[QGIS-Developer] two packaging questions

[Greg Troxel]

Richard Duivenvoorde via QGIS-Developer <qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org>
writes:

> My personal(!) view for Linux packaging (as Linux user, not packager).
>
> Stick to 3.40/LTR/Qt5 for QGIS3.
> (Well, that is what our Debian packager does, not sure what your users expect)
>
> One reason to have a Qt6 package available is that you give Plugin devs the ability to have Qt6 based QGIS so they have update/test their plugins.
>
> Because I foresee dependency issues (Debian), I'm testing the flatpak route, so Linux users can install a Qt6 build flatpak next to their Qt5 build for experiments.
>
> I'd say: QGIS4 is Qt6-only, but we need to have a Qt6 option (be it 3.40 or higher) available for (Linux) python devs.

Thanks.  I have been LTR only, but thinking about moving to following
all releases once they hit .1.  I do not perceive them as at all
unstable.


Sounds like I should add a qt5/qt6 option group, mostly the test that
the qt6 things are packaged and that it works, and then be prepared to
flip it for 4, and later remove it.