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Re: When to drop Qt 4 support and require Qt 5?
From: Anders Broman <anders.broman () ericsson com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:56:15 +0000
-----Original Message----- From: Wireshark-dev [mailto:wireshark-dev-bounces () wireshark org] On Behalf Of Peter Wu Sent: den 25 januari 2018 15:20 To: Developer support list for Wireshark <wireshark-dev () wireshark org> Subject: [Wireshark-dev] When to drop Qt 4 support and require Qt 5? 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? -- I'd vote for branching off 2.6 now and go all hog and require the latest stuff for everything.( e.g What's in SuSE 12.2 RedHat 7,? Ubuntu 16.04 or 18.04). And/Or require Qt5 for 2.6, older systems can still use GTK. /Anders ___________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________ 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)