On 3/24/21 6:00 AM, interest-requ...@qt-project.org wrote:
The exact opposite is the correct thing:
- deprecation messages while compiling the source code are correct
- messages to the mailing list are not sufficient
No, it's not. It only seems correct if you live in a world where nothing
lasts six months.
Out in the real product world you create some product using Qt 3.x or
4.2. That product goes to production where it remains for 7-15+ years.
Now the product needs to be redeveloped/enhanced because the benefits
now outweigh the costs of spin-up. It hits start of new life when Qt 5
LTS is flushed down the toidy and Qt 6 is an Easter Seals child.
The very first time you find out everything that got nuked is today.
This isn't mythical.
HCL was again late last year shopping around the Qt 3 & OS/2 medical
device contract. The client is actually thinking of biting the upgrade
bullet. Don't know who the client is. HCL was shopping around illegal
alien wages as usual. It will be 8-12 months before they get up to my
billing rates.
Several months ago I had a phone call and several emails with the
founder of a company that is doing quite well with a product that is a
shining symbol in the world indicating some people in the world make too
damned much money. As of our last conversation they had yet to pull the
trigger on a new Qt resource for the rewrite. Their product is also
using Qt 3.
Given the current state of Qt and the willy-nilly nuking of things, both
of these companies are going to have to go with CopperSpice or some
other competitor. Qt 6 isn't usable and Qt 5 has no LTS unless they want
to support the ex-wife in a manner she would like to become accustomed to.
https://youtu.be/8mLQ_fyiWIs
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