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When to drop Qt 4 support and require Qt 5?
From: Peter Wu <peter () lekensteyn nl>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 15:19:40 +0100
Hi all, Qt 4.8 has not been supported for two years now ("standard support" ended in December 2015, https://blog.qt.io/blog/2015/05/26/qt-4-8-7-released/). Is it feasible to drop support for Qt 4 and require Qt 5? The development branch has apparently been broken for a while, I tried to patch it up here: https://code.wireshark.org/review/25469 Reasons not to drop Qt 4.8 support: - RHEL/CentOS 6 by default do not have Qt 5, see https://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/Support_library_version_tracking#RHEL.2FCentOS Reasons to drop Qt 4.8 support: - Reduce maintenance overhead (allow use of new Qt 5 features, use new signal/slot syntax, ...). - Related to the above, dropping Qt 4 would enable simplification: https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev/201712/msg00045.html - Upstream support has ended in December 2015. - We do not test it (not even compile testing), so bugs will sneak in. - macOS and Windows already require Qt 5. It is probably too late for 2.6, but can we commit to this for the next version? Or can we already declare Qt 4 unsupported now? -- Kind regards, Peter Wu https://lekensteyn.nl ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev () wireshark org> Archives: https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://www.wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-request () wireshark org?subject=unsubscribe
Current thread:
- When to drop Qt 4 support and require Qt 5? Peter Wu (Jan 25)
- Re: When to drop Qt 4 support and require Qt 5? Anders Broman (Jan 25)
- Re: When to drop Qt 4 support and require Qt 5? Jaap Keuter (Jan 25)
- Re: When to drop Qt 4 support and require Qt 5? Roland Knall (Jan 25)
- Re: When to drop Qt 4 support and require Qt 5? Guy Harris (Jan 25)
- Re: When to drop Qt 4 support and require Qt 5? Jaap Keuter (Jan 25)
- Re: When to drop Qt 4 support and require Qt 5? Anders Broman (Jan 25)