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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:30:43 +0200
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Subject: Re: Qt6 in Cygwin?
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On Mar 31 09:14, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Oct 2023 at 02:14, Mark Geisert via Cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
> >
> > Mark Geisert via Cygwin wrote:
> > >
> > >> Are there Qt6 - https://www.qt.io/product/qt6 - packages for Cygwin available?
> > >
> > > Does setup.exe show it/them as a choice?  No?  No they aren't available.  We could
> > > use a maintainer for Qt.  Check the Cygwin home page for how to contribute.
> >
> > Now that I think about it, the package search on the Cygwin home page might be
> > faster to check for availability of random packages:
> >
> > https://cygwin.com/packages/
> >
> > Just put "Qt6" in the search box (without the quotes) and get a response.
> 
> No match.
> 
> My concern is that Qt 5.15 LTS support ends on 26. May 2025
> (https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-5.15-extended-support-for-subscription-license-holders),
> after that no Qt5-based software cannot be sold commercially in the
> EU, thanks to the (personal opinion!) godforsaken NIS2 and CRA.

We don't have a Qt maintainer since Yaakov left the project.

Anybody picking this up and updating to Qt6 will get a couple of
goldstars and a plush hippo (https://cygwin.com/goldstars/)


Corinna

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