STABILITY LIKE NOWHERE ELSE
Major Releases
Major releases equal the first digit; for example, Qt 5 and Qt 6.
One aspect in Qt’s praised stability is the fact that the Major releases happen less frequently, meaning less code-breaking changes. Since Qt’s 30-year-history, the now-legacy Qt 5 had over 12 years of commercial support, and the current Qt 6 continues to be robustly maintained since its release in 2020.
Unlike Minor releases, there may be binary and source code compatibility changes between major releases. Moves from a lower to a higher Major release are called Upgrades.
Discover Qt 6
TIME-BOXED FEATURE RELEASES
Minor Releases
The Qt Framework Minor releases equal the second digit; for example, Qt 6.8, 6.9, and 6.10 are Minor releases for the Qt 6 Major release.
The Minor releases take place twice a year, typically in the spring and in the fall. Every 4th Minor release is a Long-Term Support (LTS) release.
Minor releases often introduce both new features and capabilities, as well as quality improvements to existing functionality. There is binary compliance and often also full source compliance between Minor releases.
Moves from lower to a higher Minor release are called Updates. The maintenance periods for Minor releases depend on your licensing and release choices.
DISCOVER Qt 6.10
The Latest Minor Release Qt 6.10
This release highlights:
- Out-of-the-box accessibility capabilities,
- Easy imports for vector animations,
- Building UIs easily with the new Flexbox layout, search field and QML types,
- Much more to keep your product modern.
QUALITY AND SECURITY FIXES
Maintenance Releases
Maintenance releases come with the third digit. Qt 6.10.0, 6.10.1, and 6.10.2 are examples of Maintenance releases for Qt 6.10.
As the Maintenance releases focus on security and quality improvements, they don’t typically introduce new features. They happen when needed; for example, any found potential security issues will trigger maintenance releases. The Maintenance releases also include the patches from after the last release; you can choose to either upgrade to the Maintenance release or apply the patches.
The availability of Maintenance releases, as well as patches in between them, varies by the maintenance period.
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