At Thu, 7 Jan 2021 15:25:53 +0000 Jérôme Godbout <godbo...@amotus.ca> wrote:
> > From what I understand, opens source are only latest version, so > 5.15.2 > will be only for commercial since 6.0 is out. So they only support open > source for the latest release. But the trouble here is that 6.0 is not fully > completed yet, which make it kind of trouble some. No, 5.15 is still open source. It is just that if you want to keep using that version *AND* want updates, you will have to pay *for the updates*, as the only *free* support will be for the 6.x versions. If you can live with the current 5.x release (5.15.2?) *as is*, you can still use it, just that there won't be any bugfix or security updates, for free. > > So for what I understand. 6.2.x where is x will be open source until 6.3.0 is > out, after that no more. > > That would make sense in case 6.0 a complete replacement of 5.0, which is not > yet. > > From: Interest <interest-boun...@qt-project.org> On Behalf Of Michael Jackson > Sent: January 7, 2021 10:01 AM > To: Tuukka Turunen <tuukka.turu...@qt.io>; interest@qt-project.org > Subject: Re: [Interest] Qt 5.15 pull out of open source?! > > Dear Tuukka, > As an open source developer who has used Qt since 2009, I am still a bit > confused as to what versions of Qt6 that my open-source project should be > using over time? For example, we might be lucky enough to port to the 6.0 > release, and then to 6.1. If 6.2 is LTS and commercial only, what is the next > Qt 6 version that an open-source project would jump to? Would that be 6.3? Is > TQtC going to do something like the âÂÂodd (6.1, 6.3â¦)â releases > are opensource but the âÂÂeven (62, 6.4â¦)â releases are > commercial only? Is there a longer term roadmap available that explains TQtC > vision on how this will work? > > -- > Michael Jackson | Owner, President > BlueQuartz Software > [e] mike.jack...@bluequartz.net<mailto:mike.jack...@bluequartz.net> > [w] www.bluequartz.net<http://www.bluequartz.net> > > > From: Interest > <interest-boun...@qt-project.org<mailto:interest-boun...@qt-project.org>> on > behalf of Tuukka Turunen <tuukka.turu...@qt.io<mailto:tuukka.turu...@qt.io>> > Date: Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 4:38 AM > To: Giuseppe D'Angelo > <giuseppe.dang...@kdab.com<mailto:giuseppe.dang...@kdab.com>>, > "interest@qt-project.org<mailto:interest@qt-project.org>" > <interest@qt-project.org<mailto:interest@qt-project.org>> > Subject: Re: [Interest] Qt 5.15 pull out of open source?! > > Hi, > > Apologies for not sending the mail also to the interest mailing list. This is > nothing new, as this was announced in already February 2020. Otherwise Qt > continues to be available for open-source users, but the long-term support > releases of Qt will be available only for the commercial license holders. > First commercial-only patch release being Qt 5.15.3 planned to be released in > February 2021. > > Qt 5.15.2 continues to be available for all users, so situation is similar as > with Qt 5.13 and Qt 5.14, for example (no new patch releases). Qt 6.0.0 and > subsequent patch releases, as well as upcoming Qt 6.1 and Qt 6.2 etc releases > are also available for open-source users. Eventually we will enter > long-term-support phase with Qt 6.2 LTS at which point again these are only > for commercial license holders, but all releases done until that point > continue to be available for all users. > > Yours, > > Tuukka > > > > From: Interest > <interest-boun...@qt-project.org<mailto:interest-boun...@qt-project.org>> > Date: Thursday, 7. January 2021 at 10.45 > To: interest@qt-project.org<mailto:interest@qt-project.org> > <interest@qt-project.org<mailto:interest@qt-project.org>> > Subject: Re: [Interest] Qt 5.15 pull out of open source?! > Hi, > > Il 07/01/21 04:03, Jérôme Godbout ha scritto: > > Hi, > > is this any true? > > https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Qt-5.15-LTS-Commercial-Phase > > Please see the thread on development@ (no idea why the original message > was not posted on interest@ as well.). > > > https://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2021-January/040798.html > > > HTH, > > -- > Giuseppe D'Angelo | > giuseppe.dang...@kdab.com<mailto:giuseppe.dang...@kdab.com> | Senior Software > Engineer > KDAB (France) S.A.S., a KDAB Group company > Tel. France +33 (0)4 90 84 08 53, http://www.kdab.com > KDAB - The Qt, C++ and OpenGL Experts > _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org<mailto:Interest@qt-project.org> > https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/interest > > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org > https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/interest > > -- Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services hel...@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services
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