> On Mar 24, 2021, at 21:38, Pablo Rogina <pabl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Using Qt version numbers as a base for Qt Creator version numbers creates an >> impression of coupling between Qt Creator and Qt that does not exist. > > Yes, you're right. But it's absolutely amazing how people in the Qt > Forum immediately replies with the Qt Creator version when asked about > what Qt version they're using.
Yes. That makes it even more important to have distinct version numbers for Qt and for Qt Creator. If they say that they use 8.0.2 it’s easier to realize that this is a Qt Creator version and not a Qt version and they are actually using Qt 5.12, than if they say 6.0.1 but actually use Qt 5.12. Br, Eike > Pablo > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 12:11 PM Eike Ziller <eike.zil...@qt.io> wrote: >> >> >>> On Mar 24, 2021, at 15:18, Jason H <jh...@gmx.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 5:05 AM >>>> From: "Eike Ziller" <eike.zil...@qt.io> >>>> To: "qt-creator" <qt-creator@qt-project.org> >>>> Subject: [Qt-creator] Switching to more "semantic" versioning scheme >>>> >>>> We want to switch Qt Creator to semantic versioning, which means bumping >>>> the major version for each feature release, since we don’t keep binary >>>> compatibility between these. >>>> >>>> - Next release after 4.15 is Qt Creator 5. >>>> - Followed by Qt Creator 6 in December 2021. >>>> - Qt Creator 7 in spring 2022 >>>> - and so on. >>> >>> Though I understand the reasoning, I think this would be confusing. >>> Qt Creator has definite impact on Qt code, w.r.t. parsing. I'm thinking of >>> how many >>> releases it took QtC to support QML Enums. >> >> Hi, >> >> this has nothing to do with the Qt version that was used to build Qt Creator >> with. >> >>> I think a more meaningful system would >>> be to version it with the Qt build version, with the Z (x.y.z) being the >>> Qt Creator release with Qt version x.y. >> >> The Qt version that was used to build Qt Creator is mostly irrelevant for >> its functionality. >> Qt Creator built with Qt 5.14 has the same functionality as built with Qt >> 5.15, and after we finished support for building Qt Creator with Qt 6, that >> will still have the same functionality as Qt Creator built with Qt 5.15 or >> 5.14. We don’t need to build Qt Creator with Qt 6 to support Qt 6, and >> building Qt Creator with Qt 6 is no advantage for supporting Qt 6. >> >> Using Qt version numbers as a base for Qt Creator version numbers creates an >> impression of coupling between Qt Creator and Qt that does not exist. >> >> Additionally there are 3 Qt Creator “feature” releases per year, whereas >> there are 2 Qt minor releases. >> >>> Examples: >>> Qt Creator 5.15.4 (5th release based on Qt 5.15.2) >>> Qt Creator 6.0.1. (2nd release based on 6.0) >>> >>> Compared to: >>> Qt Creator 7 in 2022, >>> Qt Creator 9 in 2023, >>> Qt Creator 13 in 2025, >>> Qt Creator 23 in 2030. >>> Qt Creator 33 in 2040. >>> >>> >>> Or maybe no one cares about the QtCreator Qt built-with version? And maybe >>> I shouldn't care either? >>> I just always wonder "What is an appropriate version of QtC to be using >>> with Qt x.y?" >> >> Usually the latest Qt Creator has best support for latest Qt, and for >> previous Qt versions as well. >> >> Br, Eike >> >> -- >> Eike Ziller >> Principal Software Engineer >> >> The Qt Company GmbH >> Erich-Thilo-Straße 10 >> D-12489 Berlin >> eike.zil...@qt.io >> http://qt.io >> Geschäftsführer: Mika Pälsi, >> Juha Varelius, Jouni Lintunen >> Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin, Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, >> HRB 144331 B >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qt-creator mailing list >> Qt-creator@qt-project.org >> https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/qt-creator > _______________________________________________ > Qt-creator mailing list > Qt-creator@qt-project.org > https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/qt-creator -- Eike Ziller Principal Software Engineer The Qt Company GmbH Erich-Thilo-Straße 10 D-12489 Berlin eike.zil...@qt.io http://qt.io Geschäftsführer: Mika Pälsi, Juha Varelius, Jouni Lintunen Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin, Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 144331 B _______________________________________________ Qt-creator mailing list Qt-creator@qt-project.org https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/qt-creator
