[mythtv-users] Qt 5.8.0 v. 5.7.1

[Craig Treleaven]

> On Jul 9, 2017, at 11:08 AM, Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Craig Treleaven <ctreleaven at cogeco.ca> wrote:
>> Are there any particular changes in Qt 5.8 that should be of interest or concern?
> 
> Qt 5.8 is known to have some issues on some
> systems (there is a ticket in MythTV trac which
> indicates 100% cpu on 32-bit).  The QA process
> seemed to have slipped a bit during the various
> transitions/refocusing of the QT project during
> the 5.8 release process.  The impacts on any
> particular environment will, of course, vary.
> Depending on how long you intend to run with
> 5.8, you should be aware that the Qt project has
> already "dephased" support of Qt 5.8 (it was
> intended as a single point release), in preference
> to moving forward.
> 
> Qt 5.9 (which is intended as a LTS release) is
> now available, and if you have the interest and
> time, I suspect it would be useful to know if
> MythTV compiles with it (there have already been
> a patch (or two?) committed for known/expected
> issues), and if it runs well in that environment.
> The disadvantage may be that you end up
> being a Qt bug reporter.

Thanks for clarifying, Gary.  My main interest is Myth 0.28.1 on macOS, of course.  Via MacPorts, I have the option to stay with Qt 5.7.x or to track forward with 5.8 and, eventually, 5.9.  I don’t really want to be dealing with new Qt bugs so I think maybe I should stay with 5.7 for a time.  When 5.8/5.9 stabilizes, it is easy enough to switch.

What is the support horizon for Qt 5.7?

Craig