David Faure wrote: >> > Isn't it an option to leave it in, at version 5.36, rather than >> > removing it completely ? >> >> In the short-term, yes. >> >> Long term, I'm not willing to ship (and support) this if it's not >> supported upstream either (where bugs are usually fixed in newer >> releases). > > I thought you said that long term you were looking at upgrading to Qt > 5.9...
I may or may not be successful. > In any case I'm not sure why Qt's promise to maintain 5.6 for 3 years > means that all Qt-based libraries must promise the same. <shrug>, you asked for feedback, and I gave it. I'm just spelling out the results of implementing the change now => dropping support for RHEL7 It's up to you if you choose to implement changes that means some downstream distros cannot (reasonably) use your (latest/supported) software anymore. -- Rex