Qt 5.6 Release Candidate Is Out, Three Months Late

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Qt 5.6 Release Candidate Is Out, Three Months Late

The Qt Company has finally announced the release of the Qt 5.6 release candidate...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Qt-5.6-Release-Candidate

[bug77]

I don't mind the waiting, as long as the result is not as buggy as 5.5.

[danielnez1]

I don't mind the waiting, as long as the result is not as buggy as 5.5.

Tell me about it, I hope it improves stability for Plasma 5 et al.

[bug77]

Tell me about it, I hope it improves stability for Plasma 5 et al.

For me Plasma is pretty stable. It's the random behaviour that kills the experience for me. I guess we'll see soon enough.

[smitty3268]

That does sound like some pretty major changes, so i guess it makes sense that a LTS version like this would be a little late.

Qt 5.6 features fully rewritten HiDPI support, full Windows 10 support, the removal of WebKit and Qt Quick 1 support, and many other changes.

[miskol]

Qt 5.6 is LTS version
so anybody didn't expect this ?

I really hoped for QML/java script compiler in 5.6 but it will be in 5.7

[zoomblab]

Will this be included in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?

[bug77]

Qt 5.6 is LTS version
so anybody didn't expect this ?

I really hoped for QML/java script compiler in 5.6 but it will be in 5.7

Ubuntu has LTS releases, too and they're never delayed. So no, just because something is LTS does not mean an automatic delay.