Qt Activities and Accomplishments
Qt 5.7 Beta: Binary snapshots are still being made, so a release of the Beta will be delayed (from last Thursday) until binary packages are available and there has been some testing on them.
April Fools:
In this blog post, we will show how to address some of the challenges when multiple users bring devices into the car.
Qt Creator and Qt Quips
Qt Creator 4.0 Beta is now available: https://blog.qt.io/blog/2016/03/23/qt-creator-4-0-beta-released/
Here is an amusing article advocating auto in Qt: https://steveire.wordpress.com/2016/03/19/aaargh
Qt Announcement
Qt 5.6 LTS has been released: http://blog.qt.io/blog/2016/03/16/qt-5-6-released/
An issue with deadlocks in KDE Plasma5, specifically in the QtDBus component, has been found and should be addressed in 5.6.1 when it is released.
Download this QML Quick Reference for the latest Qt 5.9.0 release.
Qt News
Qt version 5.7.0 Alpha has been released: http://blog.qt.io/blog/2016/03/11/qt-5-7-alpha-released/
GammaRay 2.4.1 has been released: https://github.com/KDAB/GammaRay/releases
Qt Approvals and Announcements
Several build issues with the Qt 5.6.0 LTS release have been filed.
No expected release of the official Qt 5.6.0 or another RC has been announced yet.
Qt 5.7 Alpha is now available (in source form only, as is usual for Alpha releases): http://download.qt.io/snapshots/qt/5.7/5.7.0-alpha/latest_src/
Michal Klocek has been granted Approver status.
Qt News
Qt 5.6.0 RC has been released: http://blog.qt.io/blog/2016/02
When the final version is released, it will be the first Long Term Support release since Qt 4.8.
ICS will offer an upcoming OpenGL Fixed Function to Shaders webinar March 10 @ 1:00 PM (EST).
To learn more or register: http://www.ics.com/learning/webinars
Hopefully a Qt 5.6.0 RC will be released this week. If all goes well, a final might be released within 2 weeks.
Qt 5.7 is now feature frozen.
Lars Knoll has started a thread: "Supported platforms for Qt 5.8"
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.qt.devel/24938
