Am 13. Januar 2016 00:32:11 MEZ, schrieb Scott Kostyshak <skost...@lyx.org>: >Dear all, > >There is a question of whether we should release our binary for Windows >compiled against Qt 5.5.1 or 5.6.0. >
It is not very complicated to switch between these two versions. So just let see how the timing becomes. >My opinion is that we should release it with 5.5.1, unless there is a >known, significant issue that affects LyX for 5.5.1 *on Windows* and >that would be solved with 5.6.0. > >There are two reasons behind my opinion. In general, I trust a point >release more and also I do not want to depend on there not being any >delays in the final Qt 5.6 release. The current scheduled date is >February 9th [1]. There have been many delays in the past (e.g. the >beta >was delayed by more than 2 months) so I would not be surprised if there >were more in the future. Although it is true that LyX might be delayed >also for other reasons, we should not plan on this because that would >cause even further delays. > >One reason that is against my opinion though, is that Qt 5.6 is going >to >be a long-term release. It is not exactly clear how this will play out >since it is the first long-term release by Qt, from what I understand. >However, it would indeed (if there weren't the problems I mentioned >above) be nice to have the whole LyX 2.2.x series compiled against >5.6.x. For example, we might be able to upgrade from 5.6.0 to 5.6.2 >from >e.g. LyX 2.2.4 to 2.2.5 with more confidence than e.g. 5.5.1 to 5.6.2. >However, I still think the points above outweigh this benefit. > >What do others think? > >Scott > >[1] >https://wiki.qt.io/Qt-5.6-release
