Ubuntu Makes Flutter ‘Default Choice’ for Future Desktop Apps

Re:Ubuntu Makes Flutter ‘Default Choice’ for Future Desktop ... by sho_hn on Sunday March 07, 2021 @08:36PM (#26381513)

You don't have to wait a year for 6.2. 6.2 will be released immediately, and also the initial bugfix releases (e.g. a future 6.2.1, or most recently 6.0.1). Only once a particular version branch is declared LTS do additional bugfix releases become commercial-only - with 6.x, that means the next feature release (and perhaps even bugfix releases for that) will most likely be already available by the time an older branch goes LTS.

Additionally, Qt changed its approach to bugfix commits to go to dev first and then get backported, so even if a distro is stuck on an older version branch in LTS mode, critical fixes will be available publically and can likely be backported manually.

Overall the change to the LTS support strategy isn't amazing, but it's impactful mainly to 5.15.x since it's LTS and the transition to Qt 6 will take some time. Once the transition is over I suspect it won't be a significant issue however.

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Re:Ubuntu Makes Flutter ‘Default Choice’ for Future Desktop ... by ldiracdelta on Sunday March 07, 2021 @11:08PM (#26382210)

Fantastic! I really want Qt 6 because of the QML compiling and even the ability to nuke the javascript engine, if possible. I want to try out the low end targeting as well.

So, if you report a bug in 6.2, then you'll get the bug fixes in 6.3, assuming the fix got into the dev trunk before the end of the 6.3 release window?

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Re:Ubuntu Makes Flutter ‘Default Choice’ for Future Desktop ... by sho_hn on Monday March 08, 2021 @12:11AM (#26382465)

Yes. But you may also get the fix in 6.2.1 and 6.2.2 and who knows how many - until 6.2 is declared LTS (and only if that happens), then those 6.2.x releases become commercial-only from that point on.

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