On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 at 22:52, Martin Dobias via QGIS-Developer <qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: > > Hi all > > As the time progresses and Qt6 support in QGIS is getting better and better > (huge thanks to all devs that have been pushing qt6 support forward!), what > do you think about setting a timeline to finally switch the official QGIS > builds to Qt6? > > My understanding is that there are only few blockers left to address (e.g. > vectorized output from webengine, mac packages), so to kick off the > discussion, I would like to propose that QGIS 3.46 scheduled for October 2025 > could be the first release where qt6 builds would be the official ones. (qt5 > builds could still be made, but not official anymore.) > > I think that should hopefully give use enough time to get things ready, and > also give enough time for plugin developers to migrate plugins to be qt6 > compatible. > > To speed up work on the items left, we could even make next year's grants > specifically ONLY about qt6 migration, to make sure that we are on the right > track... > > Does this sound doable, or am I just dreaming? :-)
I think that timeline is definitely reasonable, at least from the point of view of "can we get QGIS Qt 6 builds stable and extremely well tested". I'd love to see us aim for this milestone at that date. That said, I share Vincent's concerns about the plugin situation. I'm not super-comfortable with advertising Qt 6 builds as the "default" for QGIS without some disclaimer about the plugin situation. Maybe at this milestone we could rework the download page so that the two options are presented equally, eg: Which QGIS version do you want? QGIS (Qt 5 version) -- less stable, but with full compatibility for all existing plugins QGIS (Qt 6 version) -- more stable, with better modern platform support, but limited support for existing plugins. (see XXX for guides on how to update your plugins to be compatible with these builds) i.e. we just shove the choice of build at the user and let them make an informed (?!) decision. Nyall > > Cheers > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
