarding the future of Qt 5 as well as Qt 6.
The Qt Chief Maintainer and CTO of The Qt Company shared in a mailing list post minutes ago:
- He acknowledged their problem in getting patch releases out to Qt5, including that they aren't doing any patch/point releases for Qt 5.8. But moving forward he anticipates the situation will improve with better continuous integration and testing, the more frequent beta releases, etc.
- Qt 5.6 is the current toolkit's long-term support (LTS) release but they have decided Qt 5.9 will now be the next LTS release. As such, Qt 5.9 will have point/patch releases for 3+ years.
- Qt 5.10 is still aiming for a release in late autumn while Qt 5.11 should be here in the spring of 2018.
- Following the Qt 5.11 release, they plan to start working on Qt 6. Qt 6 planning will likely begin in more detail later this year at the Qt Contributor Summit taking place in October.
More details via this mailing list post.
The Qt Chief Maintainer and CTO of The Qt Company shared in a mailing list post minutes ago:
- He acknowledged their problem in getting patch releases out to Qt5, including that they aren't doing any patch/point releases for Qt 5.8. But moving forward he anticipates the situation will improve with better continuous integration and testing, the more frequent beta releases, etc.
- Qt 5.6 is the current toolkit's long-term support (LTS) release but they have decided Qt 5.9 will now be the next LTS release. As such, Qt 5.9 will have point/patch releases for 3+ years.
- Qt 5.10 is still aiming for a release in late autumn while Qt 5.11 should be here in the spring of 2018.
- Following the Qt 5.11 release, they plan to start working on Qt 6. Qt 6 planning will likely begin in more detail later this year at the Qt Contributor Summit taking place in October.
More details via this mailing list post.
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