Hi,

For the open-source online installer where mirorbrain is used.

The commercial distribution is done with a different system where mirror space 
is not an issue and there is a much higher number of “mirrors”, so also the 
archive performance is a bit better.

Yours,

                                Tuukka

From: Development <development-boun...@qt-project.org> on behalf of Tomasz 
Siekierda <sierd...@gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 15:50
To: Jani Heikkinen <jani.heikki...@qt.io>
Cc: development@qt-project.org <development@qt-project.org>
Subject: Re: [Development] Decrease amount of qt releases in online installer
On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 at 11:44, Jani Heikkinen via Development 
<development@qt-project.org<mailto:development@qt-project.org>> wrote:
Hi,

Currently, more than 60 Qt releases can be installed from the Qt open source 
online installer (if all installation categories are selected). This requires a 
huge amount of disk space on the mirrors and also causes some performance 
issues with the online installer. That's why I suggest removing the older ones 
from the online installer; these releases can still be found in the archive as 
source packages and offline installers.

But what are the ones that can be removed? I suggest removing all Qt 5 except 
Qt 5.15.x. And maybe we could also remove the oldest Qt6s, e.g. all Qt 6.0.x, 
6.1.x?


Is this only about Open Source installer or also Commercial one? I'm on Qt 
5.12.5 (Commercial) and will continue using this version potentially for years 
to come (yeah it sucks but it's not my choice). So it would be nice to still 
have it in the installer. I can compile it myself, I know I know, but the 
installer is just a lot more convenient.
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