Qt Tips and Tricks - Part I: Learn more about the lesser known tips within Qt that can make a big difference using Qt.

What's New with Qt?

New Qt 5.6.0 beta snapshots are available: http://download.qt.io/snapshots/qt/5.6/5.6.0-beta/

Qt Conversations

• Rolland Dudemaine of Green Hills Software is reviving a Qt 5 port to the INTEGRITY Real-Time OS.

• Qt Creator 3.6 beta1 is now available: http://blog.qt.io/blog/2015/10/27/qt-creator-3-6-beta1-released/

• From the Qt Release Team meeting: "We need to postpone the beta release again, (the) new target (will be) 12.11.2015."
• Support for MSVC 2005, 2008 and 2010 will be dropped in Qt 5.7

All Things Qt

Not much development discussion on the lists this week, aside from the thread mentioned last week on potential changes to QString and friends.

Changing of the Guard

Björn Breitmeyer of KDAB is stepping down as the Windows Embedded Compact port Maintainer and has nominated Andreas Holzammer (also of KDAB) as his successor.  Andreas is also being nominated as an Approver, since Maintainers must also be Approvers.

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Qt Comings and Goings

Comings…

Qt 5.5.1 and Qt Creator 3.5.1 have been released.

• Qt 5.5.1 blog: http://blog.qt.io/blog/2015/10/15/qt-5-5-1-released/  
• Qt Creator 3.5.1 blog: http://blog.qt.io/blog/2015/10/15/qt-creator-3-5-1-released/

Goings…

Qt World Summit 2015 and Beyond...

There is nothing new to report on the Qt front this week as all efforts (and focus) were on the Qt World Summit in Berlin.

Stay tuned for an upcoming blog this week, Report from Qt World Summit 2015. This recap will be published on the ICS website at www.ics.com/blog.

Qt 5.5.1 release is still on hold and due to the Summit and there has been no word as to the expected release date. 

Qt Updates and Events

The Qt World Summit takes place in Berlin next week, Monday through Wednesday.

Qt 5.5.1 is still not quite ready for release, but it should be "soon".

Inspired by Halloween, I'd like to present a list of ten "scary" mistakes using Qt. Based on the wide experience of ICS with Qt consulting projects.

Qt Happenings

A Qt 5.5.1 release candidate is available: http://download.qt.io/snapshots/qt/5.5/5.5.1/
Qt 5.5.1 will expectantly be released this week.

A preliminary change log for the upcoming Qt 5.5.1 release can be found here:
https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/126113/1/dist/changes-5.5.1-master