Qt Releases and Candidates
Qt 5.4.0 Alpha was released: http://blog.qt.digia.com/blog/2014/09/08/qt-5-4-alpha-available/
The Alpha is in source code only, no installers are currently available. Binary installers will be available in a few weeks with the Beta release.
Qt Release Updates
Qt 5.4 Alpha version is still in process with the intent to release as soon as possible.
Qt 5.3.2 blockers have all been addressed. The plan is to release this week if nothing serious is discovered in testing.
Qt Discussions, Releases, Proposals and Snapshots
GammaRay 2.1.1 was released:
https://github.com/KDAB/GammaRay
There is a rather lengthy discussion/argument on QStorageInfo, a new class proposed for v 5.4:
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.qt.devel/18196
Qt 5.4 Alpha version has still has not been released. The goal is to release "as soon as possible".
This is the 100th episode of Qt Updates. I want to thank my family, friends and all the little people I climbed over on my way to the top. :)
Qt Licensing
Qt will be changing its licensing somewhat, using LGPL v3 for new modules and add-ons.
http://blog.qt.digia.com/blog/2014/08/20/adding-lgpl-v3-to-qt/
Some further discussion: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.qt.devel/18166
Qt Releases
The current plan is to release a version 5.4 alpha sometime this week.
5.3.2 is supposed to be released before the 5.4.0 beta release. This is currently scheduled for the end of August or early September.
Current snapshots are located here:
Windows: http://download.qt-project.org/snapshots/qt/5.3/5.3.2/2014-08-14_134/
Qt Releases
Qt Creator 3.2 RC1 has been released for download: http://download.qt-project.org/development_releases/qtcreator/3.2/3.2.0-rc1/
Qt 5.4 has been feature frozen.
Congratulations
Milian Wolff of KDAB has been confirmed as an Approver
Qt feature freeze for 5.4 will occur on 8/8/2014. An alpha release is scheduled for the August 14th timeframe.
http://qt-project.org/wiki/Qt-5.4-release
New features (not yet finalized):
http://qt-project.org/wiki/New-Features-in-Qt-5.4
Summertime is in Full Swing
It seems to be vacation season, so there is less than half the normal traffic on the Qt lists.
It looks like there might be a 5.3.2 patch release in the future.
Have a great week!
Qt Discussions
A discussion started on possibly including the Data Distribution Service (DDS) as a new IPC mechanism for Qt.
Post: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.qt.user/12863
Information on DDS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Distribution_Service
