From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 24DE415812D for ; Thu, 02 Jan 2025 06:36:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D39C0E077C; Thu, 02 Jan 2025 06:36:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8D868E05AC for ; Thu, 02 Jan 2025 06:36:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix, from userid 2212) id 94F0F33BEB9; Thu, 02 Jan 2025 06:36:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94083335D77 for ; Thu, 02 Jan 2025 06:36:32 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 06:36:32 +0000 (UTC) From: Andrey Grozin To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: Fwd: [gentoo-dev] Please actively drop support for Qt5 wherever possible In-Reply-To: <3346777.aeNJFYEL58@tuxbrain.fritz.box> Message-ID: References: <3346777.aeNJFYEL58@tuxbrain.fritz.box> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Archives-Salt: 20fef3b8-cab6-47a9-b395-a952852e8b21 X-Archives-Hash: c5aa51a17b612933ca5665810cf3b6d6 Here are some packages installed on my computer and (to various degrees) important for me which depend on Qt5 1. x11-wm/lumina An excellent desktop environment. I use it for many years. I contacted the upstream about the possibility to port it to Qt6. They said that before that they have to port it from qmake to cmake (work underway), then they will consider the possibility of the Qt6 port. 2. media-sound/qmmp An excellent misic player. The site says there is qmmp2 based on Qt6, but I don't see in in Gentoo. 3. media-video/vlc An excellent video played. Its GUI is Qt5 based. 4. app-text/master-pdf-editor The only tool for editing pdf files. I have to use it every time I check and correct proofs of my papers, i.e., rather often. There is no replacement. 5. sci-visualization/gle A very useful tool, its gui is Qt5 based. I use it practically every day, it is essential for my main work. But I use the command-line tool; personally for me, GUI is not important. 6. app-text/doxygen GUI is Qt5 based. Personally I don't use the GUI. 7. sci-geosciences/qmapshack The best tool to support large collections of gpx tracks. There is a partially working Qt6 port: translations and the help system are broken in it. Personally I can live without translations and the help system. But stabilizing this version is out of question. So, removing Qt5 will break computers of many users, including my computer. In the course of many years of existence of Qt5 a large number of useful programs have been created; not all of them have been ported to Qt6. Are we going to throw away all this wealth? Andrey