Ubuntu developers will most likely implement Qt 5.2 in their next OS

Jan 17, 2014 08:48 GMT  ·  By

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) development is powering on, but there still are some important components that need upgrading, like the latest version of Qt5.

An Ubuntu developer has raised a very interesting question regarding the implementation of the latest Qt packages that were made available just a short while ago.

“I expect we will be taking 5.2 for trusty, but currently this is held up due to concerns about the qreal ABI change on armhf and its possible impact on apps in the app store. I'm in the process of analyzing the ABI changes for impact, and hope to be able to share the results this week. We will need to take a decision soon about how to handle the upgrade to 5.2; I'm hoping that the results of the ABI investigation will make this decision an easy one,” responded Canonical's Steve Langasek.

It seems that Canonical will make an effort to get the very latest components in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (with the exception of GNOME packages) and Qt 5.2 will be one of them.