Qt Releases and Proposals

 Feature Freeze for Qt 5.4 is scheduled for August 8

Qt 5.3 Release Schedule

Qt 5.3.1 release is currently scheduled for Jun 17.  A release of Qt 5.3.2 is scheduled for some time after the summer holidays. The current 5.3.1 snapshot can be found here: http://download.qt-project.org/snapshots/qt/5.3/5.3.1/

What is New in Qt Version 5.4?

Qt Project will list planned new features in Qt 5.4:

(It is currently empty as of this writing) http://qt-project.org/wiki/New-Features-in-Qt-5.4

Qt & Ford Motor Company – Opinion

Brett Stottlemyer at Ford has requested sandbox areas for two proposed projects:

Qt Releases, Snapshots and Discussions

Qt 5.3 was released on Tues, May 20.  It also includes Qt Creator 3.1.1.   http://blog.qt.digia.com/blog/2014/05/20/qt-5-3-released/

A preliminary snapshot of Qt 5.3.1 is available:
http://download.qt-project.org/snapshots/qt/5.3/5.3.1/2014-05-26_88/

Currently, plans call for a release on Jun 17.

Qt 5.2.1

Qt 5.2.1 has been merged into the release branch -- all additional 5.2.1 development should take place there.

The first 5.2.1 snapshots are now available here: 
http://download.qt-project.org/snapshots/qt/5.2/5.2.1/2014-01-17_17/

Qt 5.2.2

The stable branch will be bumped to 5.2.2.
A Qt 5.2.1 release is imminent, though no specific date is set yet.

Qt 5.3

Current plans for 5.3 are:

This article will show how to create a self-signed SSL key for Apache and how the Qt code will use it.

This article will demonstrate how a user-defined class can use overloaded QDataStream operators for serialization and persistence.

Qt 5.0.0 introduced the QStandardPaths class. This expands on functionality that was in Qt 4 in the QDesktopServices class.

The QStandardPaths class provides methods for accessing standard paths on a system such as the location of the user's desktop directory or location of a program executable. The class provides only static methods, so it never needs to be instantiated as an object.

Introduction

A quick trivia quiz:

1. Does Qt use multiple inheritance?
2. If so, how many public Qt classes use it?
3. Does any Qt class directly inherit from more than two classes?
4. Does Qt let you multiply inherit (directly or indirectly) from QObject?

If you can correctly answer these questions off the top of your head you're definitely a Qt and C++ guru and can stop reading now. If not, then by the end of this article you will be able to answer these questions and impress your colleagues with your knowledge.

QMimeDatabase and QMimeType are new classes introduced in Qt 5. MIME, which stands for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, is an Internet standard for identifying file formats. The MIME standard was originally created to support attachment of files in e-mail messages. A good reference for MIME can be found here.

The QMimeDatabase class returns information about the database of MIME types on a system. Instances of the QMimeType class describe the type of a file or data.