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  2. QTBUG-128581

End of life documentation improvements

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    • Resolution: Fixed
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      Identified challenges

      A separate Documentation page for EoS would be better that what we have today

      CRA sub-project Processes, Quality and Legal Compliance notes 26th Aug 2024: https://intranet.qt.io/pages/viewpage.action?spaceKey=QTPO&title=EU+CRA+Steering+Group#EUCRASteeringGroup-Processes,QualityandLegalCompliance

      We need to sharpen communication in EoS product releases, for Qt done in a wiki (https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/supported-platforms.html#supported-qt-versions) and for other products not part of the documentation at all. Should be a dedicated page part of doc.qt.io or equivalent documentation for each product. Something like https://endoflife.date/qt , but created and maintained by our self.

      Documentation on current EoS page is confusing

      https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/supported-platforms.html#supported-qt-versions

      ⁠I just had sales super confused on this page. They read it so that 5.15.17 was released 2020-05-26 and did not know when 5.15.0 was released. Thus it would need a differentiation between Minor and Maintenance releases dates more clearly (5.15.0 was release 2020-05-26, latest Maintenance release for it is 5.15.17 released 2024-05-22).

      Improvement idea: Perhaps use same format in date as in release column, release "5.15 (5.15.17)" and date "2020-05-26 (2024-05-22)" would be a solution???

      Proposed fixes

      Qt Version Latest Release Standard Support
      5.15 5.15.15 (open-source)
      5.15.17 (commercial)      		 Until 2025-05-26 (Qt Subscription license holders only)
      .. .. ..
      6.7 6.7.2 Planned until 2024-09-25

      Desired schedule

      • Q4 2024

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          Suggestion - Public suggestions QTBUG-130508 Best practices documentation for customer maintaining Qt updateability

          • P1: Critical - Urgent and Important, will STOP the release if matched with set FixVersion field. This includes regressions from the last version that are not edge cases; Data loss; Build issues; All but the most unlikely crashes/lockups/hanging; Serious usability issues and embarrassing bugs & Bugs critical to a deliverable. This is the highest possible priority for requirements.
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          User Story - Created by Jira Software - do not edit or delete. Issue type for a user story. QTBUG-128591 Make sure Documentation is clear on support and maintenance levels for various parts of Qt [Spike]

          • P1: Critical - Urgent and Important, will STOP the release if matched with set FixVersion field. This includes regressions from the last version that are not edge cases; Data loss; Build issues; All but the most unlikely crashes/lockups/hanging; Serious usability issues and embarrassing bugs & Bugs critical to a deliverable. This is the highest possible priority for requirements.
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              lexcaz Alexei Cazacov
              markofinnig Marko Finnig (Inactive)
              Kimmo Leppälä Kimmo Leppälä
              Andy Shaw Andy Shaw
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