When will the Qt 5.9 Beta be released?

tomy

Hi all,

When will the Qt 5.9 Beta be released please?
Is there any specific date for it?

J.Hilk

According to the release shedule it should be out by now :-).

Can't be to long off.

tomy

I had the link for downloading offline installers before, but I can't find it now.
There I think I can find a 5.9 Beta release for downloading

J.Hilk

@tomy
You should also be able to use the MaintenanceTool to install be release beta

tomy

I have the Qt 5.8. I don't think I can use its Maitenance tool to download 5.9 Beta. Can I?

J.Hilk

@tomy
You can use the maintanceTool of any Qt-Version to install any other Qt-Version that is still supported.

Edit:
ScreenShot

tomy

My Maintenance Tool doesn't show those.
http://pasteboard.co/3k8HyEWU.png

I also found the link. It also doesn't have a 5.9 beta to download
https://download.qt.io/archive/qt/

Eeli K

@tomy It will be announced on http://blog.qt.io/. You can follow the situation on the mailing list http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/releasing/.

Eeli K

@tomy It looks like you can try this: https://wiki.qt.io/How_to_get_snapshot_via_online_installer: "Download latest online installer from qt.io/download".

J.Hilk

@tomy strange, I have never had only 1 option to select from, when I used the MaintenanceTool/Online Installer.

Try running an Update on the M-Tool or , like @Eeli-K said, get the latest Onlineinstaller from the webpage and try it with that.

It should work.

tomy

I'm downloading Qt online installer (although I was looking for an offline installer).
I hope it gives me a qt like qt-opensource-windows-x86-android-5.9

tomy

@J.Hilk

EDIT:

What does this mean for using M-T, please:
http://pasteboard.co/3oDT9yFx.png

And if I select the options below, will they be enough for programming both Windows and Android:
http://pasteboard.co/y7ruMO1e.png

J.Hilk

@tomy said in Qt 5.9 release:

What does this mean for using M-T, please:
http://pasteboard.co/3oDT9yFx.png

It means you're using the MaintenanceTool from an offline installation. Which you can't update over an online feature. No repositories are linked with the tool -> Can't check for new versions.

And if I select the options below, will they be enough for programming both Windows and Android:
http://pasteboard.co/y4leI7ba.png

It should, and with this MaintenanceTool, that you're about to install, you should be able to add/remove components as you like/see fit later on without a problem.

tomy

@J.Hilk
So should I link a repository to M-T there. These are very new for me and never have used them and have zero info. If they are not simple I stick to online installer.

And what is Qt 5.9 Beta snapshot!!? (snapshot!)
Is it exactly working as a new version of qt-opensource-windows-x86-android-5.8.0 ?

J.Hilk

@tomy
I don't think you can do that retroactive.
Have you ever used the QtInstallerFramework? Qt itself is packed/shipped with that framework.

With it you create distinct offline and online installers and once created, its created.

Maybe you can simply change the *.exe or something. I would suggest sticking to the Online-Installer that you downloaded :-)

tomy

@J.Hilk
Yes I've used QtInstallerFramework and I installed it as a separate program for my 5.8.

OK, to sum up:
1- I uninstall Qt 5.8 totally
2- Install 5.9 as below and then QtInstallerFramework program near qt.
OK?

http://pasteboard.co/y7ruMO1e.png

J.Hilk

@tomy

you don't have to uninstall 5.8 if you don't want to. You can have multiple Versions of Qt installed simultaneously on your PC ( 5.8, 5.9, 5.1, 4.8 ...) its usually just a matter of HD-Space.

tomy

@J.Hilk said in Qt 5.9 release:

@tomy

you don't have to uninstall 5.8 if you don't want to. You can have multiple Versions of Qt installed simultaneously on your PC ( 5.8, 5.9, 5.1, 4.8 ...) its usually just a matter of HD-Space.

But why should I have these!?
When I have a new version so it normally includes all features of previous versions + some new ones too.

mrjj

@tomy
Well often, you install new Qt to check if a project will work with it
You then keep old so you can go "back" if any issues.

For a new project, that might not be needed :)

tomy

So apparently 5.9 is not as stable and reliable as 5.8 yet. So I wait until some time later and then check the online installer. I think it's a good idea.

One thing that is odd to me is the term "Beta snapshot" for 5.9. It makes me have doubts about it! :-)