On Tue, 17 Dec 2024 at 09:44, Nyall Dawson <nyall.daw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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)
(we should also consider offering some "check if your installed plugins are compatible with Qt 6 builds" tool in the Qt 5 releases...!) > > 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
