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Qt 5.9 LTS – End of Life

Andy Shaw 13 May 2020

Overview

• Introduction to Qt Support
• Qt versions overview
• Qt 5.9 – Why is support stopped?
• Options moving forward

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Feedback from customers in 2019 on scale of 1 to 5 (2027 responses) Service level: 4.59 Technical level: 4.59 Answer time: 4.63

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Introduction to Qt Support

› Brought to you by our team across the world

› China, Finland, Japan, Norway, US

› Andy Shaw › Been working with Qt since 2000 Started back in the Trolltech time Been in support ever since

› Guaranteed response within 2 business days › Support on the APIs, functions, methods, techniques › Workarounds/bug fixes where possible for any bugs encountered › Increased priority for reported bugs in the bug tracker

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Qt Support – Standard Support

› All of the standard features plus: › Guaranteed response in 1 business day › Dedicated Support Engineer › Highest priority for reported bugs in bug tracker › Full application code analysis and debugging › Remote desktop assistance and troubleshooting

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Qt Support – Premium Support

› Support for a version which has reached End-of-Life › On top of the existing support level (standard or premium) › Contact us for more information! - https://www.qt.io/qt-support

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Qt Support – Extended Lifetime

› Currently supported

› Qt 5.9 (LTS) – until May 2020 › Qt 5.12 (LTS) – until December 2021 › Qt 5.13 – until June 2020 › Qt 5.14 – until December 2020

› Normal releases

› Supported for 1 year after the day of release of the .0 version

› Long term supported (LTS) releases

› Supported for 3 years after the day of release of the .0 version

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Qt versions overview

› Qt 5.9.0 was released 31st May 2017

› LTS release means it was supported for 3 years › Reaches EOL on 31st May 2020

› Since superseded by 2 LTS versions

› 5.12 and 5.15

› Qt 5.9 was second LTS release in Qt 5

› Has had 9 releases in total › Qt 5.12 has 8 releases with more to come › Qt 5.15 just released with more to come

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Qt 5.9 – Why will support be stopped?

› Option 1 – Move to Qt 5.15 LTS

› Qt 5.15 is source and binary compatible with Qt 5.9 › Just a case of updating Qt to the latest Qt 5.15 version and compile and run › Qt 5.15 has a lot of new features over Qt 5.9 › New modules – Qt Network Authorization, Qt Speech, Qt WebGL Streaming Plugin, Qt Lottie, Qt Quick Timeline, Qt Quick 3D, Qt PDF › New platforms - Qt for WebAssembly › Support for OpenSSL 1.1 › Much improved HighDPI support › Plus many fixes in terms of stability

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Options moving forward

› If your license allows you, then you can continue to use Qt 5.9 without support

› Not required to upgrade!

› No more new releases › Extended lifetime support available for those who need it › Extended lifetime enables you to continue to get support for Qt 5.9 on the platforms that were supported

› macOS 10.10 › iOS 8 + 9 › Qt for Device Creation platforms too

› Enables you to continue to use this version with the same level of confidence as

• ther versions

› If you find a bug then it will be investigated and a fix/workaround provided where possible › Same high level of support that you have come to expect from the support team

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Option 2 – Stick with Qt 5.9 LTS

› A short survey & link to re-join the live event portal https://www.qt.io/thankyousurvey › Contact Qt at www.qt.io/contact-us/ › Download Qt at www.qt.io/download/ Have more questions? The Live Chat with Qt Professional Services will be open during the live session on the live event portal. Follow us: Twitter: @Qtproject Facebook: /qt/ Linkedin: /company/theqtcompany/ Youtube: /Qtstudios/

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