> On 19. Sep 2018, at 20:51, André Pönitz <apoen...@t-online.de> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 05:48:12PM +0200, Jason H wrote: >> I went to look online for what will be in Qt Creator 4.8, and didn't >> find anything. > > The ChangeLog is being worked on, the current state is at > http://code.qt.io/cgit/qt-creator/qt-creator.git/tree/dist/changes-4.8.0.md > and it will be released when the release is ready.
I’ve updated that now to the current state. http://code.qt.io/cgit/qt-creator/qt-creator.git/tree/dist/changes-4.8.0.md?h=4.8 If anyone misses some entries there, of items that have been done in 4.8, comments and patches are welcome (put me & Leena on as reviewers at least). Br, Eike > >> Well I did, but I saw a lot of old Qt 4.8 proper stuff. >> I'm wondering if versioning QtCreator to be the same as the Qt version >> it is built with is becoming a good idea? > > This will create as least as many broken expectations as it will fix. > > 1. There is no "the Qt version it is build with", but Qt Creator can > typically be build with Qt back to the previous Qt LTS plus possible a > bit more. There are also good reasons for that, for one, one of my > favourits is that it eases development when one can use 'git bisect' on > different repos without rebuilding every part involved on each step. > > 2. Qt Creator release every four months, Qt every six. Again, there are > reasons for either, but given these cycles syncing numbers will create > surprises. > > 3. Qt gives certain compatibility guarantees between minor versions that > do not and should not exist for Qt Creator. Syncing version numbers will > raise expectations that will be broken, or increase the pressure to > submit to the same rules which would basically completely stall Qt > Creator development as it has not been created with binary compatibility > in mind. > >> Qt 4.8 is still going strong in some communities. > > It does indeed. > >> This does complicate versioning a little, as a release of Creator >> might come before (or after) a release of Qt. But they do seem to >> coincide quite often. > > The end-of-year releases tend to coincide, i.e. every second Qt and > every third Qt Creator release. > >> ANd since Qt is built with the latest Qt, isn't it a 5.x anyway? > > Qt is build with the latest Qt and that is a 5.x. ;} > >> Just a thought. > > I personally think having thoughts is fine. > >> Anyway, what's on the way for 4.8? My own desires are: >> https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-20941 - Device status >> indicator (please?) Nice to have: >> https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-21022 - Standardize Qt >> Kit Names (for Qt Creator?) (got a lot of interest on 'interest' ml) >> https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-20445 - Process status >> icons on output panes > > None of them seem to have been worked on. > > I might still have a shot at QTCREATORBUG-21022, but I do not promise > anything for 4.8. > >> And for the love of whatever your favorite deity is, please stop >> injecting two " when there is a non-whitespace character to the right >> of where the quote will be. 'this|d' should not ever become 'this""d'! >> It is not helpful. Then when you backspace to get rid of ONE of the >> two, it gets rid of BOTH so you're back where you started. No other >> editor in existence behaves this way. I've lived with this for a >> decade now and it still trips me up! >> https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-20045 > > Haven't hit that one lately, but then I tend to switch off everything > with "smart", "intelligent" and "automatic" in its description ;p > > Andre' -- Eike Ziller Principal Software Engineer The Qt Company GmbH Rudower Chaussee 13 D-12489 Berlin eike.zil...@qt.io http://qt.io Geschäftsführer: Mika Pälsi, Juha Varelius, Mika Harjuaho Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin, Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 144331 B _______________________________________________ Qt-creator mailing list Qt-creator@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator
