Qt – Hold and Release

A String Freeze for Qt 5.6 is now in effect.

Current plans call for a Feature Freeze for Qt 5.7 to occur on Jan 15, 2016. 

The list of new features and other changes will be available at:  https://wiki.qt.io/New_Features_in_Qt_5.7

New Release 

KDAB has released GammaRay 2.4.0:  http://www.kdab.com/gammaray

Qt Releases and Congratulations

Qt 5.6.0 beta has been released:
http://blog.qt.io/blog/2015/12/18/qt-5-6-beta-released/

Qt Creator 3.6.0 has been released:
http://blog.qt.io/blog/2015/12/15/qt-creator-3-6-0-released/

Pasi Petäjäjärvi is now an Approver

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Qt Proposals and Postponements

With the continuing delays associated with releasing a Qt 5.6 RC, the Qt 5.7 feature freeze date that was scheduled for Friday, Dec 18 has been tentatively postponed until Jan 15, 2016.

A new Qt 5.6 Beta candidate is available: http://download.qt.io/snapshots/qt/5.6/5.6.0-beta/

Qt Conversations and Changes

A lengthy discussion on a more liberal use of 'auto' in Qt was started by Marc Mutz: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.qt.devel/23947

Benjamin Terrier has proposed changing the behavior of connectSlotsByName(): http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.qt.devel/23954

All Things Qt

Releases

Qt Creator 3.6 RC1 has been released:  http://blog.qt.io/blog/2015/11/26/qt-creator-3-6-rc1-released/

Qt 5.6 Beta is still delayed due to continued bug fixes

Nominations

Pasi Keränen and Pasi Petäjäjärvi have been nominated for Approver status

Qt Lite

Development traffic has been light lately, due to the emphasis on getting the Qt v 5.6 Beta launched.

As usual, new Qt 5.6 Beta snapshots are available at:Qt  http://download.qt.io/snapshots/qt/5.6/5.6.0-beta