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It's not the same because when 5.13 and 5.14 support was dropped, 5.14 and
5.15 were released.
Now even if 6.0 is officially released, a lot of modules are not yet
released and won't be available before 6.1 or 6.2 is released.
A lot of open source users are blocked, having no patch releases for 5.15
and no way to use Qt 6 yet.
2)I'm aware of that, but the upcoming LTS phase patch releases are exactly
what I need. If there was a bug in the last 5.13 release, I could upgrade
to 5.14.{0,1} which typically included the fixes after the last 5.13
release. Qt6 does not yet include many important modules, so I have nothing
to upgrade to until 6.1 or 6.2.
Also not every open source project is interested to track the bleeding edge
releases, but I was rather interested in stability, hence following LTS
releases.
3)Yes, it would have made sense that the Qt Company waits for all modules to be available in Qt 6 before dropping the 5.15 open support...
I cannot express how much I agree to this. Qt6 has half of the modules required by my project not yet available, so upgrading is not possible. On the other hand, 5.15 LTS is closed for the open source users - this is quite a heavy restriction for me since my project is non-profit and open source. Buying a commercial license is not an option.
Yes I'm aware that I'm a small fish in a large pond and QtC won't care about my contributions or me as a developer using Qt since there is no profit to make with me. On the other hand, I will carefully think about using Qt again in future projects or recommend it to other people.
This is not a complaint. Its your business and your rules. I'm just trying to express the thoughts of a bigger but usally silent group of open source/non-profit users which are directly impacted by this.
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